<div dir="ltr">Hi there, Mike et al,<div><br></div><div>thanks,</div><div>but if you check up with Thomas Alerstam from Sweden - as a bird tracking migration person you really ought to know those things and his entire books/papers -</div><div>there is sufficient literature on the topic for years re. projections, e.g. this one for starters. </div><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12122402_Migration_Along_Orthodromic_Sun_Compass_Routes_by_Arctic_Birds">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12122402_Migration_Along_Orthodromic_Sun_Compass_Routes_by_Arctic_Birds</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Some others are found with the navigation sciences, with sea turtle math work (former Ram Myers) and then rocket and missile targeting of course.</div><div>It's usually not written though by geography or GIS experts. The Google Earth maps boldly ignore the projection issue (as they are just a shiny commercial PR tool).</div><div><br></div><div>Overall, for birds these days, the public resource question should sit on CONSERVATION and sustainable management,</div><div>not ivory-tower questions. The latter have been done for centuries without relevant outcome and progress.</div><div>Yes, the earth is round and an optimal route exist, but now what ? Birds know and used that for millennia and their presences show it no other.. Data exist to that degree.</div><div>Other problems are more relevant these days.</div><div><br></div><div>A nice question why after 100 years of research on bird migration, state-funded with $Mio's, and with MPI and Movebank, ICARUS etc</div><div>no readily available solution or answer exist in R or GIS etc.</div><div><br></div><div>That's my opinion and answer on your question. Feel free to follow up as needed.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div> Falk Huettmann PhD, Professor</div><div> Uni of Alaska Fairbanks</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:53 PM MIKE MCGRADY <<a href="mailto:mikemcgrady@hotmail.com">mikemcgrady@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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As far as I can recall, few studies of long-distance migratory species state what projections are used. Is there any published study of the effect of projections on analyses of animal movement?</div>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">For measuring the kind of distances you are mentioning I would suggest using ellipsoidal (geodetic) distances rather than projected distances. This is because projected distances can become very inaccurate over
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">If measuring areas is important consider an equal area projection, like Albers for example, not a conformal one like Lambert.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Hope this helps.<br>
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I have data on tracked migratory birds, and want accurate measures of distance travelled during migration and areas of summering and wintering ranges. These birds are summering in central Asia (mostly Kazakhstan and southern Russia), and wintering in Arabia.
Any advice on which projection to use? My guess is Lambert conformal conic. I'd really like to avoid using different projections for different phases of the birds' annual cycle, unless absolutely necessary. </div>
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