TemiKayode/Africa-Live-Eye

Real-time satellite monitoring platform for the African continent. Combines NASA GIBS imagery, live fire hotspots, lightning strikes, earthquakes, cyclones, and precipitation into a single dark-themed command-centre interface. # Africa Live Eye Real-time satellite monitoring platform for the African continent. Combines NASA GIBS imagery, live fire hotspots, lightning strikes, earthquakes, cyclones, and precipitation into a single dark-themed command-centre interface. --- ## Feature Overview | Category | Feature | Data Source | |---|---|---| | **Imagery** | VIIRS 375m, MODIS Terra/Aqua 250m, Esri sub-meter | NASA GIBS | | **Fire hotspots** | Live VIIRS active fire detections, refreshed every 3h | NASA FIRMS | | **Lightning** | Real-time strikes (Blitzortung) or synthetic fallback | Blitzortung WS | | **Earthquakes** | M2.5+ events, depth-coded colour rings | USGS GeoJSON | | **Cyclones** | Active tropical storms with track lines | GDACS API | | **Precipitation** | GPM IMERG 2 km rain-rate overlay | NASA GIBS | | **Time animation** | Play through up to 30 days of imagery automatically | — | | **Split-screen** | Compare two dates side-by-side with a draggable divider | — | | **Analytics** | 7-day fire trend bar chart + earthquake magnitude doughnut | Chart.js | | **Alert zones** | Draw a polygon, get browser notifications when events enter | Browser API | | **PDF report** | Export map screenshot + data tables as landscape A4 PDF | jsPDF | | **Live aircraft** | OpenSky Network transponder positions | OpenSky REST | | **Locate Me** | Show your current GPS position on the map with a pulsing marker | Browser Geolocation API | --- ## Quick Start ```bash # 1. Clone the repository git clone github.com cd Africa-Live-Eye # 2. Install dependencies npm install # 3. Configure secrets cp .env.example .env # edit .env — add your FIRMS_API_KEY (and optionally MAPBOX_TOKEN) # 4. Start the server npm start # Open localhost ``` The app runs in **demo mode** without API keys — fire hotspots and lightning are synthesised from realistic Africa distributions so every feature works out of the box. --- ## Environment Variables Copy `.env.example` t …