Against my better judgment, I’m going to throw out a couple of observations:
The ultimate data aggregation is Flightawere, so they should list themself as #1.
Flightaware is located in Houston, so they would be #1 in the Houston area; but they get the data from all over the world, so the location in the statics/ranking means nothing.
I use the stats to judge how well my radio, antenna, filter, etc are performing. Will the stats continue to give me this information, yes but I will have to filter the data now.
Who does not like to be #1? Will I ever get there? No, and not now unless I figure out how to aggregate data, and have more friends than the other guy that knows how to aggregate data. (I assume that if you are smart enough that any system that has this data on it can be shared).
Will I loose any sleep? No, but if aggregate data is used for ranking and stats, the location of this data should be reflected, or that it’s from multiple locations of the wolrld.
Maybe a new stat list can be created “Aggregate Data”. Flightaware #1. They deal with a lot of data, allow us to see data, track our airplanes, give mlat data back to us, and more. It is Flightaware’s sand box, so they can make the rules for the game they created. There are loopholes in rules, which create more rules. The ranking system is somewhat based on location, which is becoming grey, and will continue to darken with the aggregate data loophole.
I’m probably all wet on this one but…
Peace out.