Lat Lon missing after update

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Just updated, showing SkyAware 9.0~bpo11+1 on the top right of local display and now I do not have my station location displayed.

It used to work fine and it was nice to have the distance to the aircraft displayed.

Don’t know what the update broke. Anybody know what config files hold the lat/lon?

Any ideas?

Thanks, Dale

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Go into the settings on your stats page and check the lat/lon settings of the site. If you update/ adapt them there and save the setting you should be back in business :wink:

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Thanks for the reply. Was hoping to bypass setting up the feeder and simply edit the config file direct but I sure can’t figure out where it is hidden.

I use the local web display and like seeing only what my station can receive direct as I live direct under the ILS to a major airport (MCO) there is plenty to look at.

I was looking over the history of the commands I have run on the Pi3 and did not find anything that helped. I must have configured the feeder, got the lat/lon set then took it off line. It’s been a while and I’m having trouble remembering.

I will give re-setting up the feeder and go from there.

Thanks, Dale

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you are overcomplicating things :wink:

Step1:
Got to the stats page of the feeder when you login to flightaware.
It is located (after logging in) under my adsb and then select stats.

Step 2
Click the cogwheel on the right side of the screen
afbeelding

Step 3
Edit the location
afbeelding

Step 4
enter the exact location or select them on the map ( you have 2 options)

Step 5
click the submit button.

You’re done :wink:

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Like Tom says…if you proceed to settings in the right-side gear wheel of the orange bar you will find “edit location” there. Just wanted to add the detail that if you choose the automated location choice, it will find your location and note it to a very accurate number that will run out to 5 digits after the decimal point. eg. 28.xxxxx. This is much more accurate than anything you can input and works very well. MLAT especially likes the format. IMHO

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Auto location takes a while, you can set it manually with 5 digits as well :wink: and then it set straight away to the correct location.
There’s a multitude of maps available that can give you that accuracy if you just look it up on the internet :slight_smile:

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Sorry Tom for butting in on your subject matter. Apparently, we were typing at the same time, and you hit got to post before me.

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Google Earth can display location degrees to 6 decimal places (xx.xxxxxx).
I use the free Google Earth Pro app locally on my notebook .

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The problem is I do not have a feeder set up currently.

Will try to get it setup when I get the time.

Thanks, Dale

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Got it figured out. Kinda like getting under the hood and seeing what I can break :wink:

For me and how I like to monitor the aircraft in my area (local with no feeds) I found:
sudo nano /usr/lib/piaware-support/generate-receiver-config
Look for the:
RECEIVER_LAT {28.5xxxxx}
RECEIVER_LON {-81.3xxxxx}
Section and enter the info for your station (replace the numbers and x)

Now it’s back to working like it did before the update.

Maybe this will help somebody else, Dale

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