User:Brian P. Josey/Notebook/2010/07/26
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Exploring Tracking SoftwareAs I wrote about just over a week ago, I am trying to find a good tracking software that will fit my needs well enough to measure the movement of the water droplets in my emulsions. Luckily, there is a wide number of labs that have done something similar to what I am hoping to get as tracking software is a fairly common application. Unfortunately, I've ran into a couple of technical problems getting one to work well. The have been pretty minor issues, mostly they require a programing language or packet that I don't have, or I would have to purchase, or they only run on Windows machines, while I use a Mac. One of the most useful things that I've found so far, and has served as a base camp of sorts is a web page by Graham Milne at the University of Washington. Here's a link to the front page. The page contains links to tracking software written in both LabVIEW and MATLAB, which are the two programing languages used most in the lab and by myself, among others like C. Graham's doctoral thesis is also on the web page, and it covers a good deal of information on tracking software. I was unable to get the MATLAB software working to the point that I could track anything, and I am moving on to the LabVIEW version and will post any interesting forces or tracks that I am able to generate as soon as I get them. Things to RememberThese are just notes to myself of things that I read that I need to remember when using the LabVIEW tracking software.
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