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Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber
Not being as familiar with the Events API as many of the data wizards on here I figured this would be a good question to pose to the CD community since I have neither the time nor knowledge to implement such software.
The per match data FIRST posts is not as detailed as they data refs input. Is it possible to calculate the categories FIRST doesn't post (container, tote, litter) on a per match basis using the change from the previous rankings? You would need to ensure the rankings are pulled every match and find the difference in each category for the 6 teams that played.
Thoughts?
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You'd end up with an estimate since no individual robot data is recorded. Would knowing the details at match level detail give you more than taking the average based on the team's current tote/container/litter score and number of matches played?
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Originally Posted by Ether
This doesn't address your immediate concern, but is related: Do you have a mentor or a teacher or a coach on your team who has the ear of someone at FIRST who might understand the usefulness of this data and have the authority make it available in 2016?
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I've talked to the designer of the API in person a few times. FRC intends to add additional information to their API in the future, but wanted to focus on getting the API up and running this year before adding additional functionality. Walking before running, if you will.