The price for the network access is not yet defined and there are many possibilities yet to be analyzed. Anyway Plane Plotter has access to RadarBox HW output, not to flights from the RadarBox Network. Our network is growing fast so the amount of traffic you get from us will continue to grow. Also Plane Plotter only has access to RadarBox 5 minute delayed flights: you will never see anything in real-time.
However, if you have RadarBox and PlanePlotter, then you have the best of both worlds.
This is what you can see
without using the RadarBox network data:
- your own live traffic displayed on the RadarBox screen
- your own live traffic displayed on the PlanPlotter Screen (EDIT: as live, i.e. projected 5 minutes ahead of its delayed position - I think!)
- 5 minute delayed data from all those sharing with PlanePlotter - this includes SBS-1 and RadarBox users.
Now, the PlanePlotter interface is nowhere near as informative as RadarBox, but if you just want to watch aircraft then there is a lot to be said for the free PP network. The RadarBox network is growing nicely, but there are some areas which are covered by SBS-1 users and not RadarBox users. I use RadarBox with live and network data as my primary display, and I share my RadarBox data with the PP network and use PP as my secondary display.
Last night I followed BA123 all the way from London Heathrow, to just north of Waterford in Southern Ireland. The PP network showed the aircraft passing 2000ft climbing out of Heathrow, then I picked it up as live data on the RadarBox passing FL140 near Brize Norton. When I lost it live at Strumble, I followed it again on PP. The RadarBox network data could also see BA183, although the update rate wasn't as smooth as the "predicted" PP network data. Also, there wasn't anybody providing RadarBox data from Southern Ireland last night, but there was PP data.
In the PP screenshot below, my live aircraft are green, and the PP network aircraft are blue. Note BA123 with the blue ring just before I lost it altogether. The PP map is created from SBS-1 type outline data that is available from Bones RadarBox Utilities page at:
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/AirNav/AirNav_Utilities.htmClick on the link below to see the full size screenshot.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2066304839_3763108af6_o.jpgI would certainly miss having the RadarBox network data, but I could fill the gaps with PP network data provided by both SBS-1 and RadarBox users.