flightgear-tracker-go

-- Intro

The fgtracker is currently sponsored by Hazuki in HK (thankyou hazuki)

fgms is running on that machine and tracker enabled
the tracker is periodically inserting rows into a postgres db
the posttres db is on SSD discs (thankyou hazuki) and works
the front end website is on a dark corer of the internet here. -- http://mpserver15.flightgear.org/modules/fgtracker/

This is WIP and the initial working is the get an Ajax feed.

Goals

Shortterm - get access to realtime data ie this weeks stuff

get this server running and quering against the live database for testing filtered big time
create an ajax feed of data
cache the data somehow so give pg a break
make install and update easy and automated
promote: live data refreshed every few seconds via http or a catch up

Midterm - consolidate data and de-centralaise

make the system http/websocket or UDP and itegrate crossfeed
eliminate all crap data
make a way to archive legacy data, and serialise to kml, csv, git, or any format
allow VA filters
all

Working

/flights/{callsign}
/flight/{flight_id}

AJAX API

Here is the suggessted api and is subject to change

/flights - returns flights dashboard
/flights/open - returns only open flights
/flight/{flight_id} - return the flight details and waypoints
/callsign/{callsign} - returns callsign dashboard
/callsign/{callsign}/flights