Martian Poster Generator

A Project by Refused Warriors for NASA Space Apps 2022

Key Features

1. Greyscale to coloured image conversion (Image Source: NASA Mars API)
2. Informative poster generation based on user inputs(Data Sources: NASA Open Data catalogues, Wikipedia)

Deploying the Application in your local machine

1. Install latest python version from https://www.python.org/downloads/ 2. Install tensorflow, numpy, matplotlib, wordcloud, newspaper, PIL, skimage, mysql.connector and flask modules using pip

• Intall Tnesorflow - pip install tensorflow
• Install Numpy - pip install numpy
• Install Matplotlib - pip install matplotlib
... and so on

3. Install mysql server using https://www.mysql.com/downloads/
4. Restore the DB structure in DB folder to your machine

• Enter to mysql console: mysql -u[username] -p[password]
• Create a database named MarsImagery: create database MarsImagery;
• Exit from the mysql console: quit
• Restore the .sql file: mysql -u[username] -p[password] MarsImagery < [local path to backupfile]

5. Open a command line and navigate to the folder where the file "marsapp.py" is in
6. Run the command flask --app marsapp run
7. In a browser enter the URL 127.0.0.1:5000 (usually) to view the content

NOTE: Make sure your run the mysql service allowing the app to connect with the database