EDGAR-2

Panama redux

2008-06-14T06:36:00.001-07:00

So we returned to Panama for another site visit to the Cocobolo Nature Reserve to do some more SPOT testing. We ran a version of yggdrasil code to work on routing sensor information from a forest plot to the main research hut. We had some successes (eight SPOT hops in the middle of a torrential downpour) and some failures (could hop to the eight SPOT but not retrieve its sensor data).

WWC student Nora Purcell worked hard on the soggy SPOT testing and also collaborated with Panamanian student Emilio Espino on a forest ecology mapping project. We look forward to working with our favorite new Sun intern, Chris Fusting, on troubleshooting the code and getting this network up and running. Click here to see some photos from our latest trip.

Greenhouse 2

2008-04-06T13:46:00.000-07:00

So we ran some yggdrasil code from the greenhouse and got info from a few spots (including our trusty old solar spot). Ran into some issues with network setup, then ran out of time. Chris will be setting up a wiki so that we can isolate next steps for the network deployment.

Greenhouse

2008-04-06T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here's our cart full o' goodies preparing to roll down to the greenhouse.

Code blue

2008-04-06T11:22:00.000-07:00

Looks like we've got SPOTs loaded with blue and charged up for deployment. And we've got our launch vehicle ready to go. Students Chris Fusting and Alex Haynes have been hard at work pulling this together.

Preparing to take our basestation computer to the greenhouse...

Welcome to EDGAR-2

2008-04-06T11:05:00.000-07:00

Having been inspired by the successful launch of EDGAR-1 in California, the Warren Wilson College SunSPOT team has begun the Ecological Deployment for Geospatial Analysis and Research (EDGAR-2). We are currently upgrading SPOTs to blue and deploying the sensor network code. Stay tuned for progress updates.