Data Used By Tracktable

Tracktable operates on CSV (comma-separated values), TSV (tab-separated values) and TRAJ (comma-separated trajectory values) files. The data contained in the CSV and TSV files can be either for points or trajectories and both file types abide by the same formatting and rules for comments and skippable headers. The TRAJ files are a specialized file type specific to tracktable that contains assembled trajectories that can be used directly without the need to re-assemble them as after they have been loaded. This has advantages over reading in point data from a CSV file and then assembling the points into trajectories.

Support for storing and loading trajectories using GeoJSON files is slated for release no later than Tracktable 1.7.

Note

The only difference in the examples for CSV and TSV files is the delimiter. The data sets are identical.

CSV Data

Point Data

# object_id timestamp latitude longitude altitude heading speed
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:36:18,-81.9731,26.995,2700,108,349,0
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:37:56,-81.9844,27.0447,4200,108,349,-27
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:39:18,-82.0458,27.1136,6700,225,322,-22
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:40:18,-82.0961,27.1389,7900,180,300,5
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:41:18,-82.1442,27.1683,9200,181,305,-2
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:42:18,-82.1967,27.1978,10300,193,303,-1
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:43:18,-82.2469,27.2253,11300,183,302,0
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:44:18,-82.2997,27.2544,12500,193,302,1
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:45:18,-82.3525,27.2839,13500,194,303,6
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:46:18,-82.4008,27.3175,14400,190,309,-8

Point Data With Comments

# object_id timestamp latitude longitude altitude heading speed
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:36:18,-81.9731,26.995,2700,108,349,0
#KKK011,2004-12-07 11:37:56,-81.9844,27.0447,4200,108,349,-27
#  KKK011,2004-12-07 11:39:18,-82.0458,27.1136,6700,225,322,-22
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:40:18,-82.0961,27.1389,7900,180,300,5
KKK011#,2004-12-07 11:41:18,-82.1442,27.1683,9200,181,305,-2
#
#
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:42:18,-82.1967,27.1978,10300,193,303,-1
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:43:18,-82.2469,27.2253,11300,183,302,0
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:44:18,-82.2997,27.2544,12500,193,302,1

Point Data With Skippable Headers

Undelimited line header with additional and maybe irrelevant information
This part of the file is not intended to be processed

# object_id timestamp latitude longitude altitude heading speed
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:36:18,-81.9731,26.995,2700,108,349,0
#KKK011,2004-12-07 11:37:56,-81.9844,27.0447,4200,108,349,-27
#  KKK011,2004-12-07 11:39:18,-82.0458,27.1136,6700,225,322,-22
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:40:18,-82.0961,27.1389,7900,180,300,5
KKK011#,2004-12-07 11:41:18,-82.1442,27.1683,9200,181,305,-2
#
#
KKK011,2004-12-07 11:42:18,-82.1967,27.1978,10300,193,303,-1

Note

Headers are not skipped by default. Comment delimiters and hard values for number of lines to skip are passed in as parameters when configuring your point and trajectory readers.

Trajectory Data

Tip

Trajectory data also allows for comments and skippable headers.

# object_id timestamp longitude latitude
TSTISTPHX0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,28.814605999999998,40.976922
TSTORDDEL0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,-87.904842,41.97860299999999
TSTYYZDEN0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,-79.63055600000001,43.677223
TSTSEACGK0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,-122.309306,47.449
TSTORDMCO0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,-87.90484200000002,41.978602999999985
TSTSZXAMS0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,113.81066399999999,22.639257999999995
TSTMSPATL0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,-93.22176699999999,44.881955999999995
TSTPEKKUL0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,116.58455599999999,40.080111
TSTFCOATL0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,12.250797000000004,41.804475
TSTPHXPVG0,2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000,-112.01158300000002,33.43427799999999

TSV Data

Point Data

# object_id timestamp longitude latitude
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     132.3653180042665       37.83452922520744
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     140.1555350524732       37.00319417805791
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     138.8552751176905       33.91442753969869
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     139.54339149007725      34.37733184602518
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     138.6712734537105       36.79593017895808
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     142.1620084423819       35.09865794853191
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     145.53358077966556      41.534209724603194
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     139.7960001774872       35.78134081160728
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     140.82555476137813      35.69316848225954
ANON        2014-01-01 00:00:00     145.63477153712424      37.974929548163544

Point Data With Comments

# object_id timestamp latitude longitude altitude heading speed
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:36:18     -81.9731        26.995  2700    108     349     0
#KKK011     2004-12-07 11:37:56     -81.9844        27.0447 4200    108     349     -27
#  KKK011   2004-12-07 11:39:18     -82.0458        27.1136 6700    225     322     -22
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:40:18     -82.0961        27.1389 7900    180     300     5
KKK011#     2004-12-07 11:41:18     -82.1442        27.1683 9200    181     305     -2
#
#
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:42:18     -82.1967        27.1978 10300   193     303     -1
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:43:18     -82.2469        27.2253 11300   183     302     0
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:44:18     -82.2997        27.2544 12500   193     302     1

Point Data With Skippable Headers

Undelimited line header with additional and maybe irrelevant information
This part of the file is not intended to be processed

# object_id timestamp latitude longitude altitude heading speed
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:36:18     -81.9731        26.995  2700    108     349     0
#KKK011     2004-12-07 11:37:56     -81.9844        27.0447 4200    108     349     -27
#  KKK011   2004-12-07 11:39:18     -82.0458        27.1136 6700    225     322     -22
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:40:18     -82.0961        27.1389 7900    180     300     5
KKK011#     2004-12-07 11:41:18     -82.1442        27.1683 9200    181     305     -2
#
#
KKK011      2004-12-07 11:42:18     -82.1967        27.1978 10300   193     303     -1

Note

Headers are not skipped by default. Comment delimeters and hard values for number of lines to skip are passed in as parameters when configuring your point and trajectory readers.

