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into a terminal window. Firefox will now prompt you to create a new profile.
 
into a terminal window. Firefox will now prompt you to create a new profile.
  
* Click the *Create Profile*-Button
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* Click the '''Create Profile'''-Button
* Press *Next* to proceed on the Create Profile Wizard
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* Press '''Next''' to proceed on the Create Profile Wizard
 
* Enter your profile name - preferrable without spaces. e.g. use "ingress_cityname"
 
* Enter your profile name - preferrable without spaces. e.g. use "ingress_cityname"
 
* Finish.
 
* Finish.
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Firefox has now created a new user directory inside your home.
 
Firefox has now created a new user directory inside your home.
  
    ~/.mozilla/firefox/$randomnum.ingress_yourcity
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~/.mozilla/firefox/$randomnum.ingress_yourcity
  
*Remember:* If you want to take screenshots on a virtual machine/root-server you have to copy this profile to this machine using e.g. *scp*
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'''Remember:''' If you want to take screenshots on a virtual machine/root-server you have to copy this profile to this machine using e.g. '''scp'''
  
 
Start firefox with that profile by clicking on "Start Firefox" or run it from console with:
 
Start firefox with that profile by clicking on "Start Firefox" or run it from console with:
  
  firefox -P ingress_cityname
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firefox -P ingress_cityname
  
 
=== login to google account ===
 
=== login to google account ===
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Just create a clone of the ingress-screenshot repository somewhere:
 
Just create a clone of the ingress-screenshot repository somewhere:
  
    git clone https://github.com/schinken/ingress-screenshot
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git clone https://github.com/schinken/ingress-screenshot
  
 
and configure the run.sh-script with your favorite text editor (vim, emacs, etc..). The parameter names should be self-explanatory.
 
and configure the run.sh-script with your favorite text editor (vim, emacs, etc..). The parameter names should be self-explanatory.
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Simply run the bash script with:
 
Simply run the bash script with:
  
  ./run.sh
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./run.sh
  
 
After a couple of minutes/seconds your first screenshot should appear in your current directory
 
After a couple of minutes/seconds your first screenshot should appear in your current directory
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To create a video theres also a simple bash script in the git repository. Just run
 
To create a video theres also a simple bash script in the git repository. Just run
  
    ./make_video.sh  
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./make_video.sh  
  
 
this will do the dirty job for you
 
this will do the dirty job for you

Version vom 13. Mai 2013, 19:33 Uhr

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Ingress TimeLapse

Status: stable

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Description

To see the progress of ingress in bamberg we wanted to create a timelapse over a big period of time. To do so, we use a headless firefox which takes screenshots running an "virtual" x server.

Here are two examples:

firefox setup

create profile

First you have to setup a new profile for firefox. You can easily do this by just typing

   firefox -P

into a terminal window. Firefox will now prompt you to create a new profile.

  • Click the Create Profile-Button
  • Press Next to proceed on the Create Profile Wizard
  • Enter your profile name - preferrable without spaces. e.g. use "ingress_cityname"
  • Finish.

Firefox has now created a new user directory inside your home.

~/.mozilla/firefox/$randomnum.ingress_yourcity

Remember: If you want to take screenshots on a virtual machine/root-server you have to copy this profile to this machine using e.g. scp

Start firefox with that profile by clicking on "Start Firefox" or run it from console with:

firefox -P ingress_cityname

login to google account

To watch the intel map you need to login into your google account.


choose your viewport

On the ingress intel map, just zoom to your location you want to screenshot, and copy the link by using the "link" symbol on the upper right corner. This link contains lat/lon coordinates and the zoom level of your current view.

taking screenshots

dependencies

First you need to have these tools installed:

  • firefox
  • Xvfb
  • avconv

You can install these scripts with the package manager of your linux distribution of your choice

start script

Just create a clone of the ingress-screenshot repository somewhere:

git clone https://github.com/schinken/ingress-screenshot

and configure the run.sh-script with your favorite text editor (vim, emacs, etc..). The parameter names should be self-explanatory.

Simply run the bash script with:

./run.sh

After a couple of minutes/seconds your first screenshot should appear in your current directory

creating a video

To create a video theres also a simple bash script in the git repository. Just run

./make_video.sh 

this will do the dirty job for you