README.md

EUMETSAT OSX wallpaper

Python script to create an awesome wallpaper of our earth, as seen by EUMETSAT satellites above Europe.

Prerequisites

Anaconda installation

install conda or miniconda:

brew install miniconda
conda init zsh

Conda environment created

install the conda environment:

conda env create -f environment.yml

it will create a new conda environment, named eumetsat

Script installation

Test the script

zsh generate_earth.zsh

Create cron job

Open you crontab file:

crontab -e

And add this line to your crontab file (don't forget to replace PATH_TO_YOUR_FOLDER):

* * * * * cd PATH_TO_YOUR_FOLDER/eumetsat-osx-wallpaper && zsh generate_earth.zsh  >/tmp/stdout.log 2>/tmp/stderr.log

You'll be able to check the logs using:

cat /tmp/std*.log

To be improved

• download more sample images from EUMETSAT to generate a proper mask programmatically
• refactor code to make it cleaner (modularization, naming, ...)