Plot aircraft dynamic trajectories

Hello,

I have (x,y,z) data (Lat, Lon, Altitude) of different aircraft. I have the 3D position of around 700 aircrafts, refreshed every few seconds. I want to make a plot over time to see the trajectories. It may work:

• Plot all the trajectory from the begining to the actual time instant.
• Plot the last minute part of the trajectory.
• Plot only the actual position.

Is there any Matlab built-in function to do so? Or maybe an external library?

I was struggling with scatter3 and plot3 functions for a long time, but I don't get the desired results. Furthermore, the code is very inefficient, and plot takes a while to refresh.

Long time ago I remeber I saw on internet a "library" which allow you to plot flight data even given information of Pitch, Row, Yaw angles on Matlab, but I am not able to find it again.

Answer 1

[Shaik]

Hi,

To plot trajectories of aircraft using 3D position data in MATLAB, you can utilize the built-in functions like plot3 or scatter3. However, if you're dealing with a large number of data points and experiencing performance issues, you can consider using external libraries like plot3d or plotly for interactive and efficient plotting.

If you're looking for specific libraries or tools to plot flight data, you can explore Flight Data Analysis Tools such as AeroToolbox, ADVISOR, or Matlab Flight Dynamics Toolbox. These toolboxes provide advanced functionalities for analyzing and visualizing flight data, including plotting trajectories using angles like pitch, roll, and yaw.