Analysis of Web Page Function and Design

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Analysis of Web Page Function and Design

• Michael Sheets
• SERF REU
• Summer 2005

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Costal Regions

• Economic
• Trade
• Tourism
• Environmental
• Estuaries
• Coastline
• Gulf Coastline

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Monitoring

• Wide scale network useful
• Real-time monitoring

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Impact

• Storms and floods
• Oil Spills and pollution
• Algal blooms
• Land use

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Solution

• Current system- SERF
• Sensor Platforms
• CC Bay and Galveston
• Real time

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Sensors

• ADCP
• FL3
• LISST
• Microcat
• Optode
• Windbird
• Profiler

Sequoia LISST-100
RD Instruments ADCP
Wetlabs ECO FL Fluorometers
Profiler
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System

• Wireless communication
• Raw data collection
• Processing and standardization
• Web access for users

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Schematic of system architecture
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Interface

• Web
• Easy access
• Perl/PHP

Data page introduction
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Problem Statement

• Original objective
• Interface
• Ease of use
• Efficiency
• Revisions
• Changes
• Revised objective

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Procedure

• Perl/PHP
• Under Construction
• Perl Installation
• PHP Debuggers
• Web Maps
• Survey
• Survey Results

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Perl/PHP

• Powerful flexible
• Online community
• Reading
• Coding tasks

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Under Construction
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Perl Installation
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PHP Debuggers

• No internal debugger
• Freeware debuggers
• TruStudio
• Gubed
• Maguma

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TruStudio Plug-in
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Gubed Debugger
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Maguma Open Studio
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Web Maps

• Organizational maps
• Tracing
• Debugging

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Survey

• Small sample
• Length

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Survey Page One

• Layout
• Usability

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Survey results

• Responses positive
• Comments
• Descriptions
• Speed

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Recommendations

• Help
• Optimizing code
• Error checking

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Acknowledgments

• NSF
• Texas AM
• Dr. James Bonner
• Dr. Cheryl Page
• Desiree Trujillo
• Lilo Burda
• Heather Riddles
• SERF