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RobertKenward: /* Survival file data tables */

2014-12-11T12:58:59Z

Survival file data tables

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	The survival data are editable. In the ranges table Age, Sex, the Month cells and Fate ~~Codehave~~ pull down menus with available options, these are activated by a left mouse click.		The survival data are editable. In the ranges table Age, Sex, the Month cells and Fate Code have pull down menus with available options, these are activated by a left mouse click.

	For other editable cells, use the left button of the mouse to click once or twice within the cell and you will be able to add to or delete from the existing cell contents. Click three times and you can overwrite the cell contents.		For other editable cells, use the left button of the mouse to click once or twice within the cell and you will be able to add to or delete from the existing cell contents. Click three times and you can overwrite the cell contents.

RobertKenward: /* Editing */

2014-11-20T06:29:33Z

Editing

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	The survival data is editable. In the ranges table Age, Sex, the Month cells and Fate Codehave pull down menus with available options, these are activated by a left mouse click.		The survival data are editable. In the ranges table Age, Sex, the Month cells and Fate Codehave pull down menus with available options, these are activated by a left mouse click.

	For other editable cells, use the left button of the mouse to click once or twice within the cell and you will be able to add to or delete from the existing cell contents. Click three times and you can overwrite the cell contents.		For other editable cells, use the left button of the mouse to click once or twice within the cell and you will be able to add to or delete from the existing cell contents. Click three times and you can overwrite the cell contents.

	=== Graphs from location analyses ===		=== Graphs from location analyses ===

RobertKenward at 17:26, 19 November 2014

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	==== Random subsampling locations ====		==== Random subsampling locations ====

	There are also times when you may not want to use an entire location dataset, e.g. to avoid [[Interaction ~~Analaysis~~#Autocorrelation\|autocorrelation]] or to investigate how much the analyses are affected by the number of locations. Use the '''Random Subsampling''' section, where you can determine the percentage of locations to select, or specify a particular number of locations to use and specify if you want a minimum time between each location. Press the OK button once the appropriate choices have been entered.		There are also times when you may not want to use an entire location dataset, e.g. to avoid [[Interaction Analysis#Autocorrelation\|autocorrelation]] or to investigate how much the analyses are affected by the number of locations. Use the '''Random Subsampling''' section, where you can determine the percentage of locations to select, or specify a particular number of locations to use and specify if you want a minimum time between each location. Press the OK button once the appropriate choices have been entered.

	==== Merging location and edge files ====		==== Merging location and edge files ====

RobertKenward at 17:07, 19 November 2014

2014-11-19T17:07:39Z

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	Use this to open existing Ranges format files, allowing you to visualize the data, edit data points, modify file attributes and export to text files.		Use this to open existing Ranges format files, allowing you to visualize the data, edit data points, modify file attributes and export to text files.

