This application implements a Backend and Frontend for a flight tracker using the OpenSky Network REST API, ASP.NET Core, Angular and MapLibre GL JS. It uses Server-Sent Events to push data from the Backend to the Frontend.
It's a Flight Tracker, that periodically calls the OpenSky Network API and displays the planes on a map:
Getting started is as simple as running:
docker-compose --profile dev up
Navigate to https://localhost:5001 and you'll see planes flying around.
The safest way to pass the OpenSky Username and Password down to the Docker container is to
use the User Secrets. In Visual Studio Right-Click on the OpenSkyFlightTracker.Api, select
Manage User Secrets and add the Credentials like this:
{
"Application": {
"OpenSkyUsername": "<your-username>",
"OpenSkyPassword": "<your-password>"
}
}You can also put this in the appsettings.Docker.json, but you don't want to accidentally
commit it, so you should prefer the User Secrets approach.
But the map is only... gray? You'll need tiles for the map!
I am using the Vector Tiles of Münster (Germany):
And for the Natural Earth Relief I am using the following tiles:
Put these files into the folder docker/opensky-tiles.
If you want to use different tiles you can configure them in Application:Tilesets section of the appsettings.json:
"Application": {
"Tilesets": {
"openmaptiles": {
"Filename": "/opensky-tiles/osm-2020-02-10-v3.11_nordrhein-westfalen_muenster-regbez.mbtiles",
"ContentType": "application/vnd.mapbox-vector-tile"
},
"natural_earth_2_shaded_relief.raster": {
"Filename": "/opensky-tiles/natural_earth_2_shaded_relief.raster.mbtiles",
"ContentType": "image/png"
}
},