AT 409 Project Outline

Members

William Weldon, Luke Hull, Ryan Riley, Lucas Wright, Connor Yoder

Contact information

William Weldon

●      Email: wweldon@purdue.edu

●      Phone: (317) 225-8882

Luke Hull

●      Email: hull11@purdue.edu

●      Phone: (908) 432-1661

Ryan Riley

●      Email: riley79@purdue.edu

●      Phone: (630) 276-6562

Lucas Wright

●      Email: wrigh329@purdue.edu

●      Phone: (619) 977-8158

Connor Yoder

●      Email: yoder85@purdue.edu

●      Phone: (574) 318-9779

Roles

●      PIC: William Weldon

●      Sensor Operator: Ryan Riley

●      VO: Luke Hull

●      Searchers: Lucas Wright, Connor Yoder

●      Scribe: All

●      Data Processing: Connor Yoder (All)

Description

●      Search & Rescue

●      Describe reasoning for locations

●      Speed & accuracy are the main focus

●      Methodology (manual search of targets first, then system, then combined)

●      Compare and contrast results between UAV and manned locating with regards to time and accuracy

Deliverables

●      Spreadsheet comparing results between various search and rescue methods

●      Orthomosaic of field locations

●      Walk-through of utilizing Loc8 software

●      An actionable plan for real field usage

●      Detailed quality and output match reports from Loc8 software

Flight Locations

Flights will take place in four separate locations, each with their own sets of challenges to overcome.

●      Open Field: Purdue Wildlife Area

●      Semi-Urban: Brookston, IN

●      Forest: Fairfield Lakes Park, County Roads 200 S & 750 E, Lafayette, IN 47905

●      Lake: Fairfield Lakes Park, County Roads 200 S & 750 E, Lafayette, IN 47905

Data Collection and Analysis Timeline

WEEK 1: Introduction to class, the formation of the group

WEEK 2: Project outline due

WEEK 3: Determining further needs of the project

WEEK 4: Annotated Bibliography of relevant articles to our search and rescue missions

WEEK 5: Primary draft addressing potential problems and objectives of our research; primary draft of ESRI story map

WEEK 6: Manned search missions

WEEK 7: Open Field flights, Data Processing

WEEK 8: Lake flight, Data Processing

WEEK 9: Semi-Urban flight, Data Processing

WEEK 10: Forest flight, Data Processing

WEEK 11: Final Data Processing and Poster Finalization

WEEK 12: Poster Due, E-portfolio post on GIS day.

WEEK 13: Presentation creation

WEEK 14: Presentation work

WEEK 15: Presentation finalization

WEEK 16: Presentation