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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Software]]<br /> ===Links===<br /> * [http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/ home] <br /> * [http://flatplanet.sourceforge.net/maps/ maps]<br /> * [https://apollo.open-resource.org/mission:log:2014:06:17:new-fresh-global-cloudmap-distribution-service-xplanet cloudmap generated every 3h]<br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> c:<br /> cd c:\Program Files\Xplanet\<br /> <br /> set configspace=-config e:/OneDrive/Files/Hacken/Xplanet/config-space.ini<br /> set configmarker=-config e:/OneDrive/Files/Hacken/Xplanet/config-earth-markers.ini<br /> set outdir=d:/Wallpaper/Xplanet<br /> <br /> set common=-num_times 1 -label <br /> set screen=-geometry 1920x1080 <br /> rem -center +1920+512 <br /> set stars=-starmap BSC -marker_file brightStars <br /> rem -arc_file constellations<br /> <br /> REM Earth and Moon<br /> REM set body=-body moon -latitude 0 -longitude 0 -radius 10<br /> set body=-target earth -separation moon:-30 -radius 30<br /> xplanet ^<br /> %body% -output %outdir%/EarthMoon.png ^<br /> %screen% %common% %configspace% %stars%<br /> <br /> REM Europe<br /> set body=-target earth -latitude 30 -longitude 40 -radius 45<br /> xplanet.exe ^<br /> %body% -output %outdir%/Europe.png ^<br /> %screen% %common% %configmarker% <br /> <br /> REM Europa-close<br /> set body=-target earth -latitude 50 -longitude 10 -radius 105<br /> xplanet.exe ^<br /> %body% -output %outdir%/Europe-close.png ^<br /> %screen% %common% %configmarker% <br /> <br /> REM Americas<br /> set body=-target earth -latitude 0 -longitude 280 -radius 45<br /> xplanet.exe ^<br /> %body% -output %outdir%/Americas.png ^<br /> %screen% %common% %configmarker% <br /> <br /> REM Asia<br /> set body=-target earth -latitude 0 -longitude 100 -radius 45<br /> xplanet.exe ^<br /> %body% -output %outdir%/Asia.png ^<br /> %screen% %common% %configmarker% <br /> <br /> REM Hemispheres<br /> set body=-target earth -latitude 0 -longitude 40 -projection hemisphere<br /> xplanet.exe ^<br /> %body% -output %outdir%/Hemispheres.png ^<br /> %screen% %common% %config% %stars% <br /> <br /> REM -date 20031202.000000 ^<br /> <br /> ===Linux===<br /> ====Install====<br /> sudo apt-get install xplanet xplanet-images<br /> create config ~/.xplanet<br /> [earth]<br /> cloud_map=/home/torben/wallpapers/clouds_2048.jpg<br /> image=/usr/share/xplanet/images/earth.jpg<br /> night_map=/usr/share/xplanet/images/night.jpg<br /> cron job script or endless loop in script<br /> wget -q -O /home/torben/wallpapers/clouds_2048.jpg http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/clouds/clouds_2048.jpg<br /> xplanet -config .xplanet -output ~/wallpapers/xplanet/earth.jpg -geometry 1920x1200 -projection mercator<br /> xplanet -config .xplanet -output ~/wallpapers/xplanet/earth1.jpg -geometry 1920x1200 -projection mercator # for KDE hack<br /> Gnome does recognise changes to the background image file, KDE4 does not. So we have to hack it...<br /> Select background image to a slideshow of the folder<br /> /home/torben/wallpapers/xplanet/<br /> <br /> [http://lifehacker.com/5556316/set-a-rotating-picture-of-the-earth-as-your-ubuntu-wallpaper] -&gt; Comments<br /> [http://techknack.net/auto-update-sun-map-wallpaper-in-kde4/]<br /> <br /> <br /> ====My script====<br /> #!/bin/bash<br /> cd /home/torben<br /> while :<br /> do<br /> i=1<br /> wget -q -O /home/torben/wallpapers/clouds_2048.jpg http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/clouds/clouds_2048.jpg<br /> while [ $i -le 4 ]<br /> do<br /> (( i++ ))<br /> xplanet -config .xplanet -output ~/wallpapers/xplanet/earth.jpg -geometry 1920x1200 -num_times 1 -projection mercator<br /> xplanet -config .xplanet -output ~/wallpapers/xplanet/earth1.jpg -geometry 1920x1200 -num_times 1 -projection mercator # for KDE hack<br /> sleep 30m<br /> done<br /> done</div>

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