Capstone Project Timeline and Overview

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

Role

• 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