Read a Camtrap DP

Reads files from a Camera Trap Data Package into memory. All datetime information is automatically transformed to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Vernacular names found in the metadata (package$taxonomic) are added to the observations data frame.

Usage

read_camtrap_dp(file = NULL, media = TRUE, path = lifecycle::deprecated())

Arguments

file

Path or URL to a datapackage.json file.

media

If TRUE (default), read media records into memory. If FALSE, ignore media file to speed up reading larger Camtrap DP packages.

path

Path to the directory containing the datapackage. Use file with path or URL to a datapackage.json file instead.

Value

List describing a Data Package (as returned by frictionless::read_package()) containing the original metadata, as well as a property data containing the data as three data frames:

1. deployments

2. media

3. observations

See also

Other read functions: read_wi()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Read Camtrap DP package
camtrap_dp_file <- system.file(
  "extdata", "mica", "datapackage.json", 
  package = "camtraptor"
)
muskrat_coypu <- read_camtrap_dp(camtrap_dp_file)

# Read Camtrap DP package and ignore media file
muskrat_coypu <- read_camtrap_dp(camtrap_dp_file, media = FALSE)

# If parsing issues while reading deployments, observations or media arise,
# use readr::problems()
camtrap_dp_file_with_issues <- system.file(
  "extdata",
  "mica_parsing_issues",
  "datapackage_for_parsing_issues.json",
  package = "camtraptor"
)
muskrat_coypu_with_issues <- read_camtrap_dp(camtrap_dp_file_with_issues, media = TRUE)
readr::problems(muskrat_coypu_with_issues$data$deployments)
readr::problems(muskrat_coypu_with_issues$data$observations)
readr::problems(muskrat_coypu_with_issues$data$media)
}