Meeting Minutes (11-13-1996)

Jason I. Hong (hong@cc.gatech.edu)
Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:58:42 -0500 (EST)

Minutes for meeting 11-13-1996

MEMBERS
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Everyone was present

TOPICS
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o GPS
Marty has been having some problems with acquiring a laptop to use for
the GPS. He will be borrowing Jeff's computer until Friday.

Darrin Bentivegna has also given us C code for parsing the output from
the Garmin GPS (or any GPS for that matter). The Garmin GPS sends out
updated data every two seconds.

A first try at integration will be done, with a demo of it on Friday
if successful.

o Camera
Chris has successfully created a Visual C++ class that can interact with
anything that uses Video for Windows (VFW).

Using the QuickCam, a 640 x 480 x thousands of colors picture (BMP format)
can be taken.

Chris will have the file save to a temporary filename when first taken,
and look into JPG compression.

We may want to start taking pictures of buildings on campus
(actually I just found a site for this:
http://www.gatech.edu/alumni/map.html)

o TIGER/Line
Jeff showed us a demo, which can display roads, zoom in and out, and
pan around.

There seems to be missing data in the TIGER/Line 1992 database. Some
roads do not have a road type specified (e.g. highway, primary road,
secondary, etc). This could present a problem when trying to filter
roads of a certain type.

We may want to verify our map against a real roadmap. Ed will bring in
a map of Fulton County Friday and Sunday.

o Miscellaneous
We are meeting Sunday at 1 in preparation for the presentation Monday.

-- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
   - Homer Simpson

- Jason I. Hong (hong@cc.gatech.edu)