Minimum location data

Calculate the minimum number of days needed to collect location data for activity space research using a study sample.

Input

minimum-location-data.R reads a CSV file of time-weighted location data from one or many participants over a common series of dates. The specification is:

Column name	Type	Description
id	Integer	Integer that identifies a participant.
date	YYYY-MM-DD	Date that the location was recorded.
duration_s	Integer	Time duration in seconds spent at the location.
lat	Latitude	Latitude of the location.
lon	Longitude	Longitude of the location.

Output

References

Kevin Stanley, Eun-Hye Yoo, Tuhin Paul & Scott Bell (2018) How many days are enough?: capturing routine human mobility, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 32:7, 1485-1504, DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2018.1434888