Using view1090-fa without internet

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@itrackplanes

I’m going to wireshark tar1090 a bit to see how it uses the interwebs, then join the openstreetmap website.

You can just look at html/layers.js, that’s where all the maps are.
It’s based on Openlayers 5.

@itrackplanes

The idea is to proxy the map server so that tar1090 looks for maps on the PC first before going out to the internet.

That’s not necessary, you can actually define a custom tile layer via localStorage in your browser:

• open your local tar1090 page
• open javascript console using F12
• type this:

localStorage['customTiles'] = "https://{a-c}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"

• after a reload of the page, Custom Tiles layer will be available in the dropdown.
• you want to set that to something localhost obviously.

@itrackplanes

What has now occurred to me is I should just set up an openstreetmap server.

Yeah that’s your best bet.
I have never done that myself, but it’s definitely the way to go.