/Geofence

An app to check whether animal locations are within an area or not

Primary LanguageR

Geofence

MoveApps

Github repository: https://github.com/nilanjanchatterjee/Geofence

Description

The app segregates animal locations within or outside any specific polygon boundary.

Documentation

The app segregates animal locations within or outside any specific polygon boundary. A fall back file of protected area in the Y2Y region is provided in the app and users have the flexibility to upload their own. The shapefile uploaded must have a column/attribute table NAME which is used to distinguish between different areas.

Input data

MoveStack in Movebank format
Polygon boundary file in shapefile format

Output data

Move/MoveStack in Movebank format

Artefacts

PA_locations.jpeg: plot showing animal tracks and locations within and outside the protected area

Settings

The app requires a polygon boundary in shapefile format. A fall back file of protected area in the Y2Y area is provided and users can upload their own polygon shapefile.

Null or error handling

If no point has overlap with the protected area an logger message is given in the app-log. Please check the app-log if you do not see an output artefact plot.