Drawing the line On a map, the border between Alabama and Florida appears as a bold, black line. Although the official Alabama-Florida line differs from the original, called the mound line, most land surveys are still based on the original, which was lost for many years. Now, Milton Denney, a surveyor who works part time with Auburn, has helped rediscover it using a map from 1854, Google Earth, global information systems and global positioning systems. “The line was probably the least defined line between the states because nobody knew where the mounds were,” said Denney. There were 120 original mounds, but Denny expects to eventually document 35 to 40. Whatever the outcome, discovery of the original line doesn’t change the official state line. Alabama and Florida have settled on 31 degrees latitude as the border, which can be easily located by GPS. Source: TuscaloosaNews.com
The next generation of apps Auburn students and alumni have been hard
Meagan Black, graduate student in electrical
at work developing the latest applications
and computer engineering, developed an audio
for Apple products. Check them out:
streaming app that broadcasts live radio from WEGL 91.1FM, Auburn’s campus radio station. She is
Harley Harp, senior in computer science
sending the app to Apple for approval so it can be
and software engineering, created an
available for free from iTunes. Once approved, it will
Auburn University football roster app that
be available on the iPod Touch, iPhone and, possibly,
is available for the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
the iPad and Droid.
Users can find information and biographies
Students aren’t the only ones creating cool apps
about the players and coaches, assign each player a personal rating and create a roster of favorite players. The app also contains Auburn’s football schedule and an option to
Ben Rigas, software engineering ’04, has developed
subscribe to news feeds.
an app for the iPad called Sketch Journal, a drawing application that organizes drawings in books,
Prateek Hejmady, graduate student in
allowing users to flip through pages of drawings.
computer science and software engineering,
They can be shared via e-mail or saved to the image
developed an app called Parking Rummage,
library. He also co-developed an augmented reality
an on-campus parking solution that works on
iPhone app called AR Ghost, which overlays images
the iPhone and iPod Touch. Users can locate
of ghosts onto the camera preview screen. By combining
the closest parking lot, and receive a reminder of where their
the iPhone compass and accelerometer, the position of the
car is parked on campus. He is working to make it available in
ghost appears to stay in the same location within a room. Sound
Apple’s app store and integrate it with Auburn University
effects enhance the sense that ghosts are nearby. Rigas is a senior
Parking Services.
research and development engineer at Interop Technologies in Fort Myers, Fla. Tell us about your apps at socialmedia@eng.auburn.edu
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