move (version 1.0)

getMovebankData: Download data from Movebank

Description

getMovebankData downloads the location and timestamp columns of a study stored in Movebank

Usage

getMovebankData(study, animalName, login, ...)

Arguments

study

character, full name of the study, as stored on Movebank

animalName

character, single or a vector, with the name of the individuals as stored on Movebank

login

a MovebankLogin, if empty you'll be asked to enter your username or password

...

passing on additional arguments

Details

getMovebankData belongs to the Movebank browsing functions and returns a Move object from studies with only on animal or MoveStack object for studies with multiple animals. If only a single or several particular animals of a study should be downloaded, a character vector can be provided for the animalName argument. Remember that you need an account at Movebank.org, see movebankLogin.

Examples

getMovebankData(study="BCI Ocelot", login=login) #returns a MoveStack object from the specified study
getMovebankData(study="BCI Agouti", login=login) #returns a Move object (there is only one individual in this study)
getMovebankData(study=123413, animalName=c("Mancha","Yara"), login=login) #returns a MoveStack with two individuals