Firetail

#dataviz and #annotation for #wildlifeecology #movementecology #ethology #biologging - #Tech4Wildlife services - #GIS - [email protected]

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

Firetail turns animal tracking data into answers: browse GPS tracks and accelerometer bursts, annotate behaviour (or import BORIS video annotations), classify it with FireSOM, map space use.

Free edition, manual, tutorials: https://t.co/YeeMgIB3IL
#biologging #animaltracking

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

Firetail 15 is out:
- dock every tool anywhere, even reports next to your data
- e-obs logger.bin management for @_eobs_ users
- FFT-based kernel density estimation
- FireREACH utility distributions

Tour of the new features: https://t.co/1HSX6PKesY
#biologging #movementecology

[Matthias C. Berger @SbgMatthias]

Now open source: movebank-mirror-api 0.0.1 - a small local server that re-serves the Movebank REST API from a directory of mirrored studies. Point any Movebank-API client at localhost; works offline, fast.

https://t.co/7cQFlZ8Xr9

[Alasdair Davies @Al2kA]

Arribada's new standalone Argos transmitter is now available. No additional microcontroller required 🐢🐦‍⬛🐳🦈🌊

[Matthias C. Berger @SbgMatthias]

Big milestone unlocked! 🚀
Antenna path measured, matching network tuned, firmware updated - ready to test GPS with the Ignion (@ignionrf) RUN mXTEND™ (NN02-224) Virtual Antenna® on "Not a Tag"!
Ditching bulky ceramic patches for this tiny 12×3×2.4mm beast. Ground-truth data for Firetail (https://t.co/19xevfkk7S) coming soon from eastern Crete rolling hills.

[Matthias C. Berger @SbgMatthias]

🐦 Also open-sourcing this one out of years of private internal tooling: movebank-mirror 0.0.1.

A CLI + library that pulls Movebank studies to a local file/folder structure and keeps them in sync.

Per-study JSON metadata, per-(tag, sensor type) CSVs. Resumable. Friendly to the live API.

👉 https://t.co/ZoCoVxW4Td

#Movebank #OpenScience #JavaDev

[Matthias C. Berger @SbgMatthias]

After years of carrying it around as private code, I cleaned it up and shipped it: a Java client for the Movebank REST API is now on Github and Maven Central.

Bonus: a mirror tool + offline replay server land next.

👉 https://t.co/uXvschb4IP

#Movebank #OpenScience #JavaDev #AnimalTracking

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

Yeah, nice... but can you run Firetail on it? 🤗

[Matthias C. Berger @SbgMatthias]

Just tested the new NVIDIA DGX Spark for the first time today and it's a great device! 🔥 And it's small! I immediately ran a real head-to-head against our RTX 5090 on the exact same workload.

- The RTX 5090 is roughly 6× faster in raw tokens/sec
- The DGX Spark still delivered a very usable 35 tokens per second on Qwen Coder Next 80B

At first the speed gap felt noticeable... but then you realize what's actually happening. The 5090 is an absolute speed demon when the model fits comfortably in 32 GB VRAM. The DGX Spark, however, brings 128 GB of unified memory.

That single difference changes everything. I could load the full 80B model with room to breathe: longer context, lighter quantization without constant memory gymnastics, no compromises.

This isn't about winning the pure performance crown. It's about making frontier-scale local AI actually practical on your desk. And it's quiet, private, no cloud bills, no latency and no data leaving the building.

The DGX Spark isn't trying to replace high-end GPUs. It's redefining what "usable" means for serious developers and researchers. Already planning my next experiments. Can't wait to push it further.

Anyone else got their hands on the DGX Spark yet?

#DGXSpark #NVIDIA #LocalAI #CodingAgents

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

evaluation of predicted categories against gold standards with Firetail: https://t.co/X8zzKKqknU

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

#FireSOM may be the first step towards your specific large-scale prediction model of animal behavior. It features ways to include external predictions, video annoation and evaluation tools. It's fully integrated in Firetail.

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

suggested read: what is #FireSOM and how can it help me to interpret multi-axis accelerometer data?
https://t.co/HG5c5qLi0y

#Firetail14 #sbgResearch

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

https://t.co/fxTXSDa47k

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

Interested in how Firetail is applied in practice?
https://t.co/D8zgV74AjV

[WILDLABS Community @WILDLABSNET]

⏳1 week until #ICTC2026!

After months of planning, we’re nearly ready to welcome hundreds to Lima for the first-ever International Conservation Technology Conference.

🛠️20 workshops
🎤300+ sessions
💡25 exhibitors
🌟6 plenaries
Explore the agenda: https://t.co/ZGYGD4qSQK

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

Congratulations to all authors!
New findings on 🦃 space use, movements, and survival are out now https://t.co/9IpLdKMiBo Featuring technology by https://t.co/X25w3sYUQa and https://t.co/NuWqPAWu9F
#Conservation #Ornithology @_eobs_ #FiretailVis #WildTurkey

[The Wildlife Society @wildlifesociety]

Cheetahs are declining across much of their range in Africa. Researchers are monitoring their numbers in a massive wilderness in Zambia to see how they are doing in one of their few bastions. 

Read the full story: https://t.co/yEoZ9jutqF

[WILDLABS Community @WILDLABSNET]

✈️ Coming to #ICTC2026 in February? Now’s the time to book your travel to Lima, Peru!

🏨 The Westin venue room block is open until this Friday, Jan 16
💻 Our logistics page has additional partner hotel options and travel tips
👉 Learn more and book at https://t.co/4D2OXzc3fW

[ESA Earth Observation @ESA_EO]

Three decades of satellite data reveal a surprising culprit behind tropical carbon loss.

Using data from @esaclimate’s RECCAP-2 and Biomass projects, scientists found that small deforestation clearings – often under two hectare – are behind more than half of total losses since 1990.

https://t.co/7c0w9FIKLg

📸LSCE–Y. Xu/ESA

[Md Mijanur Rahman🛰️🗺️🛰️ @GISRSStudyHacks]

Google Earth Engine Python Tutorial: How to predict Forest Carbon?
Tutorial Link: https://t.co/ZcObSI77dS
For more information about registration, visit our website: https://t.co/i4EFoxX5HU

#forestcarbon #googleearthengine #pythontutorial #carbonprediction #sustainability

[Convention on Wetlands @RamsarConv]

🎉15 DAYS TO GO! 🎉

First celebrated in 1997 and a @UN International Day since 2022, #WorldWetlandsDay honours the beauty and value of wetlands.

Details: https://t.co/k3BBRPLXb3

#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #CelebratingWetlands

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

Just a heads-up: #FireSOM processes your animal data securely, offline, and without sharing anything. It ships with https://t.co/CDjjiwU7Bh, simple and efficient.

[Firetail @FiretailVis]

We are amazed to see another paper 📜published featuring #FireSOM for the prediction of behavioral categories from 🦇multi-axis acceleration data. Congratulations to the authors!
https://t.co/IyMkPO7brJ
#Firetail14 #sbgResearch