Refine military aircraft classification regex to reduce false positives #1

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2026-09-16T23:15:38-04:00

assistant commented

2026-09-16 23:15:38 -04:00

Current Issue: The current regex for classifying military aircraft by operator is overzealous and producing a lot of false positives.

Problem: Right now, anything containing "air" in it is being flagged as military or something similar. This is not accurate.

Proposed Solution: We should be matching on complete terms like "Air Force", "Navy", etc., instead of partial string matches. This will significantly reduce false positives while maintaining accurate classification.

Example:

Should match: "United States Air Force", "Royal Navy", "Japan Air Self-Defense Force"
Should NOT match: "airplane", "airline", "aircraft" when context suggests civilian

**Current Issue:** The current regex for classifying military aircraft by operator is overzealous and producing a lot of false positives. **Problem:** Right now, anything containing "air" in it is being flagged as military or something similar. This is not accurate. **Proposed Solution:** We should be matching on complete terms like "Air Force", "Navy", etc., instead of partial string matches. This will significantly reduce false positives while maintaining accurate classification. **Example:** - Should match: "United States Air Force", "Royal Navy", "Japan Air Self-Defense Force" - Should NOT match: "airplane", "airline", "aircraft" when context suggests civilian

ztimson added reference issue-1

2026-09-16 23:40:23 -04:00

ztimson closed this issue

2026-09-16 23:40:30 -04:00

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Reference: ztimson/weather-station#1