After each survey, camera memory cards are downloaded and organized into folders by YEAR, SURVEY, CAMERA, BATCH, PHOTO#. Then, files are renamed to give every file in every survey and every year a unique name. Naming convention consists of: survey name, survey year, month and day, survey number, camera number, batch number, photo number. Thus, all photo names will follow the convention: STO18_1004_S1C1B1_0237.JPG which in this case = STEI Overhead in 2018, Month & Day, Survey#, Camera#, Batch#, Image#. These file names are entered into a spreadsheet along with other variables in preparation for analysis.
As photos are analyzed by various observers, different subsets of photos are placed in separate folders for observers to examine (e.g., photos in a given survey with birds in them). We use a VBA code to copy files to various folders.
Instructional documents associated with this methodology include: 1. Renaming multiple files using the Command Prompt and 2. Move or copy files between folders based on a list of Excel files names using VBA code.
