Show the Automower satellite image

[ChrLipp]

I was using husqvarna_automower and then switched to the official integration.

I wanted to ask a question, sorry that I use this issue to communicate with you.

My question:
Did you ever think about releasing the camera component which was part of husqvarna_automower as a seperate hacs component? This is the only thing that is missing in the standard integration. The integration comes with a device_tracker, but there is no possibility to display the position on a picture.

Thanks for your time!
Regards, Christian

[ChrLipp]

Think I was able to solve it myself with a generic camera instance and the old Google Image URL.
Sorry to bother you

[Thomas55555]

Maybe you can show your results, so others can also use it?

[ChrLipp]

I found out that I didn't use your camera implementation. Instead I used the approach you have been starting with: the Google Static API

• your readme at this time: https://github.com/Thomas55555/husqvarna_automower/blob/cbc908d8199736aef440782330774bcb3d8a2b7c/MAP_GUIDE.md
• Google DEV guide: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/dev-guide

With this approach you need the following steps to show an image with position of the automower:

1. construct the URL
2. create a camera with the still image generated by the URL
3. include the picture in your UI

The downside is that you always need to contact the Google server when the AutoMower is moving, however I never had costs with this solution in the past. If your code is placed in a custom component, it would work offline which would be preferable.

Ad 1: URL looks like
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=\<my homes center>&zoom=19&size=540x540&maptype=satellite&markers=color:blue%7Clabel:M%7C{{ state_attr('device_tracker.miki', 'latitude') }},{{ state_attr('device_tracker.miki', 'longitude') }}&key=<my API key>

Ad 2: Yaml config doesn't work anymore, I hate it. So config your camera in the GUI
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/generic/

Ad 3: I am using YAML to config my GUI:

    - type: picture-entity
      entity: camera.miki_map
      show_name: false
      show_state: false

Hope that helps. It was all there in the history of your markdown documentation.

[redlotus-apankhurst]

Hi @ChrLipp @Thomas55555 thanks to your posts I was able to display a map and current location using the official integration!

I wanted to ask if you had any thoughts on how I could display the past locations over say the last [6] hours instead of just the current location?

Picture of my current dashboard below for your reference