@SvenSommer said in MMM-Globe:

I also adjusted my module MMM-GoogleAnalytics to provide the coordinates of the website visitors location.
The module is in a very early state but it’s quite impressive to see it’s working . See for yourself:

Hi Sven,

Thanks for your contribution here. I’ll review the changes tomorrow (It’s pretty late here) - I believe @bhepler was using a more powerful linux driven system. I’ve had multiple reports from users that their Pi’s aren’t really up to the task, and I’ve updated the title page as such.

I’m going to attempt to create a lite version of this module for Pi users when I get the opportunity. In actuality, I’d like to rebuild the module entirely as there’s a lot of code cleanup I’d like to do. Although Rob S was the original creator of the globe, he assisted me in making heavy changes to the code, and I had to make some additions to make it compatible with the MM framework. Unbelievably, this was actually heavier on processing prior to release. Performance improvements are at the top of my list, as are a few other things.

Either way, I’m really glad your enjoying it, and your creativity in feeding new locations is really encouraging.

@cowboysdude I’m really pleased. Because of yours and others feedback, I’ve revised the front page of this module recommending not to use this module with Pi’s. That said, I’m really glad it’s serving you well - I worked hard on it and that’s exactly what I wanted from it!

Also if you want to submit a video of it in action (wherever that may be!) here, please feel free. I love seeing my module in people’s homes.

@SvenSommer I’m glad you like it! There is a separate post for this in Utilities but it hasn’t garnered a huge amount of attention. I’m hesitant because if most users user Pi’s for their mirror, this plugin may provide a heavy burden to it in terms of computational ability.

2. There is no reason you cannot. I think this would be entirely possible. The module allows you to pass custom locations for pins within the builder (see documentation), so there’s no reason that this information cannot be derived from a custom script.

@bhepler Haha. I had no idea :laughing: - Truth be told, I had this code working OK around 11 months ago. But I wanted it tidied up and packaged up nicely before I released it. Being busy, that somehow took almost a year to do.

@cowboysdude Really? I haven’t seen it anywhere. Glad you like it!

@bhepler

I didn’t realise it would look so 3 dimensional. Thank you for this! :grimacing:

@bhepler

This is awesome, and your mirror looks incredible. This absolutely made my day - Thank you for this! I’m really glad your office likes it.

@d3r @bhepler

Hmmm… This is interesting. I’m not sure what specifically about a Raspbian build that would cause this issue. If you PM me your logs, I’ll take a closer look at this.

@aimanyusof94

CSS, HTML and JavaScript go hand in hand. You need to know a little about one, to know what you can do to it (or with it) with the other. In this case, you’ll need a little knowledge of all three, and a little programming knowledge to boot.

If you’re just looking for a beginner project, I really wouldn’t recommend this to start, as you’ll run into problems, get disheartened and maybe quit (and nobody wants that!).

If you’re just starting, visit a website like Code Academy which will allow you to see your results interactively. This is a great place to start learning the basics, and it’s free. I wouldn’t jump straight into a bespoke module development project until you have a bit of experience making other things a little less specialised.

@Fonfon

It’s good to have some basic knowledge of JavaScript. I’d recommend Code Academy or something similar if you’re starting from absolute zero!