MoveApps
Github repository: github.com/movestore/MorningReport
This App provides an interactive update of your (recent) tracking data. It gives a table of all animals with first and last timestamps, number of positions and moved distance during the past 24h and 7d (relative to a reference date). Furthermore, it allows interactive plotting of selected data attributes as well as daily properties for each individual and a time range of up to 20 weeks (5 months) before the reference date. In addition, an interactive map for the selected individual and time range is plotted.
This App lets the user interactively explore the input Movement data set, which is usually downloaded from Movebank and contains data from presently deployed and running tags. It gives a Morning Report of how the animals and tags are/were doing.
On the top of the user interface (UI), an overview table is given that provides a data overview: For each animal and tag it shows the first and last timestamp, the number of positions and distance traveled during the last 24 hours or 7 days, respectively. If the animal was migrating, dead or had no data during the last 7 days then this event would be indicated. In the sidebar one can select the column name according to which the rows in the table shall be ordered (in ascending or descending order). In the left column of the table, single individuals can be selected for plotting selected properties and a map in the lower part.
The reference timestamp (either user-defined or by default NOW) is provided above the time slider in the sidebar. This reference timestamp is used as end timestamp for all plots and the map. The time slider allows the selection of the start timestamp which has been defined to be at the most 5 months before the reference. All plots and the map react on the time slider. Below it, in the side bar, three drop down selection menus allow to define which data attribute or calculated daily data property shall be shown in the three plots.
The leaflet map on the right side shows the track of the selected animal in the selected time interval (from time slider selected time to reference timestamp). All positions are shown as blue points, connected by light blue lines. The most recent 5 positions are highlighted in red so that the present location of the animal can easily be picked out. The points and lines can be disabled and enabled. The openstreetmap background map can be selected as StreetMap or Aerial. Note that the map can easily be zoomed in and out.
moveStack in Movebank format
Shiny user interface (UI)
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Date and Time: reference timestamp towards which all analyses are performed. Generally (and by default) this is NOW in UTC, especially if in the field and looking for one or the other animal or wanting to make sure that it is still doing fine. When analysing older data sets, this parameter can be set to other timestamps so that the data fall into the 5 month time interval possible to explore. This chosen timestamp is also noted in the UI above the time slider.
Always use date and time 'NOW': Check this box to use the 'NOW' date and time of each run of a scheduled workflow. When this app is part of a scheduled workflow, each time the workflow runs, it will use the date and time of moment when the app is executed. Unckeck the box if you want to use a fixed date and time. Box is checked by default.
Migration buffer in km (last 7 days): user-defined distance (in km) that an animal of the respective species is expected to minimally move during up to 7 days during migration. This variable is used to define the event migration that is reported in the overview table. The default value is presently set to 100 km. Units km.
Mortality buffer in m (last 7 days): user-defined distance (in m) that an animal of the respective species is expected to minimally move during 7 days if it is alive. Take into account the data resolution, which can also miss longer displacements. This variable is used to define the event dead that is reported in the overview table. The default value is presently set to 100 m. Units m.
Reference position: select reference position, by clicking on the map, to which average daily distances are to be calculated. Typically this is the observer position in the field, if one wants to find out if any tagged animals are in the surroundings. If no location is selected, the last position of each track is used.
NOTE: currently when the settings are stored in a previous session, and the app is opened again, the reference position will not appear on the map, but the coordinates are still saved and shown on the bottom left below the map.
Reset to last position of track: Click to remove selected position, and use the last position of the selected animal as a reference point.
Setting Date and Time: By default the reference time is set to NOW. The present timestamp is extracted in UTC from the MoveApps server system. An error will be displayed if the data set does not contain any locations of the previous 5 months before the selected reference time (default NOW). Check the time span of the data in the overview table in the tab "Visualization" and adjust the date.
Setting Reference position: If no location is chosen, for each animal the longitude of the last available position is used as reference for the calculation of average daily distances to a position.
Setting Migration buffer in km (last 7 days): The parameter has a explicit default value, so NULL or non-numeric values are not possible and will give an error.
Setting Mortality buffer in m (last 7 days): The parameter has a explicit default value, so NULL or non-numeric values are not possible and will give an error.
Data: The data are not manipulated in this App, but interactively explored. So that a possible Workflow can be continued after this App, the input data set is returned.