Loading images from a mission into VARS

The software for loading an Benthic Imaging AUV mission is kept on the computer Seaspray. To load an AUV mission into VARS do the following:

1. ssh to Seaspray

    ssh seaspray

2. Locate the mission directory that you want to load. The AUVBI directory is mounted on Seaspray at /mbari/AUVBI. Note the following:
   • The full path to the mission directory you are going to load. e.g. /mbari/AUVBI/missionlogs/2009/2009173/2009.173.07. It should contain the navigation.log and camera.log. If those are missing from the directory then the load will fail.
   • The location of the image directory for that mission. e.g. /mbari/AUVBI/missionlogs/2009/2009173/Images
   • The URL mapping of that specific image directory. e.g. http://ssds.shore.mbari.org/auvbi/missionlogs/2009/2009173/Images.

     Be Careful Double check that URL in a web browser. If it's correct then you should see a directory listing the images. Don't just copy and paste the example URL above!! It's only for missions from 2009173. Also, case is important in the URL; the auvbi directory is mapped to http://ssds.shore.mbari.org/auvbi (all lower case)

3. cd into /opt/vars-imaging/bin

   cd /opt/vars-imaging/bin

4. Execute the following, substituting in your info:

   gsh ../scripts/groovy/load_biauv.groovy <mission directory> <image directory> <image directory URL>

   Here's an example:

   gsh ../scripts/groovy/load_biauv.groovy \
      /mbari/AUVBI/missionlogs/2009/2009173/2009.173.08 \
      /mbari/AUVBI/missionlogs/2009/2009173/Images \
      http://ssds.shore.mbari.org/auvbi/missionlogs/2009/2009173/Images

Notes

It's OK to load the same mission more than once. It just updates the information, it does not create duplicate missions.

To annotated the images:

1. launch VARS from http://seaspray.shore.mbari.org/webstart/vars-images/varsannotation.jnlp.
2. When opening a video archive to annotate, select the Open Existing radio button and look for your mission. It will be named something like biauv-2009.173.03.