Iteration 5 - 12.10.2002
Plan

This Iteration focused on the strategy simulation. There are two images so far: one for the targeted search (e.g. SETI Institute's Project Phoenix), the other for an all-sky search (e.g. SETI League's Project Argus).

Design

The Design features for this iteration:

• Research -- find out about SETI search strategies
• Experiment with POV-Ray
• Create final images in POV-Ray

Coding

There are two files associates with this iteration, one for each image:
strat1.pov | strat2.pov
The considerations for a POV-Ray file are different from those for an executable piece of code. Errors and debugging are of minor concern and easily fixed. However, a lot of effort goes into designing the image. The elements need to be placed correctly; the image must be drawn and modified several times before a final arrangement can be accepted.