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Data calibration and position export

High level functions for the processing of GLS light data

prepare_calibration()
Prepare Calibration Data from a Folder
process_positions()
Process Positions from a Folder

Filters

Filters used to clean light data while processing.

argos_filter()
Argos Filter for Position Data
aut_midnight_sun_removal()
Remove false positions during breeding or midnight sun periods
bounding_box_filter()
Bounding Box Filter for Position Data
daylengthfilter()
Remove twilights that form subsequent outliers in length of day or night.
double_smoothing()
Double smoothing of positions
equinox_filter()
Equinox Filter for Position Data
land_mask()
Land mask
loess_filter()
Loess Filter for Position Data
move_twilights()
Edit twilights by location-dependent thresholds.
noonfilter()
Remove twilights that form subsequent outliers in time of noon and midnight.
speed_filter()
Speed Filter for Position Data
twilight_cleanup()
Estimate and Refine Locations From Light Data Recorded by Geolocators.

Processing

Functions for the bulk processing of GLS light data

process_folder()
Process all light position files in a folder
process_logger_year()
Prepare light position files a single logger and year combination
process_logger_light_data()
Load and process a logger/year combination's light files
apply_filters()
Apply filters to loaded light data to estimate positions

Data preparation

Functions used while preparing light data for processing

assign_equinox_periods()
Assign equinox periods
twilight_estimation()
Estimate twilight times from light data

Custom filter settings

Tools to provide custom filter settings

GLSFilterSettingsList
GLSFilterSettingsList
GLSsettings
GLSsettings Class
create_filter_settings_file()
Create Filter Settings File
read_filter_file()
Read Filter File

Data

Data used in this package

equinox_table
Equinox table
example_metadata example_colony_info example_extra_metadata
Example metadata for GLS loggers A dataset containing example metadata for GLS loggers.
logger_light_thresholds
Per logger threshold settings List of different light thresholds depending on model
seatrack_settings_list
Seatrack filter settings

Plotting

Functions used for plotting

plot_a_map()
Produce a Quick Map

General functions

General utility functions

calibration_to_wb()
Write Calibration Data to Excel Workbook
get_light_data()
Load lightdata from files