CameraTrapDataAccess: Snapshot Serengeti camera trap access

In DenaJGibbon/behaviouR: An R Package for Online Teaching of Fundamental Concepts in Behavior and Ecology

Description

Function to access Snapshot Serengeti camera trap photos on the Labeled Information Library of Alexandria: Biology and Conservation http://lila.science/datasets/snapshot-serengeti

Usage

CameraTrapDataAccess(
  urlpath = "https://lilablobssc.blob.core.windows.net/snapshotserengeti-unzipped/",
  season = list(1, 2),
  AnimalID = "leopard",
  NumPhotos = 5,
  create.dir = ""
)

Arguments

urlpath	location of Snapshot Serengeti database
season	which season to query; options are 1-4, 6-8,10,11
AnimalID	which animal photos to download
NumPhotos	the number of photos to download
create.dir	logical; create a new directory (TRUE) or save to current temp directory (FALSE); to see temp directory use tempdir()

Value

a dataframe with image metadata and downloaded images

Examples

CombinedAnimalDF <- CameraTrapDataAccess(urlpath=
'https://lilablobssc.blob.core.windows.net/snapshotserengeti-unzipped/',
season= list(1,2,3),AnimalID='leopard', NumPhotos= 50,create.dir=TRUE)

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