Downloading and double-clicking kml files from result pages will display the results on Google Earth.
Google Earth Pro,
a free application, needs to be installed to your computer. Google Map does not work for the purpose.
Google Earth Settings
1) Show the sidebar.(Menu) View>Sidebar.
2) Elevation exaggeration
Windows/Linux: (Menu) Tools > Options > 3D View > Terrain > Elevation exaggeration -> 1
Mac: (Preferences) 3D View > Terrain > Elevation exaggeration -> 1
Windows/Linux: (Menu) Tools > Options > 3D View > Label and Icon Size > Middle
Mac: (Preferences) 3D View > Label and Icon Size > Middle
Windows/Linux: (Menu) Tools > Options > 3D View > Terrain > 3D Font Selection > MS Gothic, 22 to 24
Mac: (Preferences) 3D View > 3D Font Selection > MS Gothic, 22 to 24
Set the map size larger than 840 pixels horizontally. Otherwise, the symbols and letters may be overlapped or not aligned.
Adjust its vertical size so that you can see all the results at a glance.
Select on the Terrain item in the Layers folder in the lower part of the sidebar.
The types of kml files and how to use them
Of those, the last three types described below are used on this website.
1. SingleSurvey.kml (Example: hitsujigaoka0909.kml)
This kml file displays the photo-capture rate of each species at each camera point.
Initially, only camera points appear with some meta-information about the survey.
Check an animal-name box in the sidebar to display its photo-capture rate at each point.
It also can display the device-operation hours and ID number for each point.
2. SiteComprehensive.kml (Example: hitsujigaokaE.kml)
This kml file displays the photo-capture rates of mammals obtained over multiple years at a monitoring site.
You can see the seasonal or yearly changes in the rates.
Check "Shades" in the sidebar, if the map image impairs the data visibility.
Check "CameraPoints" in the sidebar to display camera points.
Hirofumi HIRAKAWA 2014. Using Google Earth to map wildlife monitoring data.
Bulletin of FFPRI 13(4): 155-171. (in Japanese with English summary)
Double-click "Bird'sEye", "FlyAround", and "Wide" for different views of the map.
"Bird'sEye" and "FlyAround" will help you better understand what kind of place the survey site is.
"Wide" will help you understand where the survey site is located.
Double-click "Align" when letters and symbols are not aligned.
3. SiteKmlsCombined.kml (Example: SiteKmlsCombinedE.kml )
This kml file combines SiteComprehensive.kmls.
Initially, it shows the whole Hokkaido so that you will see where each survey site is.
Double-click the name of a survey site in the sidebar to display the site-comprehensive kml chart.
If letters and symbols are not aligned, zooming-in and double-click the name of a monitoring site, again.
Double-click "Round-Trip" to visit the sites in the order of the names listed.
It takes about 7 minutes. The use of the control slider may be helpful.
Some survey sites are initially invisible to avoid image overlaps.
To display these sites, check the box for these sites and check off the site whose data overlaps.
4. SpeciesYearMultilayered.kml (Example: SpeciesYearMultilayeredE.kml)
This kml file displays photo-capture rates of animals at multiple survey sites.
Initially, it only displays sites' locations and names.
Checking an animal-name checkbox will display its rates at each site with circles and number letters.
If surveys are conducted multiple times at a site, the circles are overlapped at a point. Clicking on the site will separate the symbols.
Clicking the right-pointing triangle in the side bar will allow you to choose years for display.
In addition to mammals, six commonly photo-captured bird species are included in data.
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