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title: "(3.0) Missions"
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> Macro (toc)
## What Are Missions?
A Mission is a segment of captured data. To make data files manageable, captured data is automatically segmented into 15 minute missions within any given job (jobs refer to the entirety of a data capture - from the beginning of capture, to the end of capture).
## The Mission Search Page
The Mission Search page provides all existing missions in a tabular/list view.
Each mission includes the following information:
- The mission name
- The mission status
- The name of the Rover that captured the mission
- The date the mission was captured (displayed in the local time of the logged in user)
- The position (Latitude/Longitude co-ordinates) that the mission starts at
- The company that owns (captured) the mission
## How To Search For Missions
The fields along the top row of the Mission Search Page allows users to search by mission Name, mission status, Rover name, mission start/end date or missions that include a particular payload data types.
**Name: **Each mission has a name which is based on the configuration of the Rover device used to capture the device. Users can enter any or all of the information contained in a mission name to search for missions that were captured by a particular device, or on a particular date/time in the Name field and click the ‘Submit’ button.
**Status: **Missions are assigned a status based on their current state in the processing pipeline. Select the status of the mission you are searching for and click the ‘Submit’ button.
Mission statuses
The mission status names are driven by the state machine configuration. In simple terms, this means mission status names are based on client workflows and therefore vary from instance to instance. Typically Cordel Connect missions will include statuses such as Uploaded, Processing, Complete etc.
**Start/End Date:** It is possible to use either or both of the date range fields to search for a mission. When clicked, they will open a calendar selection tool. Select the start and/or end date of the mission you are searching for and click the ‘Submit’ button.
## The Mission Viewer Page
### How to access the Mission Viewer from Explorer search results
Click the blue hyperlinked mission name on the mission card displayed in the Explorer search results.
### How to access the Mission Viewer from the Mission Search Page
Click the blue hyperlinked mission name on the search results page.
### How to access the Mission Viewer from the Job Viewer
Click the blue hyperlinked mission name in the missions list displayed on the Job Viewer page.
## The Mission Viewer: Map
The map provides an overall understanding of the mission with important geospatial context.
The map includes the start and end point of the mission, the mission path, the Rover pin, map display options, layer options and several video options. Users can also launch the LiDAR Viewer from within the Mission Viewer.
### Start and end points
The beginning of the mission is represented with a ‘home’ icon.
The end of the mission is represented with a ‘flag’ icon.
### Mission paths
Mission Paths represent the exact trajectory the capture device took when capturing the selected mission. The path is displayed in Mission Viewer as a blue line, which alternates between a slightly darker/lighter hue based on the Network model.
### The Rover pin
The Rover pin is a circular icon displayed on the mission map to indicate where the capture device was located at specific point during the mission.
> ℹ️ Find out more about the “[Follow Rover](https://corridor1.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSD/pages/3322873687/3.0+Missions#Follow-Rover-Map-Layer)” feature below.
### Map display options
The map display options sit over the mission map in the top left hand corner. Users can switch between light, dark and satellite modes depending on their visual preferences.
### Layers
Layers represent data that can be displayed or hidden on the Mission Viewer map. The layers available will depend on the configuration of Cordel Connect, but typically includes Follow Rover, LiDAR (the bounds of each individual point cloud file), posts and a variety of infringements such as clearance, vegetation or ballast excess and deficiency.
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#### Follow Rover map layer
The “Follow Rover” feature is toggled on and off using the Layers tool. When enabled, this function provides synced geotemporal mission information.
The Rover pin is connected to the video player (Forward Facing video and Digital Assessment video) geotemporally. This means video footage is automatically synced to the location of the Rover pin, and conversely, the Rover pin is synced to the location and time of the video.
- Drag and drop the Rover pin to view the video captured at that specific location; or
- Drag the video player to a certain time to view the footage associated with the selected point in time.
#### LiDAR map layer
The LiDAR layer displays a box around the bounds of each individual point cloud file against the mission path.
LiDAR bounding boxes can be toggled on and off using the Layers tool.
#### Infringement map layer
An infringement alerts users to an area of track that may not be compliant. The types of infringements available depend on your configuration of Cordel Connect. Examples include kinematic, vegetation or ballast.
Infringement(s) can be toggled on and off using the Layers tool. Infringements are displayed using coloured circles (map markers) to indicate their location.
## The Mission Viewer: Video Player
Users are able to view a variety of video types, all of which are geotemporally linked to the Rover pin. The options available will depend on the configuration of Cordel Connect, but typically include Camera (Forward Facing Video), Classified Cross Sections, and digital assessment videos (for example Corridor Vegetation Infringements).
### How to select the video type
To select a different video type, use the “Video Type” drop down menu and select the video type you wish to view.
### How to hide the video display
Users can select to display no video using the ‘Hide’ option in the Video Type drop down menu.
