Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data: A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management System with Postgresql/Postgis and R (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783319378268)

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.

Author: Ferdinando Urbano
ISBN-10: 3319378260
ISBN-13: 9783319378268
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2016
Pages: 257
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d