Temporal and Spatial Analysis of VAST 2017’s Mini-Challenge 1

Abstract

This paper summarizes the approach and tools used by our team to analyze the dataset for Mini-Challenge 1 of the 2017 VAST Challenge. The goal of the mini-challenge was to find patterns of traffic activity within the park that may be associated with declining numbers of nesting bird pairs. We developed a custom, web-based application using Python and JavaScript to visualize and analyze the data to solve the mini-challenge.