Introduction

Tracker is a video analysis package built on the Open Source Physics (OSP) Java framework. It is used in introductory college physics labs and lectures.

This tutorial is designed for physics instructors and students who wish to create customized Tracker applications and applets for physics learning activities. It assumes you are familiar with (1) Tracker Help, (2) OSP Media: Video and (3) Java programming. It includes Java code fragments and complete applications.

Note: descriptions of interfaces and classes in this tutorial are for illustrative purposes only, and include only commonly used and/or typical methods. For complete documentation, please see the Tracker JavaDocs.

Figure 1. Tracker with Video and Tracks

Tracker Application