From 2f94be7da325cd292cc81a99134bc4988a891f85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Wiseman Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:45:28 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Added quick intro to how the bot works. --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4e9daf4..d5fea31 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ You can see it in action at ![Example tweet](Screen Shot 2019-12-13.png?raw=true "Example tweet") +The bot uses the adsbexchange.com API to get aircraft data in +realtime. It uses the Pelias front-end to OpenStreetMap and +WhosOnFirst data to come up with some color description of the +aircraft's location. It uses an embedded Chromium browser to take a +screenshot of the aircraft on the adsbexchange.com "global radar +view". ## Criteria for tweeting