CPAW Workstation

The Planning Process

The planning process begins with the operator selecting the planning window and specifying order database filter criteria. Through the main planning GUI the operator kicks off automated scheduling algorithms to generate the collection plan for the planning window. The operator may edit the collection plan and review an animation of the plan prior to transmitting it to the command generation system.

CPS workstation software also guides the operator through manual plan generation or editing by providing valid constrained access start and stop times for each order, a camera model that chooses default camera settings, computed scan parameters, and constraint validation checks for the collection plan. The diagram below shows the baseline planning process flow:

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CPAW Standard Planning Process