E-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator - Revision history

Stacy shinneman: moved GPS tracks to E-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator

2018-02-20T14:33:07Z

moved GPS tracks to E-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator

Stacy shinneman: /* The e-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator */

2018-02-20T14:32:11Z

‎The e-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator

Stacy shinneman: /* BirdView */

2018-02-20T11:46:43Z

‎BirdView

Stacy shinneman: /* BirdView */

2018-02-20T11:46:29Z

‎BirdView

Stacy shinneman: /* Hardware requirements */

2018-02-20T11:45:15Z

‎Hardware requirements

Stacy shinneman: /* Hardware requirements */

2018-02-20T11:44:41Z

‎Hardware requirements

Stacy shinneman: /* Software Requirements */

2018-02-20T11:44:14Z

‎Software Requirements

Stacy shinneman: /* Software Requirements */

2018-02-20T11:44:02Z

‎Software Requirements

Stacy shinneman: /* The e-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator */

2018-02-20T11:00:02Z

‎The e-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator

Stacy shinneman: /* The FlySafe GPS Bird Track Generator */

2018-02-20T10:41:15Z

‎The FlySafe GPS Bird Track Generator

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 == The e-Ecology GPS Bird Track Generator==
-One of the data types available in the e-Ecology database, and collected as part of the FlySafe project, is ARGOS/GPS bird tracks. These are produced by attaching small GPS tracking sensors to birds, which track the bird movements throughout the year. The data is subsequently collected by the Argos satellite system, and made available in the e-Ecology database. The data itself is geo-referenced, and as such it makes sense to provide a service that allows you to look at the data in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system GIS-system]. The GIS system of our choice is Google Earth, and therefore the track generator creates a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML] file. This KML file can be loaded into Google Earth, but many other GIS-systems also provide KML reading capabilities.
+One of the data types available in the e-Ecology database is ARGOS/GPS bird tracks. These are produced by attaching small GPS tracking sensors to birds, which track the bird movements throughout the year. The data is subsequently collected by the Argos satellite system, and made available in the e-Ecology database. The data itself is geo-referenced, and as such it makes sense to provide a service that allows you to look at the data in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system GIS-system]. The GIS system of our choice is Google Earth, and therefore the track generator creates a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML] file. This KML file can be loaded into Google Earth, but many other GIS-systems also provide KML reading capabilities.
 The service itself can be found at the [https://services.e-ecology.sara.nl/ e-ecology website], under "Services" and then "GPS Bird Tracks". This requires special access: You need to have credentials and your IP address should be registered. Please contact uva-bits@uva.nl if you have problems getting access.

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 ==== BirdView ====
-An alternative way of looking at the GPS bird track kml files is with [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/ BirdView]. Bird View is the name of an UvA-BiTS web service built with the Google Earth plugin. Looking at GPS bird tracks in  BirdView would allow you to compare GPS track data with the other forms of data available in [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView].
+An alternative way of looking at the GPS bird track kml files is with [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/ BirdView]. Bird View is the name of an UvA-BiTS web service built with the Google Earth plugin. Looking at GPS bird tracks in  BirdView would allow you to compare GPS track data with the other forms of data available in BirdView.
 The current support of kml files in BirdView is slightly complicated though. It consists of two different steps:

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 ==== BirdView ====
-An alternative way of looking at the GPS bird track kml files is with [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView]. [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView] is the name of a FlySafe webservice built with the Google Earth plugin. Looking at GPS bird tracks in [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView] would allow you to compare GPS track data with the other forms of data available in [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView].
+An alternative way of looking at the GPS bird track kml files is with [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/ BirdView]. Bird View is the name of an UvA-BiTS web service built with the Google Earth plugin. Looking at GPS bird tracks in  BirdView would allow you to compare GPS track data with the other forms of data available in [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView].
-The current support of kml files in [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView] is slightly complicated though. It consists of two different steps:
+The current support of kml files in BirdView is slightly complicated though. It consists of two different steps:
 * First the kml file has to be made publicly available on the internet, for example by putting it in your personal home space of a website you have.
-* Then you can use [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView] to load the kml file, by providing a full internet link to your kml file under the ''KML Document'' tab of [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView].
+* Then you can use BirdView to load the kml file, by providing a full internet link to your kml file under the ''KML Document'' tab of BirdView.
-We hope to make the process of loading kml files into [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html BirdView] easier in the future, but for now it works trough loading kml files form the internet.
+We hope to make the process of loading kml files into BirdView easier in the future, but for now it works trough loading kml files form the internet.
 === Underlying Query and Data ===

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 Both [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/ Birdview] are visual applications, and therefore do require a little bit of graphical power. Fortunately, most modern computers have decent hardware for graphical acceleration, so this should not be a problem. But for example, if the graphical drivers are not installed correctly, or if remote desktop tools are used, performance can be limited.
-Additionally, both [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html Birdview] require a decent internet connection. They use satellite images as background, and these have to be retrieved from the internet. Furthermore, depending on the size of the selection of Bird tracks in the GPS bird track service, it might
+Additionally, both Google Earth and Birdview require a decent internet connection. They use satellite images as background, and these have to be retrieved from the internet. Furthermore, depending on the size of the selection of Bird tracks in the GPS bird track service, it might
 === The Interface ===

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 ==== Hardware requirements ====
-Both [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html Birdview] are visual applications, and therefore do require a little bit of graphical power. Fortunately, most modern computers have decent hardware for graphical acceleration, so this should not be a problem. But for example, if the graphical drivers are not installed correctly, or if remote desktop tools are used, performance can be limited.
+Both [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/ Birdview] are visual applications, and therefore do require a little bit of graphical power. Fortunately, most modern computers have decent hardware for graphical acceleration, so this should not be a problem. But for example, if the graphical drivers are not installed correctly, or if remote desktop tools are used, performance can be limited.
 Additionally, both [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html Birdview] require a decent internet connection. They use satellite images as background, and these have to be retrieved from the internet. Furthermore, depending on the size of the selection of Bird tracks in the GPS bird track service, it might
 === The Interface ===

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 The webservice itself is standard javascript website, and as such is supported by all modern browsers and operating systems.
-For looking at KML files, there are multiple options. The options we support are [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and Bird View, which can be accessed via the Virtual Lab [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/]. [http://public.flysafe.sara.nl/birdview.html Birdview].
+For looking at KML files, there are multiple options. The options we support are [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] and Bird View, which can be accessed via the Virtual Lab [http://www.uva-bits.nl/virtual-lab/].
 ==== Hardware requirements ====

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 One of the data types available in the e-Ecology database, and collected as part of the FlySafe project, is ARGOS/GPS bird tracks. These are produced by attaching small GPS tracking sensors to birds, which track the bird movements throughout the year. The data is subsequently collected by the Argos satellite system, and made available in the e-Ecology database. The data itself is geo-referenced, and as such it makes sense to provide a service that allows you to look at the data in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system GIS-system]. The GIS system of our choice is Google Earth, and therefore the track generator creates a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML] file. This KML file can be loaded into Google Earth, but many other GIS-systems also provide KML reading capabilities.
-The service itself can be found at the [https://services.e-ecology.sara.nl/ e-ecology website], under "Services" and then "GPS Bird Tracks". This requires special access: You need to have credentials and your IP address should be registered. Please contact grid.support@sara.nl if you have problems getting access.
+The service itself can be found at the [https://services.e-ecology.sara.nl/ e-ecology website], under "Services" and then "GPS Bird Tracks". This requires special access: You need to have credentials and your IP address should be registered. Please contact uva-bits@uva.nl if you have problems getting access.
 === System Requirements ===