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https://github.com/flopp/airports

Fullscreen satellite map randomly showing the world's airports
https://github.com/flopp/airports

airport google-maps map satellite

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Fullscreen satellite map randomly showing the world's airports

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/flopp/airports
Owner: flopp
License: mit
Created: 2014-12-06T22:58:17.000Z (about 10 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-01-31T22:05:47.000Z (11 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-30T01:43:48.712Z (7 months ago)
Topics: airport, google-maps, map, satellite
Language: Python
Homepage: https://airports.flopp.net
Size: 5.77 MB
Stars: 8
Watchers: 4
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 6
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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# airports

Fullscreen satellite map randomly showing the world's airports.

Website: https://airports.flopp.net/

## Some nice airports

* [KSFO/SFO - San Francisco International Airport](https://airports.flopp.net/a/KSFO)

* [PKMJ/MAJ - Marshall Islands International Airport](https://airports.flopp.net/a/PKMJ)

* [EKCH/CPH - Copenhagen Kastrup Airport](https://airports.flopp.net/a/EKCH)

## Features

* Automatic fitting of he satellite view to the displayed airport

* *Autoplay mode* which automatically advances to a new airport every minute

* *Search* function for ICAO codes, IATA codes, airport names and location names

## Technology

* Airport data (public domain) from http://ourairports.com/data/

* Mapping & satellite images via Google Maps API

* Wikidata & Wikipedia for airport descriptions

## License

**airports** is governed by a MIT-style license that can be found in the [LICENSE](https://github.com/flopp/airports/blob/master/LICENSE) file.