[ale] Weather Satellite Image on X Background

[KeithH]

I had WAY too much fun with this.

#!/bin/sh
#
# Display weather maps in root window (Japan maps & X-windows)
#
cd /tmp
IMGSIZE="-geometry 1280x975"
# 1280x975 for 1280x1024 screen with GNOME toolbar at bottom
# IMGSIZE="-max" for full screen

while [[ true ]] ; do (

   SITE=http://tenki.or.jp/himawari/japan/sekigai/
   FILE=`date +%y%m%d%k`
# example: 01080517.gif
   wget -q $SITE$FILE.gif
   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit $FILE.gif
   sleep 900

   wget -q http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/VRML/fe.jpg
   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit fe.jpg
   sleep 900

   wget -q http://www.usatoday.com/weather/satpic/photos/east_asia.jpg
   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit east_asia.jpg
   sleep 900

   wget -q http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/WV/00Latest.jpg
   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit 00Latest.jpg
   sleep 900

   wget -q http://image.weather.com/images/sat/japan_sat_720x486.jpg
   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit japan_sat_720x486.jpg
   sleep 900
); done



Joseph A. Knapka wrote:

> Chris Woodruff wrote:
> 
>>When I was in college there was a exe that you could run that would show a
>>US weather satellite image on the background of X and update it every 15
>>minutes.  I was using SunOS or Solaris (can't remember since Michigan State
>>switched to Solaris during my stay).  Does anyone know if there is a
>>equivalent for Linux?  And if so is the source available?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Chris Woodruff
>>
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> 
> You could do this in a shell script:
> 
> while [[ true ]] do {
>   wget <URL of weather image>
>   xsetroot <image fetched by wget> # Maybe "xv" would work better.
>   sleep 900
> } done
> 
> (Note: the Bash syntax is probably not right, I don't
> write a lot of Bash scriptage.)
> 
> -- Joe
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