GenerateAnimationKMLFile_Multitag: Create Animation of Multiple Transmitters to View in Google...
In VTrack: A Collection of Tools for the Analysis of Remote Acoustic Telemetry Data

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This function creates a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) animation of transmitter detections at receivers that can be displayed in Google Earth. The animation shows the number of transmitters detected within the detection field of a receiver on a given day. Users can adjust the time slider to visualise individual time periods for display.

1 2	GenerateAnimationKMLFile_Multitag(sInputFile,sPointsFile,sOutputFile, sLocation="RECEIVERID")

`sInputFile`	a data frame containing VTrack archive data, this archive is created using the ReadInputData function
`sPointsFile`	a data frame containing the RECEIVERID or STATIONNAME, the coordinates and the detection RADIUS in meters. This should be in the format LOCATION, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, RADIUS
`sOutputFile`	a string detailing the location and name of the output kml file to be created
`sLocation`	the location at which we wish to visualise our movement events (i.e. `RECEIVERID` or `STATIONNAME`).

the output is a .kml that can be viewed as an animation in Google Earth

Ross Dwyer

ReadInputData, GenerateAnimationKMLFile_Track

  
  ## Not run: 
    ###GenerateAnimationKMLFile_Multitag example
    
    # Note, users must download Google Earth in order to visualise the kml.
    
    # Load crocodile datset into VTrack archive
    data(crocs)
    data(PointsDirect_crocs)
    
    Vcrocs <- ReadInputData(infile=crocs,
                            iHoursToAdd=10,
                            dateformat = NULL,
                            sVemcoFormat='1.0')
    
    # Set working directory (in this case a temporary directory)
    setwd(tempdir())
    # or alternatively to your Desktop on Mac OS
    # setwd("~/Desktop")
    
    # Run the function to generate the KML
    GenerateAnimationKMLFile_Multitag(Vcrocs,
                                      PointsDirect_crocs,
                                      "Croc Multi.kml",
                                      sLocation="RECEIVERID")
                                      
    # This file can be found within the tempdir() directory on your computer. 
    # Double-click on the .kml file to open in Google Earth

## End(Not run)