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Draft PR: Live Visualization #11

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$ fviz tracks --tailNumber N81497 --flightCount 1 --launch
```

## Featured Flights

<details>
<summary><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_02">Virgin Galactic 02</a> Spaceflight</summary>

> See [this write-up](docs/featured/galactic02.md) about a visualization of
> [Galactic 02], the second commercial spaceflight of the American aerospace
> company [Virgin Galactic].
>
> ![Galactic 02 Flight Path](docs/featured/230813-VirginGalactic02-SkyPath.jpg)
</details>

## Packaging

Flight Visualizer is packaged into a standalone CLI command named `fviz`.
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Everything needed is contained in the single binary which is pre-built for popular operating systems
and included in the standard [Releases](https://github.com/noodnik2/flightvisualizer/releases).



### Configuration
In order to retrieve flight information using [AeroAPI], you'll need to obtain and install an API Key.
See the [AeroAPI] documentation to learn more about this.
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visualizes an [actual flight from Los Angeles to Maui](artifacts/fvt_SWA3774-1685372217-schedule-57p.json)
taken by some lucky vacationers on Southwest Airlines flight SWA3774 on May 31st.

## Enjoying Visualizations
## Other Visualizations

While [KML] is a standard "Markup Language," and is supported by many other geospatial applications (perhaps most
notably [Google Maps], [QGIS] and [ArcGIS Earth]), only [Google Earth] (as of this writing) appears to best support
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[QGIS]: https://qgis.org
[Keyhole Markup Language]: https://www.ogc.org/standard/kml
[Microsoft Flight Simulator]: https://www.flightsimulator.com
[Galactic 02]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_02
[Virgin Galactic]: https://www.virgingalactic.com/
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