Entries by Tobias Petri

New Tutorial: Advanced Annotation Procedures

We are happy to present a new part of our tutorial series on Firetail techniques! In this part you will learn how to segement acceleration data subdivide and refine predicted categories save your models and apply them to other individuals, tags or deployments The tutorial has two parts. Firstly, a short lecture to introduce the […]

Firetail 8 released

We proudly present Firetail 8! Firetail features state-of-the art visualization of GPS records, acceleration data, inert magnetic unit (IMU) data and sensor data for wild animal tracking. Firetail 8 ships with an improved version of FireSOM for machine-learning assisted annotation, featuring new powerful workflows for behavioral prediction and prediction refinement. Firetail 8 can work with […]

Modern animal tracking: the Movebank newsletter

The latest Movebank newsletter is out. A perfect overview for all that would like to get an insight into the current study landscape regarding animal observation, behavioral analysis and conservation. ICARUS and Firetail news are included, as well as recent collaborations, high-ranking publications and analyses. Enjoy reading! Newsletter, Feb 2022

FireSOM: AI assisted annotation of acceleration data in Firetail

We are glad to present a new part of our tutorial series on Firetail. This time we talk about “FireSOM: AI assisted annotation” The most recent Firetail Release 7 includes a AI-based segmentation of acceleration data that allows for the annotation of complete datasets in a few steps. It is our mission to offer a simple […]

Andean Condor Fledglings

A fascinating project on Andean condor fledglings is discussed in the recent newletter from our good friends over at e-obs. We are grateful that Firetail Release 7 was featured along with this exciting project. This is a great honor for us. Thank you e-obs! State-of-the art data from the inertial measurement unit (IMU) and high-resolution acceleration data work […]

Firetail Release 7

We are happy to present Firetail Release 7! This release includes a AI-based segmentation of acceleration data that allows for the annotation of complete datasets in a few steps. Of course, fully integrated and intuitive to use. The analysis of magnetometer data (IMU sensors from e-obs) has grown more powerful, thanks to an improved calibration […]

Firetail Release 6

Firetail Release 6 provides you with a range of new features and improvements. The all-new bookmarking feature enables quick access to time-selections and subgroups. Annotate, export and import bookmarks for downstream applications like R, SPSS, Matlab or Excel. Firetail visuals are now faster than ever. Experience data in-sync with an extended set of meta data […]

Firetail video tutorial on cloud scenes

We’re offering Cloud Scenes on-demand: interactive handling of huge datasets at your fingertips! Learn more in our latest addition to the Firetail tutorial series. Firetail – Free Edition