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+'''On this page we will keep information about future meetings and minutes from past ones'''
+Next meeting: 11:00 AM Wednesday, June 10
+==Wednesday June 3rd, 2009==
+*'''Spencer Gardner's Stuff'''
+**Read ironies of Automation
+**Continue with visualization
+**Still need to check out the Wisar bible for different terrrian variables
+**Still should read Joseph Copper's thesis
+==Wednesday May 27th, 2009==
+*'''Spencer Gardner's Stuff'''
+**Try to collect more geohash logs
+**Talk to Mike R. about the IPhone app
+**Talk to Brian Buss about trail information (bbuss@byu.edu, briangbuss@gmail.com)
+**Check out Joseph Copper's thesis
+**Check out the WiSAR bible to see which terrian variables there are and a priority
+**Work on visualizing tracklogs
+**Talk to James and Spencer
+*'''Spencer Clark's stuff'''
+**I've been writing code to remove 'bad points' from GPX track logs.
+**I've been learning more about how GPS functions. I am going to look into a way to estimate the accuracy of a tracklog based on the positions of the satellites when the tracklog was generated. (Historical ephemeris data is available from the gubment)
+**I'm going to get started on some tracklog analysis tools.
+**I'm thinking about making whatever analysis code I write output some fancy KML visualization for Google Earth.
+**Look into median filters (an image processing technique?)
+==Thursday May 21st, 2009==
+*'''Spencer Gardner's Stuff'''*
+**Inform Dr. Goodrich of possibilities for facebook app.
+**Localize track log data
+**Check out Lost Person Behavior book
+**Check out some type of mountaineering/geocaching book
+**Start writing weekly papers of a summary of what has been learned.
+*'''Spencer Clark's Stuff'''
+**Find old GPS orbits online somewhere - use them to estimate error
+**Email GPS articles to everyone to bore them
+**Send James my geocache tracklog
+**Write reports about stuff
+**Look into 'momentum filtering model.' People tend to move in a straight line with slight deviations. (probably)
+**Draft email to director of Uinta High Adventure Base
+==Thursday May 14th, 2009==
+*'''James' stuff'''
+**Accomplished
+***Go on a flight test for the UAV
+***Get IRB certification (I have a hard copy of the certificate)
+***Developed several hypothesis to check tracklog data against (see Tracklog Analysis page)
+**Future
+***Final preparations for the field trial (actually getting the Credit Card and placing the order for food)
+***Use Google Earth, with the help of Mike Roscheck, to test hypothesis against data collected and filtered by both Spencers
+***Create a visual representation of a tracklog that allows for more detailed analysis.
+*'''Spencer Clark's Stuff'''
+** Stuff I did
+*** I came to the conclusion that the SPOT Satellite messengers are probably a dead-end due to their poor reception and 10 minute update interval. If we want to track scouts and others we are going to need to use a different device. (Possibly a stock GPS?)
+*** Talked to Greg Alldredge about his contacts at a scout camp in the Uintahs.  If we can figure out how we want to track them, Greg could get us in contact with the camp director.
+*** Wrote a GPX parser in python. Should be pretty useful (at least for me, hah)
+*** Prepared for the field trial
+** Stuff I should do
+*** Find out a new way (besides SPOT) to track boy scouts and others in the boonies
+*** Contact [http://www.o-utah.org/ Orienteering Utah] to see if they have data they can give us. Also, maybe they would consider carrying tracking devices for us if we ask nicely.
+*** Extend and improve GPX parser. Make it convert GPX -> CSV for James. Make it 'normalize' data. (Remove points that are obviously wrong, etc)
+*** Party down
+*'''Spencer Gardner's Stuff'''
+** Progress
+*** I've become real interested in everytrail and have mined about of the data available there.
+****Accomplished by writing a php script just to iterate through the ID's and download the gpx files and parse for the category
+*** Minor edits to the lost track website http://tanglefoot.cs.byu.edu/~snppla/losttrack/
+*** Searched for a GIS of trails (no success...)
+*** Prepared for the field trial (including telling my fiancee that I can't stay up till odd hours of the night on Friday).
+** Things to do
+*** Go to the field trial and remember my assignments
+*** Finish mining from everytrail
+*** Write some type of disclaimer for the website (I might need some of Jame's technical writing skills.) Here is a course outline of that I have so far. http://tanglefoot.cs.byu.edu/~snppla/losttrack/disclaimer.html
+*** Advertise the website
+*** Work with James to make analyze the data.
+** New Idea
+*** The game World of Warcraft is a game with a virtual world with all sorts of terrian (slopes, vegetation, water, etc). Perhaps we could also study movements from here to model a person's movement in real life. So maybe setup a trial where we take someone inexperienced with WOW, have them "lost", and tell them to find a city. Just an idea.
+==Monday May 11th, 2009==
+AM - 2220 TMCB
+Unless my information is wrong, this is our next meeting. --[[User:Spengy|Spengy]] 13:13, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
+This is correct.                                          --[[UseR:snppla|snppla]] 16:37, 7 May 2009 (EDT)
+==Wednesday May 6th, 2009==
+General stuff: status reports
+*Spencer Clark's stuff
+** Email Dr. Goodrich link to wiki for information about the two GPS units we like. (DONE)
+** Contact scout office regarding Spot Satellite Messengers and the data they might have already (Ask Ron Zeemaan for details about which office has these)
+** Possibly contact Sam about activetrails.com data. If he has got 'off trail' data it could be useful to us.
+** Look into dynamic KML/KMZ stuff for Google Earth visualization of data
+** Long term: think about balloons and wireless. Neat stuff.
+*Spencer Gardner's stuff
+** Remember to start taking notes during meetings.
+** Continue to work on Lost Track
+** Figure out if IRB approval is required for the website
+** Approve any advisement for Lost Track with Dr. Goorich.
+** Long term: Think about how to analyze data
+*James Williams' stuff
+** Ditto on taking notes
+** IRB Certification (Done)
+** Continue in depth research of lab progress on WiSAR
+** Continue development of ideas how to get more GPS data from hikers
+** Develop theories on how movement is influenced by
+*** Terrain
+*** Vegetation
+** Long term: Think about generating accurate images of searcher's perspective without equipping searchers with wireless video cameras.
+==Monday April 27th, 2009==
+General Stuff: Kickoff.
+*Stuff for everyone
+** Read all the papers Dr. Goodrich gave us
+** Get a demonstration of UAV control systems and whatnot from Mike Roscheck '''(WE STILL NEED TO DO THIS - when is he doing a flight test?)'''
+** Get a demo from Lanny
+** Find good GPS units (DONE)

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