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skytrackr

A Sky Illuminance Location Tracker

v2.0 · Dec 2, 2025 · AGPL-3

Description

Calculate geolocations by light using template matching. The routine uses a calibration free optimization of a sky illuminance model to determine locations robustly using a template matching approach, as described by Ekstrom (2004) <https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2496>, and behaviourly informed constraints (step-selection).

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies skylight circular BayesianTools cli zoo rlang sf terra sfdep tidyterra geosphere tidyr dplyr ggplot2 plotly +2 more dependencies skytrackr

Version History

new 2.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 2.0 ← 1.0 diff Dec 1, 2025
new 1.0 Oct 7, 2025