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ADF Creator

ADF Creator is a standalone Windows program for converting AGTEK .esw files to a more universal format readable on the android platform and potentially other platforms. The design should be allow for either standalone use or as a .dll for inclusion in other AGTEK programs. Other potential uses may be to create a third party api/interface to allow other companies access to our data format.

Phases

There will be multiple iterations of the ADF creator program based on the progress of SmartDirt and SmartSet (RTK). The SmartDirt version requires less functionality (saving for example) and is first. Added features like importation and alignment of PDF/bitmap backgrounds will be required as the functionality is added to the Android programs.

Program Flow

The program flow is probably going to change as features are added. For now, it should be this.

  • On start, bring up the Open Dialog immediately.
  • After file selection display a dialog with the data export options
  • On pressing Save button, confirm the file write (and upload if designated).

Finished ADF Screen

Story 1

The Existing Create ADF program with the program flow implemented but no Isopach or AGTEK Access Upload.

Story 2 (SmartDirt Release)

This may come on either side of the SmartDirt release. The major features are:

  • Isopach creation in the ADF creator to speed loading in SmartDirt
  • AGTEK Access Upload as part of the save project

Of the two, Isopach creation is probably the more significant feature because of the potential time savings on the phone. This should be evaluated first for development time required. The AGTEK Access upload is a known entity but also possesses a workaround of just using the AGTEK client. The main reason to add it is to minimize the steps necessary to get files to the field.

Story 3 (RTK support)

RTK creates the situation where we need to save data a get it back to an ESW file. Story 3 has to support the remaining data structures of an ESW file and translate data back. We can probably finesse the transfer in the short term by just writing the survey data collected as .agt files and uploading just that to AGTEK Access. Long term however we want two way compatibility. The features for this story are:

  • Full read support of ESW files.
    • Read Recover information (1st priority for RTK testing). Write Recover to ADF for testing
  • Conversion of ADF files to ESW

Story 4

This is about support for reading and benchmarking files for the Android platform. The timing is dependent upon when the functionality can be created for the phones.

  • Designate Benchmarks
  • Read CAD?
  • Read/Align PDF, Bitmap files
  • Isopach creation
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