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[Paparazzi-devel] Groundstation development
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Filipe Varela |
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[Paparazzi-devel] Groundstation development |
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Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:29:54 +0100 |
Hey all
After the wireless question comes the software question. I'm wrapping
up my mission planning code (mac os x, cocoa). It's quite powerful
(visual editing, drag'n drop waypoints, double click to set
attributes - altitude, flight script, etc - can i post screenshots in
this list as attachments?) but i was wondering what would be the best
way to implement it.
The beauty of cocoa is that you can design the object (mission
planning view) model (class) and implement it as a standalone app or
merge it inside an existing app.
Picture this situation. A single groundstation app that displays
state, map, etc. Should people be allowed to edit a mission
(waypoints) DURING autonomous flight? If so, then i can merge the
mission planning app with the telemetry/video app. If not, then it
makes sense to keep'em separated. Of course i could merge them
together and lock the waypoints during flight, but i feel that this
is quite clumsy from the usability point of view.
But picture this, if people are allowed to change waypoints during
flight, how would you go about synching the plane's state with the
map state? How does the plane know which waypoint is next when the
existing waypoints were just replaced.
I assume some of you have already considered these problems and would
appreciate any feedback.
ALSO, is there a paparazzi telemetry/video spec that i can use to
make sure my software can be used with it? I was considering offering
modular support for several UAV implementations.
P.S. - My code is not open yet because i want to make sure it's
usable. It'll be published somewhere, anytime soon.
Thanks for reading,
Filipe
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