CENG End-Term Project Competition

Our project FTL (Find The lost) was rewarded in 3rd place. We are all happy as you can see :)

Hints: If you participate the competition of department at the end of your term, let us give you some humble advises;

- If you prepare demo video, do not forget to bring speaker. (because in METU CENG classes, there is none! We could not played our video because of this problem and one of the teachers said "you should have brought yourself!")
- Prepare your presentation as you are marketting your project, do not give in technical details unless jury askes.
- Probably, there will be over dozen of groups who participate competition; hence in your presentation, do something that you will be remembered.
- Prepare your presentation depending on these three main titles; the way your project is used, unique features of your project and usefulness of project.
- Speak loudly!
- Do not bring and read notes while you are presenting.
- Do not look at the monitor screen. If you need to look at the presentation, look and show from projector reflection. It increases the contact with audience. ;)

Interview with Cumhuriyet

At 28th of June 2012, thee newspaper Cumhuriyet had interview about FTL application with group members Ayşen and Murat. They have heard our project from the list of EMO exhibition (Elektrik Mühendisleri Odası Bitirme Projeleri Sergisi). From over 60 different projects that have participated the exhibition, the reporters only sought to interview with two projects while one of them was FTL.

At the link http://www.emo.org.tr/genel/bizden_detay.php?kod=92840&tipi=5&sube=14#.T_CXosWRGrm , you can read the whole article.

Interview with AKUT

At ısparta, we had a chance to contact with one of the most popular search & rescue teams, AKUT. They really liked our project and also offered us to cooperate and test FTL in the field.

SDÜ Project Competition

 At Isparta Süleyman Demirel University project competition,  FTL project was awarded in SECOND place   from 55 different projects. (they have chosen 1sr project from their university, SDÜ :)

Geographic Coordinates

Using gdal library, I have reached the geographical coordinates of the dted file we have.
Results are:

Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (  29.9998611,  38.0001389) ( 29d59'59.50"E, 38d 0'0.50"N)
Lower Left  (  29.9998611,  36.9998611) ( 29d59'59.50"E, 36d59'59.50"N)
Upper Right (  31.0001389,  38.0001389) ( 31d 0'0.50"E, 38d 0'0.50"N)
Lower Right (  31.0001389,  36.9998611) ( 31d 0'0.50"E, 36d59'59.50"N)
Center      (  30.5000000,  37.5000000) ( 30d30'0.00"E, 37d30'0.00"N)

If we find texture of that area, we shall use it to improve visualization.

PS: The unit that is used to indicate elevations is in meters (m).

Terrain Coloring

This is an 200x200 terrain on which elevation coloring and sample path & target area coloring has been done.

Finding Fastest Path with Dijkstra's Algorithm

  
  Fastest path which rescue team should follow in order to reach lost person is found by using Dijkstra's Algorithm.
  Rescue team's velocity & vehicle types and elevations of the area are used.
  This picture shows an example fastest path.