Airport Monitor 2.0 Lets You Watch LAX Air Traffic Live
Feeling stressed? Try being an air traffic controller for the Los Angeles airport. (Ok, now that deadline doesn't seem so bad.) Here's a cool website and program that monitors LAX air traffic live. You can click on a plane and see the flight number and airline, zoom to 80 miles away or in as close as 5 miles and even replay certain days. Very cool use of Java.
Wow! I live north of LAX near Venice Blvd, and now I can find out what airplanes are flying over my house.
I can't wait until the next car chase on the 405 freeway so I can see the pack of helicopters heading along the chase route. I've been able to go in my front yard and see 6 or more helicopters following someone, and now I could watch a chase even when I'm not at home. I'm a sick, sick person...
Along the same vein (but possibly a little more useful if more mundane) is Googles new Ridefinder. See your local taxi's if you live in one of 11 major cities. Check it out here...
