Since I’ve already been logging GPS data for quite some time, I thought it’d be interesting to log as much data during flights as possible. Of the three flights so far, I’ve been able to log data on two of them. I think it has to do with the fact I had a window seat on both flights. I’m pretty sure the plane is shielded in a way that blocks the satellite signals. I’d be interested if anybody can fill me in on why this might be.
I put my phone into “airplane mode” so that it doesn’t broadcast anything, but turn on the GPS logger. I was able to keep a lock for the entire flight!
GPS at 30000 feet!
San Francisco to Long Beach
Takeoff from San Francisco
This is the beginning of the flight from San Francisco, loaded into Google Earth. It also includes taking the BART to the airport. The actual flight starts at the gap at the bottom.
I also have altitude data at every point, but I can’t seem to get Google Earth to display it. If you have any ideas please let me know!
#1 by Mom on September 24th, 2009
Love the geography of The City. Google Earth definitely does it justice.
#2 by Norman Rasmussen on September 25th, 2009
IIRC: to get the altitude data to display you have to change the track’s altitude drop down selection (not sure what to). Don’t touch the meters textbox thought, otherwise you overwrite the altitude data.