#'@title Calling Distance 7.2 MCDS engine from R.
#'
#'@description This package will allow the user to call the MCDS engine from Distance 7.2 in the R environment.
#'
#'@name R2MCDS
#'@docType package
#'@details
#'\tabular{ll}{
#'Package: \tab R2MCDS\cr
#'Type: \tab Package\cr
#'Version: \tab 0.9.2\cr
#'Date: \tab 2019-03-25\cr
#'License: \tab GPL-2\cr
#'LazyLoad: \tab yes\cr
#'}
#'@references
#'S.T. Buckland, D.R. Anderson, K.P. Burnham, J.L Laake, D.L. Borchers and L. Thomas. 2001. \emph{Introduction to Distance Sampling}. Estimating abundance of biological populations. Oxford University Press.\cr
#'Royle, J. A., D. K. Dawson, and S. Bates. 2004. \emph{Modeling abundance effects in distance sampling}. Ecology 85:1591-1597\cr
#'Fiske, I. and R. B. Chandler. 2011. \emph{unmarked: An R package for fitting hierarchical models of wildlife occurrence and abundance}. Journal of Statistical Software 43:1-23.\cr
#'Thomas, L., S.T. Buckland, E.A. Rexstad, J. L. Laake, S. Strindberg, S. L. Hedley, J. R.B. Bishop, T. A. Marques, and K. P. Burnham. 2010. Distance software: design and analysis of distance sampling surveys for estimating population size. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 5-14.
#'@examples
#'########################################
#'### Simple models without stratification
#'### Import and filter data
#'data(alcidae)
#'alcids <- mcds.filter(alcidae,
#' transect.id = "WatchID",
#' distance.field = "Distance",
#' distance.labels = c("A", "B", "C", "D"),
#' distance.midpoints = c(25, 75, 150, 250),
#' effort.field = "WatchLenKm",
#' lat.field = "LatStart",
#' long.field = "LongStart",
#' sp.field = "Alpha",
#' date.field = "Date")
#'
#'### Run analysis with the MCDS engine based on line transect data. Here, the WatchID is used as the sample.
#'dist.out1 <- mcds.wrap(alcids,
#' SMP_EFFORT="WatchLenKm",
#' DISTANCE="Distance",
#' SIZE="Count",
#' Type="Line",
#' units=list(Distance="Perp",
#' Length_units="Kilometers",
#' Distance_units="Meters",
#' Area_units="Square kilometers"),
#' breaks=c(0,50,100,200,300),
#' estimator=list(c("HN","CO")),
#' STR_LABEL="STR_LABEL",
#' STR_AREA="STR_AREA",
#' SMP_LABEL="WatchID",
#' path="c:/temp/distance",
#' pathMCDS="C:/Distance 7",
#' verbose=FALSE)
#'
#'summary(dist.out1)
#'##END
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#'@title Sample dataset distance analysis
#'
#'@description A sample dataset containing observation of alcidae made in the Eastern Canada Seabirds At Sea (ECSAS) program.
#'@format A data frame with 1670 observations on the following 14 variables.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{CruiseID}}{Unique cruise ID.}
#' \item{\code{WatchID}}{Unique watch ID.}
#' \item{\code{Observer}}{Categorical variable identifying the different observers.}
#' \item{\code{Date}}{Date of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{StartTime}}{Start time of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{EndTime}}{End time of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{LatStart}}{Latitude at start of the watch, decimal degrees.}
#' \item{\code{LongStart}}{Longitude at start of the watch, decimal degrees.}
#' \item{\code{WatchLenKm}}{Distance travelled during the watch in kilometers (estimated from platform speed and observation length since many watches don't have start and end positions).}
#' \item{\code{Alpha}}{Four letter code of the species.}
#' \item{\code{English}}{English name.}
#' \item{\code{Latin}}{Scientific name.}
#' \item{\code{Distance}}{Classes of distances for the observations. A=0-50m, B=50-100m, C=100-200m, D=200-300m.}
#' \item{\code{Count}}{Number of individuals.}
#' }
#'
#'@seealso \code{\link{mcds.filter}}
#'@docType data
#'@name alcidae
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#'@title sample dataset for distance analysis.
#'
#'@description A sample dataset containing observation of seabirds made in the Eastern Canada Seabirds At Sea (ECSAS) programin the Gulf of St-Lawrence.
#'@format A data frame with 1291 observations on the following 14 variables.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{CruiseID}}{Unique cruise ID.}
#' \item{\code{WatchID}}{Unique watch ID.}
#' \item{\code{Observer}}{Categorical variable identifying the different observers.}
#' \item{\code{Date}}{Date of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{StartTime}}{Start time of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{EndTime}}{End time of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{LatStart}}{Latitude at start of the watch, decimal degrees.}
#' \item{\code{LongStart}}{Longitude at start of the watch, decimal degrees.}
#' \item{\code{WatchLenKm}}{Distance travelled during the watch in kilometers (estimated from platform speed and observation length since many watches don't have start and end positions).}
#' \item{\code{Alpha}}{Four letter code of the species.}
#' \item{\code{English}}{English name.}
#' \item{\code{Latin}}{Scientific name.}
#' \item{\code{Distance}}{Classes of distances for the observations. A=0-50m, B=50-100m, C=100-200m, D=200-300m.}
#' \item{\code{Count}}{Number of individuals.}
#' }
#'@seealso \code{\link{mcds.filter}}
#'@docType data
#'@name quebec
NULL
#'@title sample dataset for distance analysis.
#'
#'@description A sample dataset containing observation of alcidae made in the Eastern Canada Seabirds At Sea (ECSAS) program.
#'@format A data frame with 583 observations on the following 14 variables.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{CruiseID}}{Unique cruise ID.}
#' \item{\code{WatchID}}{Unique watch ID.}
#' \item{\code{Observer}}{Categorical variable identifying the different observers.}
#' \item{\code{Date}}{Date of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{StartTime}}{Start time of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{EndTime}}{End time of the watch.}
#' \item{\code{LatStart}}{Latitude at start of the watch, decimal degrees.}
#' \item{\code{LongStart}}{Longitude at start of the watch, decimal degrees.}
#' \item{\code{WatchLenKm}}{Distance travelled during the watch in kilometers (estimated from platform speed and observation length since many watches don't have start and end positions).}
#' \item{\code{Alpha}}{Four letter code of the species.}
#' \item{\code{English}}{English name.}
#' \item{\code{Latin}}{Scientific name.}
#' \item{\code{Distance}}{Classes of distances for the observations. A=0-50m, B=50-100m, C=100-200m, D=200-300m.}
#' \item{\code{Count}}{Number of individuals.}
#' }
#'@seealso \code{\link{mcds.filter}}
#'@docType data
#'@name laridae
NULL
#'@title Zones in the Gulf of St-Lawrence.
#'
#'@description This file gives the boundaries of fishing zones in the Gulf of St-Lawrence.
#'@format A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame.
#' \describe{
#' \item{\code{id}}{The global polygon to which the point is.}
#' \item{\code{area}}{Size of the fishing zone in km.}
#' }
#'@docType data
#'@name zonegulf
NULL
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