✈️ Above GRQ

An ADS-B Mastodon Bot, derived from AboveTustin (a Twitter bot).

The original Twitter dependencies have been replaced with basic posting via the Mastodon API using Python.

Uses dump1090-fa to track airplanes and toots whenever an airplane flies nearby Groningen Airport Eelde (IATA: GRQ, ICAO: EHGG).

WARNING: this is Frankencode!!
Currently it runs on my MacBook Pro M2 (macOS 14.3.1, with Homebrew packages).

Install

Install "AboveGRQ" in a Python virtualenv.
Copy the file config.sample.ini to config.ini and make all the necessary changes in that file.
Run with python3 tracker.py:

(AboveGRQ) hbokh@rpi4:~/.virtualenvs/AboveGRQ$ python3 tracker.py
Will crop
Map URL: http://rpi3.internal/tar1090/?enablelabels
Getting web page http://rpi3.internal/tar1090/?enablelabels
Waiting for page to load...
Reset map
Zoom in
Now: 2024-02-10 16:27:50.600000
Now: 2024-02-10 16:27:51.600000
Now: 2024-02-10 16:27:52.700000
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Screenshot

Obligatory screenshot, taken from Ivory for iOS:

Dependencies

• Use Python 3.1x and venv.
• Use a Chrome based browser (Chromium, Brave).
• Uses tar1090 for ADSB message decoding, airplane tracking, and webserving.
• Uses Mastodon API for tooting.
• Uses selenium for screenshots with Chromedriver.
• Uses pillow for image processing.
• Uses requests for API calls.
• Uses Chromedriver for headless web browsing.
• Builds on a running PiAware Raspberry Pi-based ADS-B receiver and decoder with MLAT support, with web server and local databases.

Code borrowed from

• kevinabrandon/AboveTustin
• shbisson/OverPutney
• ladewig/OverPutney

Todo

• Replace Twitter with Mastodon.
• Fix "Loading image..." in screenshots when in headless mode.
• Replace Google Chrome / Chromedriver.
• Use latest Python 3.x version.
• Remove FlightAware API / FlightXML3 code.