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Himawari 8 Timelapse-Script

This small script automates the download of himawari-footage to simplify the process of creating timelapses.

Warning

This script will create/use a 'temp'-folder in the selected filepath-folder. Any *.png-files in this folder will be deleted.

Variables

base_url URL-template the script will download from

filepath by default the current working directory, but can also be set manually

resolution defines in what resolution the footage is downloaded, for detailed infos see resolution. Valid values are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 20

year, month, day, hour, minutes time and date of the first frame. The minutes need to be a multiple of 10 (e.g. 0, 10, 20, ...)

number_of_frames how many frames should be grabbed

number frame at which the script will start to download (default: 1). Usefull to continue/finish a partially downloaded animation.

start_tile_x, start_tile_y tile-coordinates of upper left corner. See resolution for easier mapping

number_of_tiles_x, number_of_tiles_y width/height of selected area in tiles (1 tile = 550px). start_tile_x+number_of_tiles_x and start_tile_y+number_of_tiles_yhave to be smaller than resolution