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Unread 13-12-2013, 08:29
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Re: Internet at Competitions

In this case, I did want to put data on a site, available to everyone. Having just limited internet access can help teams with less members, teams that need scouting help, etc. Using an online service allows you to use a powerful service. If I ever get my scouting app done, at the end of the match, the team can push a button for the server to process the data, build graphs and do a side-by-side comparison between different teams, and sort through teams. The software would allow you to sort through teams so that, if you are in a big competition with many high-scoring robots, the software will help you get what you need in a few minutes, a much shorter time than paper-and-pencil is! That is one advantage of internet-based CrowdScouting (as team 1306 is working on). Also, this will allow one to write a program to automatically fetch the scouting data to a tablet in the pits, meaning that a student won't have to walk all the way to the stands to get data!
Even something like google drive's spreadsheets can do the same thing (though since I am not a spreadsheet hero, I think it would be hard to make a nifty interface)