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Live tracking, flight database and competition framework
https://github.com/skylines-project/skylines

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# SkyLines



*SkyLines* is a web platform where pilots can share their flights with others

after, or even during flight via live tracking.  *SkyLines* is a sort of social

network for pilots including rankings, statistics and other interesting

features.  Most of all *SkyLines* is truly open in all regards compared to

other similar platforms.



*SkyLines* has started development in 2012 as a spin-off from the popular

[XCSoar](http://www.xcsoar.org/) glide computer. Internally *SkyLines* is still

sharing some code with XCSoar in the algorithmic areas and is providing the

base for XCSoar's live tracking functionalities.



*SkyLines* is far from finished yet, but it has been running in production for

quite some time now. You can reach the official server at

.



Build Status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/skylines-project/skylines.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/skylines-project/skylines)



## Getting the source



The *SkyLines* source code is managed with [git](http://www.git-scm.com/).

It can be downloaded with the following command:



    $ git clone git://github.com/skylines-project/skylines.git



For more information, please refer to the [git documentation](http://git-scm.com/documentation).



## Installation and Setup



*SkyLines* is based on Python and depends on the following major components:



* [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org/) database with

  [PostGIS 2.x](http://www.postgis.net/) extension

* [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/) web application microframework for Python

* [SQLAlchemy](http://www.sqlalchemy.org/) ORM framework with

  [GeoAlchemy 2](https://geoalchemy-2.readthedocs.org) extension

* [gevent](http://www.gevent.org/) coroutine-based network library for Python (used for

  the live tracking server)



The process of installing these components and setting up a server for local

development is described in the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file.



## Contact and Contributing



You read about news on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/skylines.project) and

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/skylinesproject). If you want to talk to us directly

join our [Slack](https://skylines-slack.herokuapp.com/) community.



Bugs and feature request can be submitted here on

[GitHub](https://github.com/skylines-project/skylines/issues). New ideas can

also be discussed in the

[Wiki](https://github.com/skylines-project/skylines/wiki) first.



Patches should be submitted using the

[Pull Request](https://github.com/skylines-project/skylines/pulls) system of

GitHub because of the integration with

[TravisCI](https://travis-ci.org/skylines-project/skylines).



Here are a few guidelines for creating patches:



- patches should be self-contained

- patches should be self-documenting  

  (add a good description on what is changed, and why you are changing it)

- write one patch for one change



## License



    SkyLines - the free internet platform for sharing flights

    Copyright (C) 2012-2019  The SkyLines Team (see AUTHORS.md)



    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by

    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

    (at your option) any later version.



    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.



    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License

    along with this program.  If not, see .



You can find the full license text in the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.