E-Ecology Documentation and Guidance

The e-Ecology Virtual Laboratories represent a collaborative effort between the University of Amsterdam Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics and SARA Computing to manage bird tracking data and develop tools for data exploration, analysis and visualization. This wiki is designed to facilitate access to the data and tools within the Virtual Laboratories and to provide a forum for collaboration.

Datasets

UvA-BiTS

Bird data collected with the UvA-BiTS Bird Tracking System

Note: We are continually working on improving UvA-BiTS services, including data processing and Virtual Lab functionality. In some cases, this has enabled us to extract more information from old GPS log files which is then incorporated into the database. This may result in slight differences when you reprocess historic data. Please keep this in mind and consider regularly updating local copies you may have of the database.

• UvA-BiTS Data Model
• Connecting to the UvA-BiTS database
• Useful Queries
• Queries for linking bird tracks to wind and flow data

FLYSAFE

Bird data created from weather radar data and bird migration models. Financed by the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

• Connecting to the Flysafe database
• Flysafe GPS Data Model
• Radar Data Model
• Wind Profile Data Model
• Fino1 Data Model

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

• Weather Forecast Data (ECMWF)
• Elevation Data

Services

• Visualization Tools

KMZ Generator:

Produce kmz files of GPS bird tracking data to be viewed in Google Earth.

BirdView:

Access meterological and radar data and overlay with GPS bird tracking data.

BirdSim:

More dynamic version of BirdView that allows the user to scroll through weather data in time and space.

• Annotation tables for uploading GPS anntotation data into your own schema

• Dashboard: These web pages allow UvA-BiTS users to get an overview of the raw data files of GPS bird tracking devices.

Tracker files dashboard

Batteries dashboard

• Bookkeeping: Description of tables related to FlySafe data processing and archiving.

Administration: Information about user rights and data processing tasks.

ToDo