Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data

Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data

A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management System with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and R

Urbano, Ferdinando; Cagnacci, Francesca

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2016

257

Mole

Inglês

9783319378268

15 a 20 dias

Step-by-step, this book shows readers how to build advanced software platforms to manage and process wildlife tracking data. It focuses on how to extract the most from GPS data, while preventing error propagation and optimizing analysis performance.
Introduction. - Wildlife Tracking Data Management: Chances Come from Difficulties.- Storing Tracking Data in an Advanced Database Platform (PostgreSQL).- Extending the Database Data Model: Animals and Sensors.- From Data to Information: Associating GPS Positions to Animals.- Spatial is not Special: Managing Tracking data in a Spatial Database.- From Points to Habitat: Relating Environmental Information to GPS Positions.- Tracking Animals in a Dynamic Environment: Remote Sensing Image Time Series.- Data quality: Detection and Management of Outliers.- Exploring Tracking Data: Representations, Methods and Tools in a Spatial DB.- From Data Management to Analysis: Connecting R with the Database.- A Step Further in the Integration of Data Management and Analysis: Pl/R.- Deciphering Animals' Behavior: Joining GPS and Activity Data.- A Bigger Picture: Data Standards, Interoperability, Data Sharing.
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