Live ISS Tracker
🛰️ A simple desktop application and CLI that tracks the real-time location of the International Space Station.
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Quick Start
This application provides two main commands:
run: Launches the interactive 3D globe in a desktop window.location: Prints the current latitude and longitude of the ISS to the console.
To use these commands, make sure you have a modern version of Python and uv installed, then simply run:
# To run the GUI application
uvx --from liveisstracker iss run
# To get the current location in your terminal
uvx --from liveisstracker iss location
Other Ways to Run
Using pipx
If you have pipx installed, you can use it to run the commands in an isolated environment:
pipx run --spec liveisstracker iss run
pipx run --spec liveisstracker iss location
Using pip
You can also install the package directly into your Python environment using pip:
# Install the package
pip install liveisstracker
# Run the commands
iss run
iss location
Development
To contribute to the development of this project, you can set it up locally:
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/manojmanivannan/liveisstracker.git cd liveisstracker
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Run the application commands: The included
run.shscript usesuvto install dependencies and run the app in a local virtual environment. You can pass the subcommands to it:# Run the GUI ./run.sh run # Get the location ./run.sh location
Versioning and Releasing
This project includes an interactive script to simplify the process of versioning and creating new releases.
To create a new version, run:
./version_tag_push
This script will guide you through bumping the version number, creating a new Git tag, and pushing the tag to the remote repository. Pushing a new tag will automatically trigger the GitHub Actions workflow to publish the new version to PyPI.
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