	On pressing the open button, the file filter will show files of any Ranges type. List specific Ranges file types using the '''Files of type''' drop down. Location files contain the locations of animals whereas the Vector files and Raster files are two different ways of storing maps. Location files contain location data in groups which may represent individuals or ranges, and have the potential to store associated information on both the locations and the groups. Vector files store point information which may define points, lines or shapes. Raster files contain grid based data, where each cell in the grid is represented by a value, usually representing a habitat. Edge files store the coordinates of home-range shapes generated in [[Location Analysis\|location analyses]] they cannot be edited but may be exported. For edge files, if you hold the pointer over the filename a description of the analysis used to create the analysis will be displayed. [[File Types#Utilisation Files\|Utilisation files]] are created in location analyses and contain the areas of range cores at 5% intervals (e.g. for [[Convex Polygons\|convex polygons]]), if you select Utilisation files (providing there is a ''.uti'' and ''.edg'' file with the same prefix), a [[#Utilisation plots\|\|utilisation plot]] will be displayed. [[File Types#Incremental Files \|Incremental files]] are also created in location analyses and contain the areas of ranges created from sub-samples of locations, starting from the first three and finishing with the entire set (e.g. for [[Clusters\|~~Neighbour-linkage~~]]). Opening them here will display the location file and corresponding [[#Utilisation plots\|\|Incremental plots]]. Ranges Image files are images aligned for display with other map files. RADA files contain the output of a resource area dependency analysis. Survival files contain dates and fate data for use with Kaplan Meier analysis; this analysis outputs Kaplan Meier Survival graph files.		On pressing the open button, the file filter will show files of any Ranges type. List specific Ranges file types using the '''Files of type''' drop down. Location files contain the locations of animals whereas the Vector files and Raster files are two different ways of storing maps. Location files contain location data in groups which may represent individuals or ranges, and have the potential to store associated information on both the locations and the groups. Vector files store point information which may define points, lines or shapes. Raster files contain grid based data, where each cell in the grid is represented by a value, usually representing a habitat. Edge files store the coordinates of home-range shapes generated in [[Location Analysis\|location analyses]] they cannot be edited but may be exported. For edge files, if you hold the pointer over the filename a description of the analysis used to create the analysis will be displayed. [[File Types#Utilisation Files\|Utilisation files]] are created in location analyses and contain the areas of range cores at 5% intervals (e.g. for [[Convex Polygons\|convex polygons]]), if you select Utilisation files (providing there is a ''.uti'' and ''.edg'' file with the same prefix), a [[#Utilisation plots\|\|utilisation plot]] will be displayed. [[File Types#Incremental Files \|Incremental files]] are also created in location analyses and contain the areas of ranges created from sub-samples of locations, starting from the first three and finishing with the entire set (e.g. for [[Clusters\|clusters]]). Opening them here will display the location file and corresponding [[#Utilisation plots\|\|Incremental plots]]. Ranges Image files are images aligned for display with other map files. RADA files contain the output of a resource area dependency analysis. Survival files contain dates and fate data for use with Kaplan Meier analysis; this analysis outputs Kaplan Meier Survival graph files.

	See [[File Types\|File Types]] for more details on the difference between these.		See [[File Types\|File Types]] for more details on the difference between these.

RobertKenward at 17:06, 19 November 2014

2014-11-19T17:06:51Z

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	Use this to open existing Ranges format files, allowing you to visualize the data, edit data points, modify file attributes and export to text files.		Use this to open existing Ranges format files, allowing you to visualize the data, edit data points, modify file attributes and export to text files.

	On pressing the open button, the file filter will show files of any Ranges type. List specific Ranges file types using the '''Files of type''' drop down. Location files contain the locations of animals whereas the Vector files and Raster files are two different ways of storing maps. Location files contain location data in groups which may represent individuals or ranges, and have the potential to store associated information on both the locations and the groups. Vector files store point information which may define points, lines or shapes. Raster files contain grid based data, where each cell in the grid is represented by a value, usually representing a habitat. Edge files store the coordinates of home-range shapes generated in [[Location Analysis\|location analyses]] they cannot be edited but may be exported. For edge files, if you hold the pointer over the filename a description of the analysis used to create the analysis will be displayed. [[File Types#Utilisation Files\|Utilisation files]] are created in location analyses and contain the areas of range cores at 5% intervals (e.g. for [[Convex Polygons\|convex polygons]]), if you select Utilisation files (providing there is a ''.uti'' and ''.edg'' file with the same prefix), a [[#Utilisation plots\|\|utilisation plot]] will be displayed. [[File Types#Incremental Files \|Incremental files]] are also created in location analyses and contain the areas of ranges created from sub-samples of locations, starting from the first three and finishing with the entire set (e.g. for [[Neighbour-linkage~~\|Clusters~~]]). Opening them here will display the location file and corresponding [[#Utilisation plots\|\|Incremental plots]]. Ranges Image files are images aligned for display with other map files. RADA files contain the output of a resource area dependency analysis. Survival files contain dates and fate data for use with Kaplan Meier analysis; this analysis outputs Kaplan Meier Survival graph files.		On pressing the open button, the file filter will show files of any Ranges type. List specific Ranges file types using the '''Files of type''' drop down. Location files contain the locations of animals whereas the Vector files and Raster files are two different ways of storing maps. Location files contain location data in groups which may represent individuals or ranges, and have the potential to store associated information on both the locations and the groups. Vector files store point information which may define points, lines or shapes. Raster files contain grid based data, where each cell in the grid is represented by a value, usually representing a habitat. Edge files store the coordinates of home-range shapes generated in [[Location Analysis\|location analyses]] they cannot be edited but may be exported. For edge files, if you hold the pointer over the filename a description of the analysis used to create the analysis will be displayed. [[File Types#Utilisation Files\|Utilisation files]] are created in location analyses and contain the areas of range cores at 5% intervals (e.g. for [[Convex Polygons\|convex polygons]]), if you select Utilisation files (providing there is a ''.uti'' and ''.edg'' file with the same prefix), a [[#Utilisation plots\|\|utilisation plot]] will be displayed. [[File Types#Incremental Files \|Incremental files]] are also created in location analyses and contain the areas of ranges created from sub-samples of locations, starting from the first three and finishing with the entire set (e.g. for [[Clusters\|Neighbour-linkage]]). Opening them here will display the location file and corresponding [[#Utilisation plots\|\|Incremental plots]]. Ranges Image files are images aligned for display with other map files. RADA files contain the output of a resource area dependency analysis. Survival files contain dates and fate data for use with Kaplan Meier analysis; this analysis outputs Kaplan Meier Survival graph files.

