In Six Years, Movebank Has Collected One Billion Animal Locations
August 29th, 2018, 3:23PM / BY Leila Nilipour
In recent years, big data has become a popular term and a valuable asset. If managed and analyzed correctly, large amounts of scientific data can lead us to more precise answers to the most pressing issues of our time.
Movebank is big data, collected directly from wild animals. By September 2018, this global animal tracking database will have stored one billion animal locations. Since its launch in 2012, it has grown exponentially. New scientists are constantly joining and taking advantage of the online tool to store, organize, analyze and share their research data. And it will continue to expand even faster, to keep pace with the rapid evolution of the movement ecology field.
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/conservation-commons/2018/08/29/six-years-movebank-has-collected-one-billion-animal-locations/#gQBHSSkdMB1kDHpM.99
