Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

1.0 Purpose

…………1.1 Supporting documents

2.0 Background

3.0 Metadata Standards

4.0 Project

…………4.1 Project Name

…………4.2 Project Coordinator

…………4.3 Project Coordinator Email

…………4.4 Project Description

5.0 Study Area

…………5.1 Study Area Name

…………5.2 Study Area Description

6.0 Surveys

…………6.1 Survey Name

…………6.2 Survey Objectives

…………6.3 *Target Species

…………6.4 Survey Design

…………6.5 *Survey Design Description

…………6.6 Event Type

7.0 Sample Station/Camera Location

…………7.1 Sample Station Name**

…………7.2 Camera Location Name

…………7.3 Latitude Camera Location

…………7.4 Longitude Camera Location

…………7.5 Northing Camera Location

…………7.6 Easting Camera Location

…………7.7 UTM Zone Camera Location

…………7.8 GPS Unit Accuracy

…………7.9 *Camera Location Comments

8.0 Deployment

…………8.1 Deployment - Visit Metadata

……………………8.1.1 Deployment Name

……………………8.1.2 Deployment Crew and Service/Retrieval Crew

……………………8.1.3 Deployment Start Date Time

……………………8.1.4 Deployment End Date Time

……………………8.1.5 *Visit Comments

…………8.2 Deployment - Equipment Information

……………………8.2.1 Camera ID

……………………8.2.2 Camera Make

……………………8.2.3 Camera Model

……………………8.2.4 Camera Serial Number

…………8.3 Deployment - Camera Settings

……………………8.3.1 Trigger Mode(s)

……………………8.3.2 Video Length

……………………8.3.3 Trigger Sensitivity

……………………8.3.4 Photos Per Trigger

……………………8.3.5 Motion Image Interval

……………………8.3.6 Quiet Period

…………8.4 Deployment - Camera Placement

……………………8.4.1 Camera Height

……………………8.4.2 *Camera Direction

……………………8.4.3 *Stake Distance

……………………8.4.4 FOV Target Feature

……………………8.4.5 *FOV Target Feature Distance

……………………8.4.6 Bait/Lure Type

…………8.5 Deployment - Site Characteristics

……………………8.5.1 *Camera Location Characteristic(s)

…………8.6 Deployment - Equipment Checks

……………………8.6.1 *Walktest Distance

……………………8.6.2 *Walktest Height

…………8.7 Deployment - Image Set Information

……………………8.7.1 Image Set Start Date Time

……………………8.7.2 Image Set End Date Time

……………………8.7.3 *Deployment Image Count

9.0 Image/Sequence

…………9.1 Image Name

…………9.2 Sequence Name

…………9.3 Image/Sequence Date Time

…………9.4 Analyst

…………9.5 Species

…………9.6 Individual Count

…………9.7 Age Class and Sex Class

…………9.8 *Behaviour

…………9.9 *Animal ID

…………9.10 *Human Transport Mode/Activity

…………9.11 *Image/Sequence Comments

…………9.12 *Image Trigger Mode

…………9.13 *Image Sequence

…………9.14 *Image Infrared Illuminator

…………9.15 *Image Flash Output

10.0 Data Management

…………10.1 Naming conventions

……………………10.1.1 Allowable formats & Special characters

……………………10.1.2 Renaming images

…………10.2 File structure

…………10.3 Data storage (archival)

11.0 Conclusion

13.0 References

14.0 Appendix A