A location based night sky background for MagicMirror
Using the SkyView APP(a location based augmented view of the night sky with stars and satellites) i was wondering how this could be made possible for MagicMirror.

The idea is to make use of the MagicMirror’s black background with a layer of stars that are changing during the day depending on your location.

The old way (time based):

The new way (location based):

For example a nice looking Ref6.

A few more examples of MagicMirror with use of online sky maps*:
Example1 using the map of Ref1.
Example2 using the map of Ref4. & Ref5.
Example3 using the map of Ref2.
Example4 using the map of Ref6.

I’m sharing this to make this idea available using a module.

*References used in examples:
Location based online sky view maps
Ref1. http://neave.com/planetarium/
Ref2. http://theskylive.com/planetarium#ra|8.113703391538692|dec|-14.419127710596998|fov|50
Ref3. http://www.astroviewer.com/night-sky-code.php?lon=4.89&lat=52.37&city=Amsterdam&tz=CET
Ref4. SkyView Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.t11.skyviewfree&hl=nl
Ref5. SkyView iOS https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/skyview-free-explore-universe/id413936865?mt=8

360 sky view maps (not location based)
Ref6. http://media.skysurvey.org/interactive360/index.html
Ref7. https://www.google.com/sky/

@Peter I fixed this problem with improving my wifi signal/range!

Check your wifi signal quality if around 37/70 this will cause problems for sure, it should be at least above 45/70 or higher check your signal with:

sudo iwconfig wlan0

My bad wifi signal caused problems like not loading the globe images and freezing agenda items and not loading the newsfeed items.

Solutions are

1. Change the accespoint location or

2. Buy a WIFI USB adapter to improve the wifi range because the Pi 3 default wifi/bluetooth is very bad: Pi 3 Wifi problems or

3. DIY Modification option External antenna modifications for the Raspberry :Pi 3

Good Luck!

@dasbooter Your using a highres image source of 14mb maybe there are other limitations for this source, maybe you could try a lower resolution source?

My experience with resize above 800pixels for example 900 pixels the MMM-Globe script picks the highress source but my MagicMirror keeps black, could be to much for the raspberry pi 3 or a bug in the MMM-Globe…

@iMAGiC to many requests will cause a ip block, keep it default

A location based night sky background for MagicMirror
Using the SkyView APP(a location based augmented view of the night sky with stars and satellites) i was wondering how this could be made possible for MagicMirror.

The idea is to make use of the MagicMirror’s black background with a layer of stars that are changing during the day depending on your location.

The old way (time based):

The new way (location based):

For example a nice looking Ref6.

A few more examples of MagicMirror with use of online sky maps*:
Example1 using the map of Ref1.
Example2 using the map of Ref4. & Ref5.
Example3 using the map of Ref2.
Example4 using the map of Ref6.

I’m sharing this to make this idea available using a module.

*References used in examples:
Location based online sky view maps
Ref1. http://neave.com/planetarium/
Ref2. http://theskylive.com/planetarium#ra|8.113703391538692|dec|-14.419127710596998|fov|50
Ref3. http://www.astroviewer.com/night-sky-code.php?lon=4.89&lat=52.37&city=Amsterdam&tz=CET
Ref4. SkyView Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.t11.skyviewfree&hl=nl
Ref5. SkyView iOS https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/skyview-free-explore-universe/id413936865?mt=8

360 sky view maps (not location based)
Ref6. http://media.skysurvey.org/interactive360/index.html
Ref7. https://www.google.com/sky/

I want to know wich MagicMirror module can be used to get temperature information from my Pimatic domotica system to the MagicMirror. (a few Pimatic users have MagicMirrors)

For example this link can be used:
http://demo:demo@demo.pimatic.org/api/variables/variable-set.temperature (buth will output all values)

This script for example will pick the one value needed (Temperature: 14)

<?php
$curl = curl_init();
   curl_setopt ($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://demo:demo@demo.pimatic.org/api/variables/variable-set.temperature");
  curl_setopt ($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

$result = curl_exec ($curl);// curl to a variable
  curl_close ($curl);

$result = json_decode($result, true);// decode to associative array
$result = $result['variable']['value'];//pick desired value

print "Temperature: ".$result; 
?>

@EoF Nicely done!

It is still responsive with use of the spy glass in front of it. What does i need to do and look for to upgrade my non touch screen MagicMirror?