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# RT1 Spatial Meeting

## 5th August 2021 10:00
**Participants**

**From Previous Weeks**
- [ ] Speak with Turing (maybe TPS) RE: a recommended data dictionary while we are in the early stages

**Agenda**
- [ ] In [this](https://www.aurora.nats.co.uk/htmlAIP/Publications/2021-07-15-AIRAC/html/index-en-GB.html) document - suggested by [name=Ben] in the [GitHub Issue](https://github.com/project-bluebird/ground-control/issues/20) we see a range of sector definitions - are these the same as those in sectors.csv - also what does the "class" mean with respect to differing flight levels in the same sector - is that something that we need to worry about?


## 29th July 2021 10:00
**Participants**:
- [name=Helen]
- [name=Marc]
- [name=Radka]

**Agenda:**
No agenda made for this week

**Notes:**
- Flight data: [name=Marc] has been working on the one-day data set and has produced a Jupyter notebook to work in conjunction with the clearances, flight data, and radar information
    - Aim is to minimise number of libraries called. Currently using pandas, numpy, matplotlib - might add geopandas
    - File will go to [name=Richard] soon then to REG after it has been okayed.
    - Two data sets are merged using a NATS-generated UFID that incorporates the date, call sign, and flight plan ID (that can be resused on different days but should be unique on that day)
    - Potential bug in flight levels and ideal and actual match 100% at the moment
    - REG can probably ignore VPL (valid prediction lifetimes) data in notebook at the moment
- Sector definitions: From image [name=Helen Radka] sent round on Slack - [name=Marc] seems to think these look sensible. Suggests the two outliers (WESTCOAST & MORAY LOW) are Atlantic/oceanic sectors and when plotted on a world map would make sense.
- BADA model: Made by eurocontrol, has parameters based on weight, turining circle etc for a range of different aircraft types.
    - [name=Marc] has briefly looked into license agreements for open-source work such as this. A literature search of comparisons between BADA and other models shows more qualitative than quantitative analysis of agreement. 
    - There is likely a disconnect between ideal (BADA) model and real-world data; for example ascent profiles for same aircraft for EasyJet and BA may be different based on company policy. Hence the need for data-driven models
- Visualising Sectors: [name=Radka] has each sector shown on map - would be nice to have 3D version of this or some way to show this nicely on a map - this may require a [game engine](https://github.com/project-bluebird/ground-control/issues/6) as outlined in the GitHub issue #6?
- Sector boundaries: Currently REG are using Degrees + (Minutes/60) + (Seconds/3600) to generate sector edges. There are likely some subtle corrections to be made - [name=Marc] believes that there are libraries in previous packages that will perform conversion.
- Definitions: London and Prestwick FIR (flight region you are responsible for). "London" is pretty much England and Wales, "Prestwick" is pretty much Scotland and Northern Ireland.

**For Next Week**
No actions identified

**From Previous Weeks**
- [ ] Speak with Turing (maybe TPS) RE: a recommended data dictionary while we are in the early stages

## 22nd July 2021 10:00

**Participants**:
- [name=Freddy]
- [name=Helen]
- [name=Marc]

**Agenda:**

**Notes:**
- [name=Marc] Has been working on refactoring Liam's code, keeping the basic functionality and moving some features to an extension model
- [name=Marc] One day's worth of data is nearly ready to go, will have associated Jupyter notebook
- [name=Marc] Query regarding free access to BADA model for project
- [name=Helen] Query regarding what data/notes can be made available on the Project Bluebird GitHub [documentation page](https://project-bluebird.github.io/docs/intro.html). Note only the [Aviary](https://project-bluebird.github.io/docs/reference/aviary.html) section has actual content at the moment
- [name=Helen] Managed to run Aviary to generate I, X, Y sectors but scenario failed to load
- [name=Freddy] Plans to try generating scenarios in Aviary [documentation here](https://project-bluebird.github.io/docs/reference/aviary.html)
- [name=Freddy] Investigating physics of BlueSky


**For next week**:
- [x] Find out if the BADA model is on GitHub/available to project made  [GitHub issue](https://github.com/project-bluebird/ground-control/issues/21) [name=Freddy] has been in contact with [name=Marc] about this.
- [x] Produce some sort of "Can we share this" folder where REG can ask NATS ([name=Marc Richard John Ben]) what can and cannot be made open [GitHub issue](https://github.com/project-bluebird/ground-control/issues/20) has been made [name=Ben] has contributed to this RE: sector definitions.
- [ ] Speak with Turing (maybe TPS) RE: a recommended data dictionary while we are in the early stages
