annotation_report.py: Annotation Reporting Tool

This program combines the contents of all video annotation files and dumps them to a single CSV file suitable for analyzing with the statistical software of your choice. Each record (line) of the report represents one annotation and contains the following information:

• site: Camera site
• file: The name of the annotation file this record came from
• activity: The name of the activity or event associated with this annotation
• kind: Kind of animal associated with this annotation, either 'focal' or 'commensal'
• individual: ID of the animal associated with this annotation
• startTime: Time the activity began
• endTime: Time the activity ended
• user: Name of the user who created the annotation

Command Line Arguments

All arguments are optional; default values can be provided in a configuration file.

Short Form	Long Form	Type	Description
-c	--config	path	Configuration file. If not provided, defaults to "annotation_report.config" located in the same directory as this program.
-o	--out	path	Path to output report file. If not provided, the report is printed to stdout.

Configuration File Settings

If no configuration file is provided using the -c command line option, this program will read configuration settings from a file named annotation_report.config An example of how each setting is used can be found in the configuration file production.config

[General_Settings]

This section contains configuration variables used by more than one program in the Camera Trap Tools suite.

• default_annotation_folder: path to root of the default folder where annotations are stored