MMM-Globe: Meteosat imagery broken — fork with fix available

[plainbroke]

@rkorell
If I install your fork and use the style: “meteosat”,
Will that work in the USA ? I like the prettier styling…

[rkorell]

@plainbroke :-) It will work in US but you will see the wrong half of the globe …

To be serious: No, you requirement is for sure to see USA side of the globe - so it will not work for you - wrong satellite.

Warmest regards,
Ralf

[eddiebrok]

Thanks for the update and the clear explanation, that broken image issue has been frustrating for a lot of users. The fork with the new meteosat style and the fix for the blank startup problem sounds like a solid replacement, especially with the improved imagery source. Appreciate you sharing the install steps and config example, it makes testing the fix much easier for everyone.

[Gabian 0]

@rkorell Thanks a lot, I’ll try that this week ! Greetings

[rkorell]

Today added a minor fix: Globe disappeared when browser-refresh is performed…

[rkorell]

@plainbroke said:

Will that work in the USA ? I like the prettier styling…

Dear @plainbroke ,
well, I owe you an apology — and a thank you!

When you asked, I answered “wrong satellite” and moved on. Technically correct, but I completely missed the obvious next question: “So… can we get the
RIGHT satellite?”

Turns out, we can. The CIRA SLIDER service that provides the beautiful Meteosat GeoColor imagery (with the night city lights) serves four geostationary
satellites — and one of them is GOES-19, parked right over the Americas at 75.2°W. Same API, same image quality, same stunning day/night visualization.
I just never looked.

Your question made me look. So as of v3.1.0, MMM-Globe now supports:

┌─────────────────┬────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┐
│      Style      │     Satellite      │           View            │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
│ geoColorEurope  │ Meteosat (0°)      │ Europe / Africa           │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
│ geoColorUSA     │ GOES-19 (75.2°W)   │ Americas ← this is yours! │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
│ geoColorPacific │ GOES-18 (137.0°W)  │ Pacific                   │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
│ geoColorAsia    │ Himawari (140.7°E) │ Asia / Australia          │
└─────────────────┴────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘

Just set style: “geoColorUSA” and you’re good to go. Same auto-polling every 60 seconds, same beautiful globe, just the right half of the planet this
time. 😊

So thank you for what I should have recognized as a feature request instead of a geography lesson. Sometimes the best contributions come disguised as
simple questions.

Warmest regards,
Ralf

[plainbroke]

@rkorell
Thank you for the update…

[rkorell]

@plainbroke you’re really welcome.
Thanks for your patience :-)

Ralf

[manu85340]

@rkorell Bravo c’est super

[rkorell]

@manu85340 :-) Thank You!
Glad, if it works for you!

Ralf

[rkorell]

Good afternoon, all!
europeDiscNat is back! (plus a small CSS fix for a new white footer)

for you, guys a quick update on the European satellite image situation.

Since my fork EUMETSAT’s new WMS endpoint at view.eumetsat.int/geoserver/wms works fast, reliably and nice.

Yesterday that stopped delivering fresh images!

Today I figured out there even is a new version (small changes in URL) v1.1.0 is now v1.3.0 API - but both of them are only returning a stale image from yesterday evening:

https://view.eumetsat.int/geoserver/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetMap&layers=msg_fes:rgb_naturalenhncd&...
https://view.eumetsat.int/geoserver/wms?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetMap&layers=msg_fes:rgb_naturalenhncd&...

But here’s the surprise: the old europeDiscNat URL is back and working again!
So if you’ve been in trouble with looking for actual pictures without the SLIDER API, this works right now:

style: 'europeDiscNat',

is re-born …

One thing to watch out for: Unfortunately EUMETSAT has changed the image format slightly. The footer bar at the bottom (logo + timestamp) used to be black — invisible against the MagicMirror background. It’s now white and a bit taller, which causes a small white artifact at the bottom of the globe.

I’ve pushed a fix that adds a black CSS overlay to mask the footer. Just update the module:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Globe
git pull
npm install

Of course the SLIDER styles (geoColorEurope, geoColorUSA, etc.) continue to work fine if you prefer those.

Happy mirroring!

Warmest regards,
Ralf