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argosfilter (version 0.71)

Argos Locations Filter

Description

Filters animal satellite tracking data obtained from the Argos system(), following the algorithm described in Freitas et al (2008) . It is especially indicated for telemetry studies of marine animals, where Argos locations are predominantly of low-quality.

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install.packages('argosfilter')

Monthly Downloads

408

Version

0.71

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Carla Freitas

Last Published

May 3rd, 2026

Functions in argosfilter (0.71)

bearing

Bearing between geographical locations
distance

Great circle distance between geographical coordinates
internal.angles

Internal function for package argosfilter
dist.prev

Internal function for package argosfilter
dist.next

Internal function for package argosfilter
distance_m

Internal function for package argosfilter
sdafilter

Filter Argos locations
seal

Satellite tracking data from a ringed seal
radian

Degrees to radians
vmask

Filter locations for speed