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Visual Reporting Applet

Visual Reporting Applet. Reporting UFO sightings visually, from anywhere. Contents. Goals Principles Example Anti-goals Technical features Future enhancements References. Goals. Objectivate A (animated) sketch is better than dozens of subjective words Standardize

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Visual Reporting Applet

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  1. Visual Reporting Applet Reporting UFO sightings visually, from anywhere

  2. Contents • Goals • Principles • Example • Anti-goals • Technical features • Future enhancements • References

  3. Goals • Objectivate • A (animated) sketch is better than dozens of subjective words • Standardize • Process to gather sighting reports (best practices) • Allow processing (statistics, interpretations…) • Allow exchanges (between databases, between researchers)

  4. Principles • Display of sighting sky • Depending on the location (town -> latitude + longitude) • Depending on sighting date+time • Depending on orientation (NSEW -> azimuth) • Depending on sighting angle (altitude) • Drawing(s) of the UFO(s) on the sky • Shape(s) • Color(s) • Movement

  5. Example

  6. Anti-goals • Neither replace • An investigation • Only collects data at a first level • No comparison with a face-to-face interview • Helps to evaluate the need for an investigation • A textual testimonial • Words contain information too • About the observer him/herself, his/her perception • Consistency check between visual and textual descriptions • Meaningfulness terms, number of words, etc.

  7. Technical features • « Open Source » project • The source code is visible, usable, modifiable by everyone • Collaborative work • Written in Java • Executable everywhere (Windows, Unix, personal assistants, mobiles…) • Including on the Web • Professionnal platform and langage, broadly available (in corporations, etc.) • Multi-language support • English, french, spanish, italian, others…

  8. Future enhancements • Ground • Environment display (buildings, etc.) • User-provided photographs • Sky • Artificial satellites • Magnitudes/places (town, nature…) • UFO • Texture • Luminosity (halos, blinking…) • Report types • From the sky (plane…), from a car (windows), etc. • CE3 (visual description of sighted occupants)

  9. References • The project hosted on SourceForge • http://ufoathome.org • Mockup • http://ufoathome.org/Mockup • Visual sighting report from ground • http://ufoathome.org/sighting/mockup/PhenomenonVisualEdit.html

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