Generate synthetic background images with near real time satellite images.
Project description
Live-Earth-Wallpapers aka liewa
Set your Desktop background to near realtime picures of the earth. Supports all known geostationary satellites, high resolution sentinel images, Nasa Solar Dynamics Observatory Images and Nasa astronomy picture of the day (Apod)! For Linux, Windows and MacOs!
Examples
Example Output of the config1.yml file. Use this by passing config1 to -o flag.
Example Output of the config2.yml file. Use this by passing config2 to -o flag.
Example Output of the config3.yml file. Use this by passing config3 to -o flag.
Example Output for astronomy picture of the day feed (apod)(2022 November 15).
Build images to your needs by writing your own config.yml file or using the GUI.
Read more on the Wiki Page.
Installation
You need Python installed and added to your System-path-variable!
Using PyPi (Linux,MacOs)
- Install liewa-software from pypi Package
- execute command line Interface by
liewa-cli
or the Gui byliewa-gui
.
Windows
- Download the
liewaInstaller.exe
from Releases Page and execute the GUI. - If the desktopimage hasn´t changed, take a look at the Known bugs section.
Linux
- Download the
liewa.deb
file from Releases Page. - Execute
sudo dpkg -i liewa.deb
.
MacOS
- Download the
liewa.dmg
drive from the Releases Page. - Drag and Drop the liewa software into the Program Folders.
For detailed userguide, read the wiki page.
Usage
Script Parameters:
short | long | type | default | help |
---|---|---|---|---|
-c | --config | String | path/to/project/recources/config.yml | The absolute path to the config File. There are 3 examples preinstalled. Use them by passing congfig1 , config2 or config3 as parameters. |
-o | --output | String | - | The absolute path to a folder. All loaded Images will be saved here. |
The composition of your background image is defined by a config.yml file.
Read the Wiki for a detailed instruction on how to personalize your Image composition.
For Contributers
- Read the Contributing Readme.
- Filter Discussions by "For Contributers" Label to find topics to work on.
- Feel free to add your own ideas, features or open a Discussion in the Discussions tab.
Known Bugs
Pypi
- If
liewa-cli
orliewa-gui
is not known, add python pip itepackages to system PATH.
Windows
- On some Systems the Taskscheduler cant automaticly be set to execute the Programm even when the cimputer is in Battery mode. Therefore you have to manualy unchek this flag in the TaskScheduler for the
liewa
Task. - On some Systems the python Packages need to be manualy installed. Do so by typing
pip install bs4 pillow pyyaml requests
into CMD.
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