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The trackwork system stories covers all of the Trackwork software and tools as they relate to one another. It also serves as a release point story timeline.
The customer related Trackwork system parts (that we know now) are:
- Trackwork Desktop
- TrackManager
- Track/Access Server
- SimpleTrack
Internal tools for demonstration and testing
Track Editor tool
- Change Track Day
- Copy Track data (Create new track)
- Shift Track location?
- Trim Track - True deletion (implies some visual editing (time bar, geographic)
- Copy Pieces of track data
Trackwork Concepts
Track points aren't actually edited by Trackwork or TrackManager. The internal Track editor is actually capable of editing/copying/creating tracks.
Edits in Trackwork, TrackManager, Web are actually just view objects applied to the original track.
Nature of Edits
- Trim - changes the Default view setting - It doesn't actually change the track but changes what's shown by default when downloaded by the server.
Views Time & Geo slicing of data (tracks) for reporting
Track-one machine on server.
In most cases we don't upload track data points from Trackwork. The exception would be a G-Ray or other non-connected sensor. We save modifications and View settings.
Views are what track work creates When we save we're really saving is a view.
Upload is probably wrong terminology for reporting/view saving function. Tech terminology is Publish but not user appropriate. Save ????? which saves view segmenting, cycle lines, stat areas up to the server is probably a better descriptor
Views
The view concept is a powerful idea that translates to all programs and web. For example the report area concept in track work is really a view. We don't save it now but this would be away.
The View Object
Things I can imagine storing in a view object. Not all are required for the object
- The base track it points to
- The time range of the base track it represents (the time slice/segment)
- Is it the Default track. The Default track is the broadest view of the track and the default view that Trackwork/Trackmanager would show for example. There could only be one Default track for an object.
- Is it a virtual track (copy)
- Cycle line geometry (polyline)
- Statistic/report area geometry (polygon)
- Do we store statistics here too? I think so. And it could be used for time slice or geo based statistics
- Labels- for segmenting/tagging a track
