[ale] Weather Satellite Image on X Background

[Josh Freeman]

1280 x 1024. I also tried using the "-max" setting.

KeithH wrote:
> What resolution to you have your video card set to?
> 
> Josh Freeman wrote:
> 
>> Forgive me  if I am missing something completely obvious,but this 
>> doesn't seem to work for me, running KDE 2.0.
>>
>> If I execute the following statement:
>>
>> xv -root -quit -geometry 1280x975 ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg
>>
>> Nothing seems to happen. If I execute this:
>>
>> xv +root -quit -geometry 1280x975 ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg
>>
>> A window the size of my screen pops up containing ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg
>>
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> KeithH wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>> "You know how many remote castles there are along the gorges? You
>>>>  can't MOVE for remote castles!" -- Lu Tze re. Uberwald
>>>> // Linux MM Documentation in progress:
>>>> // http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html
>>>> 2nd Lbl A + 1 = 2nd Pause 2nd Prt GTO 2 R/S
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>>
>>
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Josh Freeman
Technical Manager
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

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