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Camtrap DP
Camera Trap Data Package (Camtrap DP) is a community-developed data exchange format for camera trap data.
Desmet P, Bubnicki JW, Camtrap DP Development Team (2025) Camera Trap Data Package (Camtrap DP). Version 1.0.2. https://camtrap-dp.tdwg.org
camtrapdp
Camtrapdp is an R package to read and manipulate Camera Trap Data Packages (Camtrap DP). Camtrap DP is a data exchange format for camera trap data. With camtrapdp you can read, filter and transform data (including to Darwin Core) before further analysis in e.g. camtraptor or camtrapR.
Desmet P, Govaert S, Huybrechts P, Oldoni D (2026) camtrapdp: Read and Manipulate Camera Trap Data Packages. R package version 0.5.0. https://inbo.github.io/camtrapdp, https://cran.r-project.org/package=camtrapdp
camtraptor
Camtraptor is an R package to read, explore and visualize Camera Trap Data Packages (Camtrap DP). Camtrap DP is a community developed data exchange format for this type of data. With camtraptor you can read and filter data, create overviews of observed species, relative abundance or effort, and plot these data on a map.
Oldoni D, Desmet P, Huybrechts P (2025) camtraptor: Read, Explore and Visualize Camera Trap Data Packages. R package version 0.28.0. https://inbo.github.io/camtraptor
Trapper
TRAPPER is a scalable, open-source and AI-driven camera trap data infrastructure for professional and citizen-science projects.
Bubnicki JW, Churski M, Kuijper DPJ (2016) trapper: an open source web-based application to manage camera trapping projects. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7: 1209-1216. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12571