### Forward Facing Video (FFV)
Cordel’s hardware natively captures Forward Facing Video (FFV) whenever the unit detects motion. The storage of video data is intuitive, employing configurable “FIFO” (first in, first out) logic to the deletion of data and staged archiving of superseded footage.
Captured video footage is then autonomously processed and uploaded to each mission, using geo-synced playback functionality that provides map-based searchability and visual context.
### Digital assessment videos
Cordel’s machine learning algorithms break captured data down into 2-dimensional cross-sections (usually 5m - but this is configurable in some use cases) for detailed analysis.
Each 2D cross-section is ‘stitched together’ and delivered as a continuous video in the Mission Viewer - geosynced to the network. Similarly to Forward Facing Video, digital assessment videos are geotemporally linked to the Rover pin.
All solutions include the Cross Section and Classified Cross Section videos. Depending on the use case, digital assessment videos may also include a visual representation of detected infringements.
## How to launch LiDAR Viewer from Mission Viewer Page
To view the LiDAR associated with the mission selected, click on the mission path and select “View LiDAR”
All the point clouds and infringements associated with the mission will be loaded in LiDAR Viewer.
> ℹ️ Detailed information on [Cordel Connect’s LiDAR Viewer.](https://corridor1.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSD/pages/3322875801)
## The Mission Viewer: Mission Details Card
The details card provides all the relevant mission metadata.
### Metadata included in the Mission Viewer Details card
Name: this is the mission name and includes the rover name and the UTC start time of the mission.
Coverage: when a description is supplied with a Linear Referencing System it is shown here. The description includes the track codes that a mission covers.
Rover: the name of the rover that conducted the mission.
Started: the mission start date and start time.
Ended: the mission end date and end time.
Orientation: the direction of capture.
Leading - the capture device was installed on the front of the capture vehicle
Trailing - the capture device was installed on the rear of the capture vehicle
## The Mission Viewer: Actions Card
The actions card allows you to interact with missions. Based on your permissions, there are 2 types of actions you can take.
### User Actions
- Add to cart: this adds the mission to the cart, where selected missions are enqueued for processing.
### Administrator Actions
- Delete: This allows you to delete a mission.
- Convert all Potree files: Cordel administrative action.
## The Mission Viewer: Payload Data Card
The payload data card shows you what files are associated with a mission. Existing Payload data can be downloaded, or users can upload Payload data.
### How to download Payload Data
Users can expand each data category using the + icon and download selected files using the download icon.
## The Missions Viewer: Nearby Missions Card
The Nearby Missions card displays a list of missions that relate the current mission, that meet the following criteria:
- Missions that were captured <=1 year before mission start date to todays date; and
- Missions that intersect or overlap the bounds with the selected mission
Users can view any of the Nearby Missions listed by clicking the mission date/time hyperlink.
## The Mission Viewer: History Card
The history card is a full record of all system recorded actions and user generated comments associated with the mission.
Entries in the History card can be viewed together on the ‘All’ tab, or users can select to view only comments on the Comments tab, or only actions on the Actions tab.
Comments: free text comments created by users of the system. Comments are represented with a ‘speech bubble’ icon and can be edited.
Actions: Changes to the data are recorded automatically by the system. Actions are represented with a ‘server rack’ icon and are read-only.
> ℹ️ Changes to data with an accompanying comment are still considered ‘Actions’
### How to add a comment to the History Card
The comment input is available on screen at all times. Simply click the ‘Add a comment…’ input bar, type your comment and hit save.
### How to edit and delete a comments from the History card
Users with the appropriate permissions can edit and delete comments they have authored using the appropriate icons.
The History card will display a [comment deleted by user] note where a user has deleted their comment.
## The Report Graphing Tool
Cordel Connect provides a customisable Report Graphing Tool which allows users to visually analyse the data held within any given .CSV.
#### Example #1: Ballast Cluster Volume Report
This example shows the data contained in the Ballast Cluster Volume Report. In this example, data options include the Left Batter, Left Shoulder; Crib; Right Batter and Right Shoulder.
Users can view all nominated data on a single graph, and data can be toggled on and off. Users also have the option view all data options as individual graphs using the ‘separate graphs’ option.
#### Example #2: Corridor Vegetation Report
The example below shows the ‘separate graphs’ option, applied to the Corridor Vegetation Report (which contains kinematic vegetation infringements).
Each of the available data selections is presented in its own distinct scatter graph. In this case the available data selections have been configured for three zones of proximity (K, K +100 or K +3000)
## The Report Heatmap Tool
The Report Heatmap Tool is directly linked to the selections made in the Report Graphing Tool and is accessed through the Mission Viewer page by toggling the Heatmap Map Layer on.
This tool displays the values in the selected .CSV report, applies a scale calculation and then plots the scaled values on the network model - providing a visual, geospatial representation of the data.
## Adding Missions To The Cart
Missions can be added to the cart from the Mission Search Page using the ‘Add to cart’ icon
Missions can also be added to the cart from the Mission Viewer Page using the ‘Add to cart’ hyperlink on the actions card
