camtrapR (version 3.0.0)

readWildlifeInsights: Import Wildlife Insights data to camtrapR

Description

This function imports camera trap data from Wildlife Insights into a format compatible with camtrapR. It can read data from a directory containing CSV files, from a ZIP file, or from individual CSV files.

Usage

readWildlifeInsights(
  directory = NULL,
  zipfile = NULL,
  deployment_file = NULL,
  image_file = NULL
)

Value

A list containing three elements:

CTtable

The full camera trap table, based on deployments.csv

CTtable_aggregated

An aggregated version of the camera trap table, with one row per station

recordTable

The record table, based on images.csv with additional columns from deployments.csv

Arguments

directory

character. Path to folder containing CSV files exported from Wildlife Insights.

zipfile

character. Path to a ZIP file exported from Wildlife Insights.

deployment_file

character. Path to the deployments CSV file.

image_file

character. Path to the images CSV file.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Reading from a directory
wi_data <- readWildlifeInsights(directory = "path/to/csv/files")

# Reading from a ZIP file
wi_data <- readWildlifeInsights(zipfile = "path/to/wildlife_insights_export.zip")

# Reading from separate CSV files
wi_data <- readWildlifeInsights(deployment_file = "path/to/deployments.csv",
                                image_file = "path/to/images.csv")
}