Welcome to the VATprism repository! VATprism is a data explorer for VATSIM, the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network. VATprism allows users to explore available ATC services, connected pilots, Airports, Flight and Upper Information Regions and more!

VATprism was born out of a desire to simplify, and make more customizable, access to VATSIM data and is inspired by the excellent VAT-Spy, which, as of this time, unfortunately remains closed source.

For instructions on how to download VATprism, see the Installation section of this readme.

More information can be found on vatprism.org

Issue tracking takes place on this GitHub issue repository. You are most invited to contribute bugs, issues, feature or any other constructive feedback as an issue. Before submitting an issue, please check existing issues for duplicates.

Simply download the latest installer (.msi) from the releases page and run it. The installer will guide you through the installation.

Note: Windows Defender SmartScreen might show a warning about the installer not being a recognized app. This is harmless and simply an issue of the installer being unsigned.

Simply download the latest image (.dmg) from the releases page and run it.

Note: macOS might warn you that VATprism can not be trusted because it has been downloaded from the internet. To open VATprism anyway, right click it and press open. Additionally, after updating, you might receive a message saying the application is damaged and cannot be opened. This is an issue with codesign. Navigate to /Applications/ and run codesign --remove-signature VATprism.app, then start VATprism as usual. I hope to be able to resolve this issue in the future, see the corresponding issue for more information.

Currently, there is no support for native linux binaries. It is still possible to run VATprism, though you are going to have to compile it yourself. For this, please refer to the Build section of this readme.

If there is demand for Linux native binaries in the future, I will think about adding support. Feel free to request Linux builds via the linked issue.

Building the project requires the following tools:

• Apache Maven

• JDK 15+

• WiX Toolset (Windows Only)

To build the project, clone the repository and run mvn package. To run the project, navigate to target-fat-jar and run java -jar vatsim-map-[VERSION]-fat.jar

VATprism uses the VAT-Spy Client Data Update Project as a source of static data and the VATSIM API as a source of dynamic data.