Oktober

My last meeting with my supervisor was the end of September. We discussed the pros and cons of having an external database with a web interface. The result was that first version of the application will have an on-device database and when this works we want an external database (so that the device can be updated over the net) and a web interface (so that anyone can add too the external database). It is also possible to make the external database so that it will be updated with other web-resources. I hope that some of these features will be implemented, if not, they will be described further in the Future Work section of my thesis.

I made good progress with this database in the beginning of October, but sadly ran into some bugs while on cruise with my family. Upon returning I caught a bad flu and is just starting to recover now.

The goal was to get a working prototype. That goal has not met.

So far I have done the following:

Created the database for housing birds - currently buggy :(

Read books on birds in Norway to identify the main features that need to be included for search. I decided I need coloring and pattern selection for these areas: Head, back, wings, belly, tail.
Other features will be habitat (branch, lake, bush, sea) and size.
Features depending on season and location I plan to hide from the user as birds only seen south of Germany in the summer will probably never never come to Norway.

I also made a list of some of the most common norwegian birds as to include them in the prototype (norwegian names): Kjøttmeis - Parus Major, Blåmeis - Cyanistes caeruleus, Bokfink - Fringilla coelebs, Gjerdesmett - Troglodytes troglodytes, Grønnfink - Cardeulis chloris and Gråspurv - Passer demesticus.

The goal for November is to populate the database, I intend to get back on track and meet this goal before the end of November.