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ECS Earthwork Calculation Software Digitize, Analyze, Calculize Justin Anderson Derik Jolley Jeffery Id rather be cruising Jensen

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PREPARE FOR FANCY ANIMATION EFFECTS!!!

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Overview Geospatial Quantifying Tool Convert contour and point data from paper to digital format Create 2D and 3D visualizations of contour map Accurately calculate area/volume

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Movin on up to a higher dimension!

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Target Consumer Construction and Engineering Industry Bidding Engineers design project for bigwigs Bigwigs put project out for contractor bidding Contractors bids are often determined by quantities of earth that must be added/removed Allows companies to track progress on large projects

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Target Consumer 18,000 contractors in the US, doing over $14 billion yearly 283 in Utah doing $250 million Bechtel: $2 billion Modern Continental: $800 million Small fixins for everyone else Need for a reasonably priced product

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Components Digitizer Interface 2D Visualization 3D Visualization Geometric Calculations 2D and 3D User Interface

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Digitizer Interface

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Digitizing Attributes Digitizing Board & Puck Puck can determine its position relative to the board with.005 Can also be used as a mouse for the UI Serial I/O

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2D Attributes Top-Down View Multi-layered Different elevations represented by contour map

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2D Visualization

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3D Attributes Wire Frame models Shading based upon elevation level Advantages to 3D model Superintendent can get better understanding of finished project Error detection Abnormal changes in elevations Impress prospective clients

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3D Visualization

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Geometric Calculations 2D Area calculated by transforming contour map into bounded polygons 3D Volume calculated by integrating over the area calculations

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Proposed Extensions Full 3D Effects rotation and zooming Report Generation Image generation (jpegs, gifs) Paper reports

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Existing Software Agtek (http://www.agtek.com)http://www.agtek.com Well: Digitizing Point Input Poorly: Visualization Expensive - $17,000 per license AutoDesk (http://www.autodesk.com)http://www.autodesk.com Well: Visualization Poorly: User Interface, Surface Modification Expensive - $6,000 for entire package

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