	See [[File Types\|File Types]] for more details on the difference between these.		See [[File Types\|File Types]] for more details on the difference between these.

RobertKenward at 16:46, 19 November 2014

2014-11-19T16:46:23Z

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	If you have opened an Utilisation file (''.uti'', created in location analysis), an incremental plot is displayed in a new window. The plot will display the range that is selected in the upper table; click on rows in the upper table to display other ranges. If the chart window is closed, it can be reopened by clicking on the '''display''' button below the locations table. For more details see [[Range Use Plots#Utilisation plots\|Utilisation plots]].		If you have opened an Utilisation file (''.uti'', created in location analysis), an incremental plot is displayed in a new window. The plot will display the range that is selected in the upper table; click on rows in the upper table to display other ranges. If the chart window is closed, it can be reopened by clicking on the '''display''' button below the locations table. For more details see [[Range Use Plots#Utilisation plots\|Utilisation plots]].

	Examination of utilisation plots (Ford & Krumme 1979) provides a method of deciding on the percentage of locations that define a core range. In Ranges, utilisation plots display the area of estimated home range cores at 5% intervals from 20-100%. If there are a few locations far from the range centre, the slope of the plot is initially steep, but becomes shallower when only the core locations remain. This slope discontinuity, if present, is a useful indicator of how many locations constitute the core range. For more details see Range Use Plots.		Examination of utilisation plots ([[Bibliography\|Ford & Krumme 1979]]) provides a method of deciding on the percentage of locations that define a core range. In Ranges, utilisation plots display the area of estimated home range cores at 5% intervals from 20-100%. If there are a few locations far from the range centre, the slope of the plot is initially steep, but becomes shallower when only the core locations remain. This slope discontinuity, if present, is a useful indicator of how many locations constitute the core range. For more details see Range Use Plots.

	==== Editing ====		==== Editing ====

RobertKenward at 16:44, 19 November 2014

2014-11-19T16:44:31Z

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	Use this to open existing Ranges format files, allowing you to visualize the data, edit data points, modify file attributes and export to text files.		Use this to open existing Ranges format files, allowing you to visualize the data, edit data points, modify file attributes and export to text files.

