August 17, 2011 - Summer wrap up
Today is my last day in Kingston before school which unfortunately means a lot less time to work on the handheld project. After the meeting with Holly and Kak Saturday I spent this week tweaking settings on things on the application and on the website as well. The latest version is available for download on this page (to the left) and is password protected. The password for download was emailed to those on the list
If you have difficulty updating, let me know.
Things that are new in latest version:
- Speed may be entered as m/s in addition to a qualitative value
- Entries now include the unit type with the measurement
- Maximum values have been changed (let me know if they're still not high enough)
- Added link to the data display page on the home screen menu
Things that have changed on the display page:
- Units column has been added to water measurements
- Wind speed has been clarified (although older versions of the app will still be submitting the qualitative measurements as quantitative values in mph)
- Dot spacing for algae entries has been added (the data has been stored for all previous entries, so nothing was lost)
- Transparency column for aquatic vegetation was removed
- Downloadable .csv files have been reformatted (the global search csv may need more tweaking still. Take a look at it, and let me know)
- Search radius for location search has been widened (Are these numbers better?)
I may have missed a few changes, and if it looks there were some issues talked about that I did not cover with this please point them out! The to-do list is still open so keep 'em coming.
Given the various changes in URLs over the last few weeks, I think it's worth listing all the current URLs of different things:
- The blog (with access to display and Android application download)
http://www.lake-sunapee.org/blog.php - The data display url
http://www.lake-sunapee.org/display.php - The Server URL for the Android application (found in Settings -> Server URL)
http://www.lake-sunapee.org/ice/LSPA_Recorder.php
(LSPA_Recorder2.php will still also work though)
August 6, 2011 - Binghamton server issues
Binghamton's Saturn server has had hardware issues and is in the process of being rebuilt. This is where all the files and data for the handheld project were being stored. The files and database are fine, but the web server will need a bit longer before it is back up. So for now everything will be pointed to my server and once Saturn is back up, then I will add the data from my server's database to Saturn.
The reason for the Gloeo Bloom submission failures has been identified and fixed. When I copied the script to handle data submission over to Saturn, I missed changing one configuration field which threw that off. It is working as of this morning on my server.
I have been working on implementing the Failed Submission queue for the Android application as that appears to be the most pressing issue. I also started working on the teaching-aid iPad application to showcase and explain the GLEON Buoy. The Failed submission queue still needs a few days work. The iPad application needs only a few hours perhaps to finish.
July 25, 2011 - State of the Union
I just started this blog to keep posts on what's happening with the LSPA Recorder application and display page. It also has links to the latest Android application and will have an email list sign-up. I'm hoping that people who are actively using the program will follow this and provide me with feedback as you encounter problems or have ideas for improvement.
I'm trying to figure out the problems with the gloeo bloom data submission. The Binghamton survers have been down for a bit and that is where all the files are hosted. So that is at somewhat of a standstill. I have started working on a "Failed Data Submission Queue" for the Android application.
For the display website, the idea of breaking dates down into year, month, day, and Julian Day seperately was proposed. From a researcher's perspective does it make sense to do it like this? Or would it be easier to handle that kind of search and examination from a program like Excel after downloading a specific data set from the website?