ISSS608 2017-18 T3 Assign Tong Wen Liang Samuel

VAST Challenge 2018: "Cheep" Shots?

Background

Methodology

Insights

Conclusion

Overview

The VAST Challenge analysis results from 2017 suggested that the Kasios Furniture manufacturing company may have contributed to the decline in number of nesting Rose-Crested Blue Pipit from the Boonsong Lekagul Nature Preserve. However, Kasios dismissed the analysis and provided a set of Pipit bird calls with locations of where they were recorded to establish their claim that the analysis result was flawed.

Perhaps the characteristics of bird location in the Preserve and Kasios’ bird call recordings could provide more insight into the real situation.

Mini Challenge 1 Background

View the interactive Tableau design here: Link to tableau dashboard

Data Exploration

1. The Dataset

(a) File ID: Index to the file names in the ALL BIRDS file collection
(b) English_name: Common English name for the particular bird
(c) Vocalization_type: The kind of bird sound it is: a call, a song, or some other particular sound
(d) Quality: A score A, B, C, D, or E. These provide a qualitative measure of the quality of the bird sound, e.g., purity, lack of background noise, and so on
(e) Time: Time of capture of the sound
(f) Date: Date of capture of the sound
(g) X: the X coordinates on the enclosed map of where the sound was recorded
(h) Y: the Y coordinates on the enclosed map of where the sound was recorded

2. The Map

The map “Lekagul Roadways 2018” is a 200 x 200 pixel map of the Preserve, with general indications of roadways through the site

3. The Alleged Dumping Site

The alleged dumping site for the Kasios waste products was centered around coordinates (148,159).

4. Total Number of Birds Recorded

5. Time Period of Bird Vocalizations Recorded

6. Total Number of Vocalization of each Vocalization Type

7. Number of Vocalization by Quality and Vocalization Type