	On pressing the open button, the file filter will show files of any Ranges type. List specific Ranges file types using the '''Files of type''' drop down. Location files contain the locations of animals whereas the Vector files and Raster files are two different ways of storing maps. Location files contain location data in groups which may represent individuals or ranges, and have the potential to store associated information on both the locations and the groups. Vector files store point information which may define points, lines or shapes. Raster files contain grid based data, where each cell in the grid is represented by a value, usually representing a habitat. Edge files store the coordinates of home-range shapes generated in [[Location Analysis\|location analyses]] they cannot be edited but may be exported. For edge files, if you hold the pointer over the filename a description of the analysis used to create the analysis will be displayed. [[File Types#Utilisation Files\|Utilisation files]] are created in location analyses and contain the areas of range cores at 5% intervals (e.g. for [[Convex Polygons\|convex polygons]]), if you select Utilisation files (providing there is a ''.uti'' and ''.edg'' file with the same prefix), a [[#Utilisation plots\|\|utilisation plot]] will be displayed. [[File Types#Incremental Files \|Incremental files]] are also created in location analyses and contain the areas of ranges created from sub-samples of locations, starting from the first three and finishing with the entire set (e.g. for [[Neighbour-linkage\|~~clusters~~]]). Opening them here will display the location file and corresponding [[#Utilisation plots\|\|Incremental plots]]. Ranges Image files are images aligned for display with other map files. RADA files contain the output of a resource area dependency analysis. Survival files contain dates and fate data for use with Kaplan Meier analysis; this analysis outputs Kaplan Meier Survival graph files.		On pressing the open button, the file filter will show files of any Ranges type. List specific Ranges file types using the '''Files of type''' drop down. Location files contain the locations of animals whereas the Vector files and Raster files are two different ways of storing maps. Location files contain location data in groups which may represent individuals or ranges, and have the potential to store associated information on both the locations and the groups. Vector files store point information which may define points, lines or shapes. Raster files contain grid based data, where each cell in the grid is represented by a value, usually representing a habitat. Edge files store the coordinates of home-range shapes generated in [[Location Analysis\|location analyses]] they cannot be edited but may be exported. For edge files, if you hold the pointer over the filename a description of the analysis used to create the analysis will be displayed. [[File Types#Utilisation Files\|Utilisation files]] are created in location analyses and contain the areas of range cores at 5% intervals (e.g. for [[Convex Polygons\|convex polygons]]), if you select Utilisation files (providing there is a ''.uti'' and ''.edg'' file with the same prefix), a [[#Utilisation plots\|\|utilisation plot]] will be displayed. [[File Types#Incremental Files \|Incremental files]] are also created in location analyses and contain the areas of ranges created from sub-samples of locations, starting from the first three and finishing with the entire set (e.g. for [[Neighbour-linkage\|Clusters]]). Opening them here will display the location file and corresponding [[#Utilisation plots\|\|Incremental plots]]. Ranges Image files are images aligned for display with other map files. RADA files contain the output of a resource area dependency analysis. Survival files contain dates and fate data for use with Kaplan Meier analysis; this analysis outputs Kaplan Meier Survival graph files.

	See [[File Types\|File Types]] for more details on the difference between these.		See [[File Types\|File Types]] for more details on the difference between these.

Admin: /* Location file from column text file */

2014-11-10T13:24:55Z

Location file from column text file

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	The first prompt is to choose a file for importing. Initially, only files with a .txt extension will be displayed; however, you can alter the ''Files of Type'' choice box at the bottom of the dialog to display all files.		The first prompt is to choose a file for importing. Initially, only files with a .txt extension will be displayed; however, you can alter the ''Files of Type'' choice box at the bottom of the dialog to display all files.

	Once you have chosen a file, providing that it is in an appropriate format, an [[Location Import\|\|import screen]] will appear. This will display the first 10 lines of the file to be imported, so that you can select which data are in which columns and set other attributes of the location file to be created. If the first row of data is the table header information, check the '''Header Row''' checkbox so that ranges does not attempt to import this as data. The '''Input Data Summary''' will reflect this,		Once you have chosen a file, providing that it is in an appropriate format, an [[Location Import\|import screen]] will appear. This will display the first 10 lines of the file to be imported, so that you can select which data are in which columns and set other attributes of the location file to be created. If the first row of data is the table header information, check the '''Header Row''' checkbox so that ranges does not attempt to import this as data. The '''Input Data Summary''' will reflect this,

