Kevin, a junior at Del Norte High School, worked with mentor Bob Ryder from SSC Pacific to add new features to CASM, a program used by local emergency agencies to coordinate communications. They researched current capabilities and potential solutions to add mapping features showing wireless reach and verify the accuracy of plots. Testing different options, they successfully incorporated features allowing users to view data and check reliability through testing. Future work may include improving the online version and highlighting contrast between images.

1. CASM Map Display and Reliability
Project Dates: June 23rd – Aug 15th
SEAP Student:
Kevin
Del Norte High School
Junior
Mentor:
Bob Ryder
SSC Pacific
bob.ryder@navy.mil
Project Objective and Research Approach:
Our aim was to add new features to CASM, a program
designed to help local emergency agencies better
communicate with one another. Mapping capabilities
were needed to show agencies how far their wireless
communications could reach; a way to verify the plots
was also necessary to ensure usefulness. The methods
we used to accomplish these aims were researching
current capabilities of the system and looking for
possible solutions through the internet. Afterwards,
each possible solution was put into practice and
compared to other alternatives.
Results / Accomplishments / Next Steps:
For both aims, the experiments brought a successful
product to incorporate into the system. Features to
help users were added in order to clarify the data and
program stability was verified through testing. Sessions
were also added to allow some data privacy and
automated deletion. Future steps may include adding
aesthetics to a relatively bare site and incorporating
some features into the online version, which has some
differences. Highlighting the contrast between various
images could also be considered. Edits to the program
creating the maps may increase the reliability of the
result for the better.
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