WAMTRAM2 (W2) data are referenced both by location code (~ WAStD Locality) and place code (~ WAStD Site) as well as latitude / longitude (with missing values and lots of typo errors placing them outside of the WAStD Site, therefore breaking WAStD's georeferencing).
Currently, many W2 records fall outside WAStD sites and would not show up in analyses correctly.
Exactly 4581 W2 records have no coordinates, but have a location and place code. If these are not imported into WAStD (as is the current case), they are missing from case histories and can lead to false heuristic - wrong classification into new tagging/inter season returns/intra season remigrant etc.
Since we can't manually fix 4581 records plus many typos, we need a systematic approach that is still analytically valid.
Approach
Link WAStD Sites to WAMTRAM location and place code
View both on one map:
map_wastd_wamtram_sites(wastd_data, wamtram_data)
An interactive map shows WAStD sites/localities and WAMTRAM places.
The WAStD areas and sites have an edit link in the popup.
The link allows to annotate the WAStD site with the W2 location and place codes.
Some W2 places have no WAStD Site yet, some WAStD sites contain multiple W2 places. Some W2 locations relate to several WAStD localities or vice versa. It's a messy situation. We don't need a perfect match, we only need a complete match of W2 places with actual data (tagged/stranded/encountered turtles) with WAStD sites and localities.
We can link one or several W2 places to the WAStD site they fall into (or are closest to) by entering their place code into the WAStD site's field W2 Place Code. We can then match WAStD sites to W2 records by place code.
The following W2 sites need to be linked to WAStD sites:
Reconstruct missing or misplaced coordinates from corresponding WAStD Sites
In download_w2_data, before splitting obs into enc and enc_qa
Take obs and left join WAStD areas by (w2_)locationcode and WAStD sites by (w2)place_code.
Where W2 coordinates are outside the WAStD site geom, take the WAStD site geom centroid's coords as subsitute coords, set accuracy to 1000m (by place name) and leave a comment with original coords and reason for change (outside site, obvious data entry error).
Where W2 coordinates are missing, do the same. Reason: missing coordinates.
Factor this into a function taking values from involved columns as data.
Problem
WAMTRAM2 (W2) data are referenced both by location code (~ WAStD Locality) and place code (~ WAStD Site) as well as latitude / longitude (with missing values and lots of typo errors placing them outside of the WAStD Site, therefore breaking WAStD's georeferencing).
Currently, many W2 records fall outside WAStD sites and would not show up in analyses correctly. Exactly 4581 W2 records have no coordinates, but have a location and place code. If these are not imported into WAStD (as is the current case), they are missing from case histories and can lead to false heuristic - wrong classification into new tagging/inter season returns/intra season remigrant etc.
Since we can't manually fix 4581 records plus many typos, we need a systematic approach that is still analytically valid.
Approach
Link WAStD Sites to WAMTRAM location and place code
View both on one map:
An interactive map shows WAStD sites/localities and WAMTRAM places.
The WAStD areas and sites have an edit link in the popup.
The link allows to annotate the WAStD site with the W2 location and place codes.
Some W2 places have no WAStD Site yet, some WAStD sites contain multiple W2 places. Some W2 locations relate to several WAStD localities or vice versa. It's a messy situation. We don't need a perfect match, we only need a complete match of W2 places with actual data (tagged/stranded/encountered turtles) with WAStD sites and localities.
We can link one or several W2 places to the WAStD site they fall into (or are closest to) by entering their place code into the WAStD site's field W2 Place Code. We can then match WAStD sites to W2 records by place code.
The following W2 sites need to be linked to WAStD sites:
Progress - so far we have
Left to do (above list minus progress)
Reconstruct missing or misplaced coordinates from corresponding WAStD Sites
In download_w2_data, before splitting obs into enc and enc_qa
Factor this into a function taking values from involved columns as data.