Starting in 1999, WBPHS_AK surveyors used the custom survey software RECORD (John I. Hodges, FWS-MBM-Alaska, retired) to record bird data and capture the survey flight track. Each observer had their own computer and obtained their own separate flight track each day. The track was recorded by capturing a GPS location every 5 seconds as long as the survey software was running. The software was started at some time between the aircraft’s engine start and the first transect, and was shut down at some time between the last transect and engine shut-down. The track thus includes the aircraft’s flight to and from transects as well as along the transects themselves.
This collection comprises the track files from 1999 to present: WBPHS_YYYYMODA_Track_OOO.csv, where YYYY = Year, MO = Month, DA = Day, and OOO = Observer initials.