Trajectory Data

Tip

Trajectory data also allows for comments and skippable headers.

# object_id timestamp longitude latitude
TSTISTPHX0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        28.814605999999998      40.976922
TSTORDDEL0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        -87.904842      41.97860299999999
TSTYYZDEN0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        -79.63055600000001      43.677223
TSTSEACGK0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        -122.309306     47.449
TSTORDMCO0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        -87.90484200000002      41.978602999999985
TSTSZXAMS0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        113.81066399999999      22.639257999999995
TSTMSPATL0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        -93.22176699999999      44.881955999999995
TSTPEKKUL0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        116.58455599999999      40.080111
TSTFCOATL0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        12.250797000000004      41.804475
TSTPHXPVG0  2014-07-01 15:45:43-0000        -112.01158300000002     33.43427799999999

TRAJ Data

Note

Tracktable can also use input from .traj files. As this format is specific to Tracktable, it is still best and most convenient to use the methods above when getting started.

Trajectory Data

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*T*,generic,19,0,*P*,generic,2,1,1,0,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:45:43,-74.168667,40.6925,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:46:48,-73.997171,40.787618,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:47:52,-73.825183,40.882481,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:48:57,-73.652702,40.977088,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:50:01,-73.479727,41.071437,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:51:05,-73.306255,41.165527,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:52:10,-73.132284,41.259356,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:53:14,-72.957814,41.352922,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:54:19,-72.782843,41.446224,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:55:23,-72.607368,41.53926,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:56:28,-72.431388,41.632028,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:57:32,-72.254902,41.724528,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:58:36,-72.077908,41.816756,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 15:59:41,-71.900403,41.908712,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 16:00:45,-71.722388,42.000394,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 16:01:50,-71.54386,42.0918,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 16:02:54,-71.364817,42.182929,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 16:03:59,-71.185258,42.273778,TSTEWRBOS0,2014-07-01 16:05:03,-71.005181,42.364347
*T*,generic,22,0,*P*,generic,2,1,1,0,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:45:43,4.763889,52.308613,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:46:47,4.5108253,52.274336,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:47:50,4.2581558,52.239519,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:48:54,4.0058855,52.204163,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:49:57,3.7540193,52.16827,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:51:00,3.5025622,52.131842,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:52:04,3.251519,52.09488,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:53:07,3.0008944,52.057385,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:54:11,2.7506931,52.01936,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:55:14,2.5009198,51.980806,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:56:18,2.2515791,51.941724,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:57:21,2.0026753,51.902117,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:58:24,1.7542129,51.861985,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 15:59:28,1.5061963,51.821331,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:00:31,1.2586298,51.780156,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:01:35,1.0115175,51.738463,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:02:38,0.7648637,51.696252,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:03:42,0.51867235,51.653525,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:04:45,0.27294751,51.610285,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:05:49,0.027693103,51.566533,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:06:52,-0.217087,51.522271,TSTAMSLHR0,2014-07-01 16:07:55,-0.461389,51.4775
*T*,generic,18,0,*P*,generic,2,1,1,0,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:45:43,-0.190278,51.148056,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:46:48,-0.022190327,51.02428,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:47:53,0.14500127,50.900265,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:48:59,0.31130378,50.776012,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:50:04,0.47672415,50.651524,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:51:09,0.64126931,50.526803,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:52:14,0.80494612,50.401851,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:53:19,0.9677614,50.276671,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:54:24,1.1297219,50.151264,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:55:29,1.2908344,50.025634,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:56:34,1.4511056,49.899781,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:57:39,1.6105422,49.773709,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:58:44,1.7691506,49.647419,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 15:59:50,1.9269376,49.520914,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 16:00:55,2.0839096,49.394195,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 16:02:00,2.240073,49.267265,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 16:03:05,2.3954344,49.140126,TSTLGWCDG0,2014-07-01 16:04:10,2.55,49.012779
*T*,generic,20,0,*P*,generic,2,1,1,0,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:45:43,-0.461389,51.4775,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:46:49,-0.29493924,51.349773,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:47:55,-0.12941572,51.221812,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:49:01,0.03518925,51.093618,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:50:07,0.19888329,50.965195,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:51:13,0.36167397,50.836544,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:52:18,0.52356881,50.707668,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:53:24,0.68457527,50.578569,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:54:30,0.84470075,50.449249,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:55:36,1.0039526,50.319711,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:56:42,1.1623381,50.189956,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:57:48,1.3198646,50.059988,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:58:54,1.4765391,49.929807,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 15:59:59,1.6323689,49.799416,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 16:01:05,1.787361,49.668817,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 16:02:11,1.9415224,49.538013,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 16:03:17,2.0948601,49.407005,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 16:04:23,2.2473811,49.275795,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 16:05:29,2.3990921,49.144386,TSTLHRCDG0,2014-07-01 16:06:35,2.55,49.012779