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# CUSF standalone predictor
Working on improving the Cambridge University Spaceflight landing predictor, used for predicting the flight path and landing location of latex balloons.
## Install
The source for the prediction software itself is in `pred_src` and instructions for building it can be found there.
The `predict/preds/` directory needs to have rwx access by the PHP interpreter and the `predict.py` python script. You will need to install the following python packages: pydap, numpy, json, simple-json.
Other than that, just clone this repo to a non web-accessible folder and create symlinks to the `predict/` and `hourly-predictions/` directories in the repo.
## Information
A cronjob should be run to delete directories in the `preds/` directory after a given number of days, perhaps 7 or 10.
The directory names are UUIDs comprised of an SHA1 hash of the launch parameters, and re-running predictions will overwrite data in the existing directory, rather than create a new one.
## Credits
Credit as detailed in individual files, but notably:
* Rich Wareham - The new predictor and the hourly predictor system
* Fergus Noble, Ed Moore and many others
Jon Sowman 2010
[http://www.hexoc.com](http://www.hexoc.com)
[jon@hexoc.com](mailto:jon@hexoc.com)