ExMove

ExMove processes and explores animal-tracking data through an open-source R toolkit that standardizes and cleans raw data files into analysis-ready datasets.

Key Features:

• Data cleaning and standardization: Processes raw data files from different tracking devices into a single cleaned dataset for analyses and upload to online tracking databases.
• Spatial manipulations: Performs spatial operations using the sf package.
• Flexible and generalizable code: Accommodates different data formats and device types using modern tidy coding practices.
• Visualization support: Includes a Shiny app to visualize tracking data and assist with parameter determination during data cleaning.

Scientific Applications:

• Animal movement ecology: Enables creation of high-quality, standardized, and shareable tracking data for subsequent movement analyses.
• Data archiving: Prepares cleaned datasets for upload to open access tracking databases.

Methodology:

The toolkit uses R with tidy coding practices and relies on well-maintained packages including sf for spatial manipulations.