Added quick intro to how the bot works.

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John Wiseman 2019-12-14 00:45:28 -08:00
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![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