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Article #3Re: Satellite gifs wanted
From: Murray Chapman
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:41
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 04:41
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In <1992Jul28.035930.11458@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au> keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Michael VanKeulen) writes: >Does anyone know of an ftp site for Australian satellite images in gif format >(I don't have a .jpg viewer). I'm particularly after weather sat. pics >(preferably current) and landsat-type images of SW Australia. >Thanks > Mike Try: marlin.jcu.edu.au:JCUMetSat They get the satellite pictures about 30 minutes after they are taken. (They're in ILBM format: use the PBM or PPM libraries to convert them) >Mike van Keulen Here's a nifty script (courtesy of Anthony Bloesch): ---------------------- #!/bin/sh cd /tmp ftp -n marlin.jcu.edu.au <<END 2>/dev/null user ftp $USER cd JCUMetSat binary get australialast END /usr/local/pbm/ilbmtoppm australialast >australia.ppm rm australialast /usr/local/X11R5/bin/xv -aspect 9:17 australia.ppm & -------------------------- Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!csus.edu!umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!regent!monu1.cc.monash.edu.au!monu6!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!uqcspe!cs.uq.oz.au!muzzle From: muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au (Murray Chapman) Newsgroups: aus.sources Subject: Re: Satellite gifs wanted Keywords: images Message-ID: <9566@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Date: 28 Jul 92 04:41:03 GMT References: <1992Jul28.035930.11458@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au> Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au Reply-To: muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au Distribution: aus Lines: 32