Meeting Notes, July 28, 2010

Jess, Jane, Rory - Skype call

Existing work to date:

  • iPhone app alpha
  • Arduino app (via Mike)
  • graphic assets for mobile/web
  • wireframe sketches
  • drupal db

Login Profiles - DataMyne

  • student researcher - join projects & contribute
  • faculty researcher - set up projects, join projects, contribute, invite guest researcher
  • *guest researcher - join a projects & contribute (collaborator profile in Datamyne)
  • *admin - set up, join project, contribute, delete

*URT specific

Types of Mapping - "GeoInstance"

  • xy loc (points)
  • routes & flows (line) ordered group of points
  • zones, area (poly)

Project - is a defined umbrella of research

  • specific type of map
  • student, faculty, collaborators can join
  • subcategories: categories (filters) defined by faculty
  • tags: defined by anyone

for example: outHistory: one project with many categories, each category has various associated data & tags

Cluster is a group of people, profile in DataMyne?

  • can have associated course section(s)
  • student profiles added via Datamyne
  • led by one or more faculty
  • links to URT project

Methods for Data Input

  • website
  • mobile app
  • import data sets
  • link data feeds (wikipedia, eddy)
  • raw sensor: robots, bike, RFID, security cameras, traffic, temperature, humidity, CO2, loudness)

Source Materials

  • date created
  • date referenced (specific date or date range)
  • frequency of data capture (sample rate)
  • related event (text)
  • related persons or groups (text)
  • related term (text - eg: cultural, law, book, song, etc.)
  • description (text)
  • elevation / altitude / depth
  • URLs
  • photo sets
  • video
  • audio
  • tags
  • document (pdf)
  • citations (using Zotero) or Omeka -  http://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-maps-visualize-your-zotero-library-on-the-globe/

Interface

  • Search & Filters for projects, media types
  • Default view: map & data
  • Other view: full map w/ filters

Integration with

  • Openstreet maps
  • Google maps
  • KML, KMZ files

Development Schedule

see Roadmap

Mondays 5pm - deliverables / releases

Tuesday 9:30am (later 1pm) - status meetings