Predictables

Overview

Small scripts - essentially "triggers" - that look for specific environmental conditions (both positive and negative assertions) and, if found, run some code.

In many cases they will be used to trigger opportunistic photography (list of good opportunities on wikipedia, there are others not mentioned like false sunrise, etc), but can also be used to trigger alarms, etc.

No idea - yet - how to include them (they will be files on SD card?), how to trigger them, or how to minimise amount of prerequisite checks if there are lots of them. Will also need some way to despam.

Examples

• Rainbow predictable:

  • when rain detected, and decent sunshine, and sun at correct angle to earth...
  • -> possibility of rainbow
  • so take opportunistic photo in relevant direction

• Parhelion (sun dog) predictable:

  • when ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, and sun relatively low in the sky...
  • -> possibility of parhelion
  • ...

• Likelihood of rain predictable:

  • ...
  • --> rain likely
  • so trigger warning beacons