FlightStats Launches Map-Based Flight Tracker
Google® Maps Mash-up Tracks Airline Flights Over North America
PORTLAND, Ore. – September 11, 2007 – Do you know where your loved ones are?
Tracking the location of traveling family members, bosses, and colleagues
just got a lot easier with FlightStats’ introduction of a map-based flight
tracker. All you need to know is what airline they’re using and their
departure or arrival cities to zero in on the precise geographic position
and estimated arrival time of their flight. The new flight tracker combines
the power of Google® Maps with FlightStats’ up-to-the minute flight data to
show you the exact location of the flight over a standard, satellite or
hybrid map of North America.
The interactive Web application refreshes automatically as the flight
progresses. Companion screens show weather information in both the arrival
and departure cities and alert you to any airport delays that might affect
the flight. Flight information displayed below the map includes the
historical on-time arrival rating for the monitored flight, its scheduled
and actual departure time, and its estimated arrival time. Viewers can click
through to get more flight details and set up alerts to deliver updates on
the flight to a mobile phone or PC. To track a flight visit:
http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightTracker/flightTracker.do
Use of the tracker is free and requires no login to track a flight. The
advertising-supported tracker is also available for free syndication on
travel sites, weather sites, blogs and personal web pages. FlightStats
offers other syndicated content such as interactive airport delay maps,
weather applications and flight status/flight alert applications from:
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Syndication/syndication.do
—RELEASE FROM FLIGHTSTATS.COM