DAdaleroberts·Feb 2, 2021
Something similar in Python: https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
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daleroberts / tv
tv
Quickly view (satellite) imagery directly in your terminal using Unicode 9.0 characters and true color.
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Quickly view (satellite) imagery directly in your terminal using Unicode 9.0 characters and true color.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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15 sourcesYou can take the concept even further. I made this about 4 years ago now: https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In imgcat: higher resolutionYou can get even better rendering quality if you are willing to use Unicode 9.0 characters: https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Show HN: The worst ANSI renderer, except for all the othersOr this one: https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Show HN: Browsh – A modern, text-based browserIf you like this project then you might like these ones.
Image visualisation in terminal using Unicode 9 and True Color:
https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
Image visualisation for iTerm2:
https://github.com/daleroberts/bv
Matplotlib graphics and animation in iTerm2:
https://github.com/daleroberts/itermplot
In GIF for CLIA simple lookup table also works well.
Here I use Unicode 9.0 and True Color support to render images as text using Python: https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In ASCII Art: Real-Time ASCII Art Rendering LibraryEven cooler is when you take landsat-util and visualise results directly in your terminal, see here:
https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Mapping Australia’s Coast with Landsat Satellite ImageryMe having fun with true color and Unicode 9.0 characters:
https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Fun at the Unix TerminalTV gives even more interesting results as it uses more unicode 9.0 characters:
http://www.github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Timg – Terminal Image ViewerWhat's the difference with tv[0]?
[0] https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Timg – Terminal Image ViewerIf you are running a Mac for your desktop (with iTerm2) and ssh'ing into a Linux machine. These work if you run them remotely as the image gets transferred through the SSH session:
https://github.com/daleroberts/itermplot
https://github.com/daleroberts/bv
Alternatively, for any other terminal emulator with Unicode 9.0 font support and true color support, you can use:
https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
This even includes Windows (using patched PuTTY) and remotely running 'tv' on a Linux machine.
In A curated list of Terminal frameworks, plugins and resourcesYou can checkout my other project https://github.com/daleroberts/tv which allows you to view images in any terminal supporting Unicode 9.0 fonts and true color. It uses GDAL for the backend which is easy to install on a Mac with:
brew install gdal --without-python --HEAD
pip install gdal
In Show HN: Plot directly in your terminal with matplotlibtv – Quickly view high resolution imagery on a tty terminal
3 points · Open discussionNo, looks fine for me (Retina display).
For those that are interested, I've also released my approach to imagery in the terminal (Python):
https://github.com/daleroberts/tv
In Show HN: Fabulous: Print images in terminal with PythonShow HN: Quickly view satellite imagery directly in your terminal
6 points · Open discussion