Hurricane Tracker (Nifty2018)

Requirements

Create a JavaFX project titled HurricaneTracker:

• In Eclipse Oxygen or higher, click File -> New -> Project
• In the selection menu, click the arrow next to JavaFX then select "JavaFX Project"
• In Project Name, type HurricaneTracker
• Click Next twice.
• Change the Language Drop-down to FXML
• Change Filename to Hurricane
• Change Controller Name to HurricaneController
• Click Finish

You should now have a new Project with 4 files in the src folder:

• HurricaneController.java
• Main.java
• application.css
• Hurricane.fxml

If you right click on Hurricane.fxml, you can now select Open in SceneBuilder, which will allow you to create your interface.

Download the Background Image and Hurricane Image to the directory of your choice.

In the shared folder there is a directory called Data, where csv files, including a file named irma.csv are located. This data was scraped from https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2017/hurricane-irma, last access 9/14/2017. This file contains data about hurricane Irma. Each line contains 6 columns separated by commas (thus the .csv file extension). The file can be opened directly in Java or opened in Excel/Google Sheets for a columnar view. The first line of the file describes what each column is. Here are the first 3 lines of the file, separated into their columns:

Date Time Lat Lon Wind Pressure

30-Aug 15:00 GMT 16.4 -30.3 50 1004

30-Aug 21:00 GMT 16.4 -31.2 60 1001

The only columns relevant to your code are Lat (the latitude), Lon (the longitude), and Wind (the wind speed in miles per hour). Though you may use the other data if you wish.

Using the data in irma.csv, your code must show hurricane Irma's path. Your solution must include the following:

1. Correctly show each point in the data file (together with lines between each point)
2. At each point, you must display what category the storm is, if it has hurricane strength winds, otherwise, draw no text.
3. Color code the hurricane strength:
   • Red for Category 5
   • Orange for Category 4
   • Yellow for Category 3
   • Green for Category 2
   • Blue for Category 1
   • White if not hurricane strength
4. The thickness of the line should change in proportion to the hurricane category.

Assessment

Marks will be assigned for, but not limited to:

Knowledge:

• Opening files
• Setting up interface

Thinking:

• Translating latitude and longitude onto the map

Application:

• Parsing CSV file
• Drawing hurricane logo in the correct location

Communication:

• Provide Javadoc for all methods/classes

BONUS:

Adding buttons that play, pause, restart the animation.

• 5% for each fully functioning button
• Can be applied to any category you wish

Demos (Done in Python/Javascript)

What to Submit

Submit your your entire project file as zip file.