From 851b2935ed05d32f29ebdaf919e258dafa6fb1b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Johnston <alan.b.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:48:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] initial add copied from gpredict

---
 groundstation/loc-add-foxtelem.py | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 groundstation/loc-add-foxtelem.py

diff --git a/groundstation/loc-add-foxtelem.py b/groundstation/loc-add-foxtelem.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/groundstation/loc-add-foxtelem.py
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+# code based on https://developer.here.com/blog/understanding-geocoding-with-python
+#
+# copy or rename to loc.py and add api key
+
+import requests
+
+URL = "https://geocode.search.hereapi.com/v1/geocode"
+print("In order to track satellites, we need to know your location\n")
+print("You can enter your state or country or region\n")
+print("as your exact location is not needed. \n\n")
+location = input("Type your location: ") #taking user input
+api_key = '' # Acquire from developer.here.com
+PARAMS = {'apikey':api_key,'q':location} 
+
+# sending get request and saving the response as response object 
+r = requests.get(url = URL, params = PARAMS) 
+data = r.json()
+
+#print(data)
+
+latitude = data['items'][0]['position']['lat']
+longitude = data['items'][0]['position']['lng']
+
+print(latitude)
+print(longitude)
+
+file = open(r"/home/pi/.config/Gpredict/MyLocation.qth","w+")
+
+str1 = "[QTH]\n"
+str2 = "LOCATION=" + location + "\n"
+str3 = "LAT=" + str(latitude) + "\n"
+str4 = "LON=" + str(longitude) + "\n"
+str5 = "ALT=0\n"
+str6 = "WX=\n"
+str7 = "QTH_TYPE=0\n"
+
+file.write(str1)
+file.write(str2)
+file.write(str3)
+file.write(str4)
+file.write(str5)
+file.write(str6)
+file.write(str7)
+
+file.close()