	Ranges is unable to use non-Cartesian coordinate systems. If the location data are latitude/longitude coordinates, you can convert these to metres in the UTM coordinate system by selecting ''latitude-longitude to utm'' in the '''Coordinate System Conversion''' list then selecting a '''Reference Ellipsoid''', usually ''WGS84'' but it will depend on your coordinate capturing device.		Ranges is unable to use non-Cartesian coordinate systems. If the location data are latitude/longitude coordinates, you can convert these to metres in the UTM coordinate system by selecting ''latitude-longitude to utm'' in the '''Coordinate System Conversion''' list then selecting a '''Reference Ellipsoid''', usually ''WGS84'' but it will depend on your coordinate capturing device.

Admin: /* Import */

2014-11-10T11:03:44Z

Import

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	On pressing the import button, you will be prompted to choose between the following import file types:		On pressing the import button, you will be prompted to choose between the following import file types:

	[[#Location file from column text file\|Location file from column text file]]		[[#Location file from column text file\|Location file from column text file]]<br />
	[[#Vector map from column text file\|Vector map from column text file]]		[[#Vector map from column text file\|Vector map from column text file]]<br />
	[[#Vector map from ArcView shapefile\|Vector map from ArcView shapefile]]		[[#Vector map from ArcView shapefile\|Vector map from ArcView shapefile]]<br />
	[[#Location file from ArcView points shapefile\|Location file from ArcView points shapefile]]		[[#Location file from ArcView points shapefile\|Location file from ArcView points shapefile]]<br />
	[[#Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format\|Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format]]		[[#Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format\|Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format]]<br />
	[[#Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format\|Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format]]		[[#Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format\|Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format]]<br />
	[[#Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP\|Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP]]		[[#Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP\|Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP]]<br />
	[[#Survival file from Ranges location file\|Survival file from Ranges location file]]		[[#Survival file from Ranges location file\|Survival file from Ranges location file]]

Admin: /* New */

2014-11-10T11:03:06Z

New

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	== New ==		== New ==

	Use '''New''' to create new Location, Vector or Raster map or Survival files, either by entering data directly from the keyboard or by copying and pasting from another application such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Vector files can be added to using the right mouse button for [[[[#On-screen digitising\|\|on-screen digitising]]. Before entering the data itself, you will have to enter attribute information that will be used in the creation of the file.		Use '''New''' to create new Location, Vector or Raster map or Survival files, either by entering data directly from the keyboard or by copying and pasting from another application such as a spreadsheet or word processor. Vector files can be added to using the right mouse button for [[#On-screen digitising\|\|on-screen digitising]]. Before entering the data itself, you will have to enter attribute information that will be used in the creation of the file.

	=== Location file ===		=== Location file ===

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	On pressing the import button, you will be prompted to choose between the following import file types:		On pressing the import button, you will be prompted to choose between the following import file types:

	[[#Location file from column text file\|Location file from column text file]]		[[#Location file from column text file\|Location file from column text file]]<br />
	[[#Vector map from column text file\|Vector map from column text file]]		[[#Vector map from column text file\|Vector map from column text file]]<br />
	[[#Vector map from ArcView shapefile\|Vector map from ArcView shapefile]]		[[#Vector map from ArcView shapefile\|Vector map from ArcView shapefile]]<br />
	[[#Location file from ArcView points shapefile\|Location file from ArcView points shapefile]]		[[#Location file from ArcView points shapefile\|Location file from ArcView points shapefile]]<br />
	[[#Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format\|Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format]]		[[#Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format\|Raster map from ArcInfo ASCII Grid format]]<br />
	[[#Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format\|Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format]]		[[#Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format\|Raster map from Idrisi ASCII format]]<br />
	[[#Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP\|Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP]]		[[#Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP\|Image file from JPEG/GIF/PNG/BMP]]<br />
	[[#Survival file from Ranges location file\|Survival file from Ranges location file]]		[[#Survival file from Ranges location file\|Survival file from Ranges location file]]