Acquiring Data For Tracktable

“Internal” to Tracktable

Sample test data files are provided in the tracktable-data python package located on PyPi and Conda-Forge. These test data files are used for Tracktable’s internal tests and provide a good representation of the type of data that can be processed by Tracktable. Usage of the tracktable-data retrevial function can be seen below:

Retrieving Sample Data

from tracktable_data.data import retrieve
from tracktable.rw.load import load_trajectories

# Retrieve data by filename
filepath = retrieve(filename='SampleFlight.csv')

# Once we have file path is the file can be loaded
trajectories = load_trajectories(filepath)

Todo

When the “super-duper example data file” is created update this section with it’s location.

External to Tracktable

Below are data resources that can provide data for Tracktable to process. This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources but rather a springboard for real world data compatiable with Tracktable.

Tip

The Tracktable library is designed to process large datasets, so the larger the dataset used the better results Tracktable will produce.

Air Traffic

• Opensky

• ADS-B Exchange

• FlightAware

  Note

  A subscription is required to aquire data from FlightAware

• AirNav

  Note

  A subscription is required to aquire data from AirNav

Maritime Traffic

• AISHub

• Marine Cadastre

• Marine Traffic

  Note

  A subscription is required to aquire data from Marine Traffic

Vehicle Traffic

• New York City Taxi Data

Tip

Tracktable also includes a random trajectory generator! Take a look at the Python Data Generation Example.