Pinpoint
1 cell
Single H3 cell — airport or specific facility
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Core Feature
Watch Areas
Watch areas are the core monitoring primitive in SkyGrid. Each watch area defines a geographic region, a set of anomaly type filters, and optional alert routing — so the right events reach the right people.
Creating a Watch Area
From the Dashboard, the Watch Area Manager lets you create a new area in four steps:
- Enter a location name — type a city, airport, or landmark. SkyGrid geocodes the location and maps it to H3 cells for monitoring.
- Choose a radius — select from Pinpoint (single cell), Small (7 cells), Medium (19 cells), or Large (37 cells) to control the geographic footprint.
- Select anomaly types — toggle which of the eight anomaly classes to monitor. Start narrow and expand as needed.
- Attach alert routing (optional) — connect a Slack, Teams, Discord, or custom webhook endpoint to receive real-time alerts.
Radius Options
Small
7 cells
Immediate area around a point of interest
Medium
19 cells
Metropolitan area or regional airspace
Large
37 cells
Wide-area coverage for regional monitoring
Anomaly Type Filters
Each watch area can monitor any combination of the eight anomaly types. Only events matching the selected types will trigger alerts and appear in the watch area event history.
LoiterGhostSquawkRapid DescentICAO SpoofFormationCallsign DupGPS Jamming
See Anomaly Detection Classes for detailed definitions of each type.
Watch Area Lifecycle
A
Active — monitoring is live. Events are detected and alerts are routed to attached destinations.
P
Paused — monitoring is suspended. Events are not detected and alerts are not sent. Resume at any time.
D
Deleted — the watch area and its event history are permanently removed.