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camtrapR is a package for camera trap data management in R.

You can install the release version of camtrapR from CRAN:

install.packages("camtrapR")

the GitHub master version via:

# install.packages("remotes")# install.packages("R.rsp")remotes::install_github("jniedballa/camtrapR",build_vignettes=TRUE)

and the GitHub development version* (containing the most recent changesand new features) via:

remotes::install_github("jniedballa/camtrapR",ref="dev",build_vignettes=TRUE)

[* a development version may not always be available on GitHub]

For installation from GitHub make sure packageR.rsp is available.build_vignettes = TRUE is necessary since v 2.1.1. due to the newstatic vignettes.

You can also install a previous version (e.g. if a recent update brokethe code you need to run urgently) via:

remotes::install_version(package="camtrapR",version="2.3.1")

Numerous important camtrapR functions read EXIF metadata from JPG images(and videos). This is done via Exiftool, a free and open-source sofwaretool developed by Phil Harvey and available for Windows, MacOS andLinux.

To make full use of camtrapR, you will need Exiftool on your system. Youcan download it from theExiftool homepage.Please follow the installation instruction in vignette 1 and theExiftool website.

You may not need Exiftool if you do not work with image files, but onlyuse camtrapR to create input for occupancy or spatial capture-recapturemodels from existing record tables.

There is aGoogleGroup for allquestions and problems regarding camtrapR. Please feel free to join thediscussion there.

Alternatively, you can report bugs and problems as issues on GitHub(here).

See theArticle in Methods in Ecology andEvolutionfor an overview of the package. The five vignettes provide examples forthe entire workflow.

To cite camtrapR, please use:

Jürgen Niedballa, Rahel Sollmann, Alexandre Courtiol, Andreas Wilting(2016). camtrapR: an R package for efficient camera trap datamanagement. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7(12), 1457-1462,https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12600, URL:https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.12600

or seecitation("camtrapR")