Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management System with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and R /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Urbano, Ferdinando (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cagnacci, Francesca (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.; Behavioral Sciences.

This book guides animal ecologists, biologists and wildlife and data managers through a step-by-step procedure to build their own advanced software platforms to manage and process wildlife tracking data. This unique, problem-solving-oriented guide focuses on how to extract the most from GPS animal t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.    .