[Babase] GPS Notes for Babase/General Use
Niki Learn
nlearn at princeton.edu
Tue Sep 8 16:29:55 EDT 2009
I thought from the big discussion in June that field personnel were supposed
to include an S (for subgroups) in the psion waypoint name and then write
out a normal subgroups note on paper as they normally would... Is that not
what is happening?
By the way, in addition to the data Catherine and I are compiling on
subgroups, I just finished putting together a table showing all sightings of
the Ositeti subgroups in 2009. It is difficult to tell who is in what group
at any given time because, though 17 baboons have been sighted in the group
at one point or another this year (Jill and 16 males, four with collars),
the team typically only lists about 1-3 individuals seen in the group (if
any). And there has only been one formal census of one of the subgroups all
year. I was hoping to at least sort out which group Lawyer (with the GPS
collar) is in but he is often listed alone or with a subset of other males.
Other times he is seen with Jill and other times with Latin (and supposedly
Latin is in a different subgroup from Jill). So maybe he is bouncing around
a lot but it would be helpful to know which subgroup he is in at any given
time so we know which is being tracked on GPS. The groups were more
consistently referred to as either Jill's or Latin's in the July data (or at
least the big and small group, the small being Latin's), but not always.
Niki
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[mailto:babase-bounces at eeblistserv.Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of Lacey Maryott
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:35 PM
To: The Baboon Database Project
Subject: [Babase] GPS Notes for Babase/General Use
Just a note about GPS data
It is starting to be the case that the GPS files coming back from the
field are containing extensive notes about subgrouping, etc.
It is becoming clear to both Susan and myself that a good system for
'notes' and documenting this needs to be developed.
In addition, we will also need to be sure to include in the babase
design for GPS data (whenever that happens) that we will need to have a
'notes' capability of some sort to include these notes about which
subgroups the observers are with, etc.
Just something we should be keeping in mind
Lacey
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Lacey Maryott
Alberts Lab
Department of Biology
Duke University
ph: 919-660-7306
fax: 919-660-7293
Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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