Dear Group, I will be at Marriott Library on Sunday, Sept. 18, from 8:00pm-8:30pm, if anyone would like to meet with me on this request. Parking is free at the Marriott on Sundays. My cell phone is on at 801 831 4035 . Pinging me on the cell is probably the best way to locate me. I'll be working in the back southeast corner of the Commons Knowledge area on the second floor or in the main computer area of the Commons. Clear Skies - Kurt --------------------- Request for help for reviewing lunar astronomy related checklist Dear Group, This is to ask for your help on a undergraduate lunar research and science writing exercise. The task involves doing a ``user review'' of a procedure that I have prepared in order to download high-resolution Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images with one-half gigabyte image sizes through a NASA website. The assistance I am asking for relates to my science writing (WRT 3014) course. Basically, you would: 1) Read the procedure with a view towards the ``user edit review'' elements discussed below; and, 2) Send me an email at fisherka at csolutions dot net regarding any of the flaws in the procedure. My timeline is to close-out user reviews by Sunday, Sept. 18, so I can begin preparing a user review report. In the user edit review, a knowledgeable end-user reviews a checklist procedure in order to find: - Missing information; - Incorrect information; - Missing steps in a procedure; - Too many steps; - Ambiguous information; - Difficult terminology; - Usefulness of graphics, tables and other aids; - Usefulness of examples; and, - Lack of examples or poor examples. There are two ways to do a user review: 1) Simply read the document step by step; or, 2) Attempt to do the procedure using the checklist as a guide. The procedure that I have written can be found at: http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/LunarSFDDocs/20110912SOP1DownloadLROIm... The procedure discusses how to download images from the NASA Planetary Data Systems (PDS) website and to record meta data about the image in a Microsoft Excel 3.0 spreadsheet, available at url: http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/LunarSFDDocs/00000000ImageCroppingSpre... Should any of you attempt to perform the checklist, there are several steps discussing preparing a thumbdrive with software in order to view the large one-half gigabyte files. Those steps can be ignored, and please omit performing the step of actually downloading the image. Background on my overall research project is available at url: http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/LunarSFDDocs/20110912ProposalPhase1.pd... This short-term course related project supports a larger independent research project regarding the distribution of lunar impacts on the Moon's surface. Lunar meteor impacts are asymmetrically distributed because the Moon acts as a gravitational lens. New Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images, some of which resolve one-half meter objects, allow measuring crater impact distributions for the smallest of craters between 10 and 100 meters in diameter. Questions can be directed to fisherka at csolutions dot net or call me at 801-831-4035. I will be at Marriott Library on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 8:00pm, if anyone would like to meet with me on this request. Thanks in advance for any time that you can put into this request. Clear Skies - Kurt