Category Archives: Code

Time lapse how to (Linux)

This, I hope, is the definitive version of the time-lapse how to. Having had earlier cracks at it, I think this one represents the refined source. Here’s the how to. 1. A capture script #!/bin/bash cd $HOME/captures D1=`date +%Y-%m-%d` D2=`date … Continue reading

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Gnuplot as a GIS part 2

I liked using gnuplot in this way so much, I decided to hone in on Europe, of course the densest information in the data source. Constraining the range of the longitude to 6 degrees West to 23 degrees East, you … Continue reading

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A New Way of Looking at Where We’ve Been

Tinkering with gnuplot again tonight, waiting for Soph to come back from Essen, I was using the charting software to visualise the list of locations in our gps database, sorted by longitude which gives a list of locations we’ve been … Continue reading

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Python script that reads GPS log files and sends values via OSC

This is the companion post to the one below, (Python script that sends live GPS values over OSC). It is for people who don’t have a GPS to attach but want to experiment with the kind of values you get … Continue reading

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Python script that sends live GPS values over OSC

After meeting André Wakko at the fantastically bonkers workshop Insecure Territories with Bengt Sjolén, Martin Howse and Brendan Howell, I noticed that he was sonorizing wi-fi traffic and I cheekily introduced him to my GPS project for making some kind … Continue reading

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