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IronTrack Research Documents

52 numbered research documents (00-52, excluding 27 which was merged into 26) plus reference material. These cover the mathematical foundations, engineering specifications, and domain research behind IronTrack.

Foundations

Doc	Title	Topic
00	Project Charter	Scope, milestones, Eagle Mapping partnership
01	Legal Framework	GPLv3, IP, contributor licensing
02	Geodesy Foundations	Karney geodesic, Vincenty rejection, WGS84
03	Photogrammetry Spec	GSD, FOV, overlap, ASPRS standards
04	GeoPackage Architecture	OGC spec, SQLite WAL, spatial index
05	Vertical Datum Engineering	h = H + N, EGM96/EGM2008, datum stacks
06	Rust Architecture Analysis	Crate selection, error handling, concurrency

Terrain & DEM

Doc	Title	Topic
08	Copernicus DEM	GLO-30 tile format, S3 access, resolution bands
09	DSM vs DTM / AGL	Surface model bias, canopy penetration, safety
10	Rust COG Ingestion	GeoTIFF parsing, DEFLATE, float predictor
14	GeoTIFF COG Processing	Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF internals
15	3DEP Access & Integration	USGS LiDAR DTM, HTTP range requests
33	3DEP Data Integration	AWS S3 access, microtile caching

Geodesy & Datums

Doc	Title	Topic
12	EGM2008 Grid Analysis	Tide system, interpolation precision
19	WGS84 Epoch Management	Tectonic drift, HTDP, ITRF realizations
30	Geodetic Datum Transformation	GEOID18, Helmert 7-param, WGS84 pivot
31	NAD83 Epoch Management	14-param Helmert, plate motion models
32	Geoid Interpolation Survey	Polar, antimeridian, ocean edge cases

Flight Planning & Trajectory

Doc	Title	Topic
07	Corridor Mapping	Polyline offsets, miter/bevel joins, bank angles
13	LiDAR Flight Planning	Point density, swath geometry, scan rate
34	Terrain Following Planning	Elastic Band + B-spline hybrid design
39	Flight Path Optimization	ATSP, nearest-neighbour + Or-opt, boustrophedon
49	Computational Geometry	PIP, polygon clipping, buffer, triangulation
50	Dubins Mathematical Extension	6 path types, clothoid, 3D airplane, wind

Sensors & Photogrammetry

Doc	Title	Topic
18	Oblique Photogrammetry	Off-nadir geometry, multi-camera rigs
21	Dynamic Footprint Geometry	6DOF projection, terrain intersection
24	Survey Photogrammetry PPK	PPK integration, base station requirements
36	ASPRS Data Standards	Positional accuracy 2024, RMSE classes
40	Sensor Trigger Library	Pin-level specs, MEP timing, GPIO
45	Aerial Sensor Library	irontrack_sensors schema, camera database
46	Post-Flight QC	XTE, footprint coverage, auto re-fly

Daemon & Networking

Doc	Title	Topic
28	IronTrack Daemon Design	REST, WebSocket, state management, mDNS
23	NMEA Data Requirements	Sentence parsing, RTK quality indicators
29	Avionics Serial Communication	UART, CRC-32, RTS/CTS flow control
47	Daemon Field Hardware	Pi 4/5, NUC, tablets, power requirements

Cockpit, UI & Integration

Doc	Title	Topic
25	Aircraft Cockpit Design	Track Vector CDI, Canvas 2D rendering
26	Tauri Integration	IPC bridge, tile protocol, update governance
43	Boundary Import Formats	Shapefile, DXF, GeoJSON, CSV-WKT

Autopilot & Hardware

Doc	Title	Topic
11	Aerial Survey Autopilot Formats	QGC .plan, DJI WPML/KMZ specs
22	Embedded Trigger Controller	STM32/RP2040, NMEA FSM, dead reckoning
41	LiDAR System Control	Dual-trigger hybrid, USGS QL compliance
48	Avionics Hardware Integration	Connector pinouts, power sequencing

Aviation & Safety

Doc	Title	Topic
16	Aerial Wind Data	Wind triangle, ADDS API, METAR/TAF
17	UAV Survey Analysis	Multirotor vs fixed-wing, endurance
20	NA Airspace Data	FAA data sources, TFR, NOTAM
35	Airspace & Obstacle Data	Advisory geofencing, PIC authority
37	Aviation Safety Principles	PhantomData, advisory-only design
38	UAV Endurance Modeling	Power models, battery reserve, Peukert

Engineering & Testing

Doc	Title	Topic
42	GeoPackage Extensions	TGCE, basemaps, WAL details, VACUUM policy
44	IronTrack Testing Strategy	proptest, HIL/SIL, CI matrix
51	GPLv3 Compliance	License headers, CLA, firmware separation
52	Geospatial Performance Rust	SoA layout, AVX2, rayon tuning, Kahan

Reference

Doc	Title	Topic
99	Engine Technical Reference	Architecture overview, module map, workflows
--	Formula Reference	Equations from docs 02-07, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 46, 49, 50
--	Formula Reference 08-10	Equations from terrain/DEM docs
--	IronTrack Manifest v3.5	Full system architecture (21 sections, 520 paragraphs)