This is just one area which GPS has developed to become useful for scientists to be able to monitor, study and understand the movement and behaviour of animals in greater detail than ever before. Scientists and conservationists can from a remote area use GPS to study the overall migration of a wild animal using this type of technology and from using the GPS itself in an analytical way. They can gather the GPS data and then use the data to understand what the animals are doing within the area which they inhabit. GPS-enabled devices tend to record the data in a wildlife envronment at a pre-set time interval at the choosing / choice of the end user who is due to make use of the data transmitted. For an animal such as a deer, their movement will be plotted on a map-like diagram and from here a scientist can make full observations of their behavioral patterns at a given time. The devices can also give clues as to how the animal may behave around humans and also when the animals come up close to humans. There are many ways to which the devices can be attached to record and correlate the data. Collar attachment is one of the main ways to make use of these devices on animals. This does depend however on the body type of the animla and the overall behavior which can be expected. This type of GPS attachment works best on animal limbs such as a neck or ankle. Direct attachment is a more specialist method which can be used on marine animals such as tutles or crocodiles. Here, the device is often glued to the animal to make sure there is little discomfort. This technique especially shows there are no shortage of possibilities with the ways you can attach and use these devices on animals. The devices typically record data surrounding the animal's exact location in an array of pre-set intervals which are logged and known as duty-cycles. Either way as to how you wish to track and record the data of an animal, it can reveal behavioural patterns or trends. The overall landscape as to where you wish to compile the data doesn’t matter either as you can gather this type of GPS data logging in conditions and environments as varse as deserts to the sea.
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