Why you should use TrackLab
- Rely on highly accurate tracking data for your research
- Gain insights into social behavior, place-preference, and many more parameters
- Easily access, export, and analyze your data, for individual animals and experimental groups
Benefits
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Versatile
TrackLab is a versatile solution that can be used for all your spatial behavior studies. It is suitable for high accuracy indoor and outdoor tracking (UWB) as well as long-range outdoor tracking (GPS LoRa).
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Research areas
Use the software for your research with livestock, zoo animals, and companion animals. TrackLab is used in academic and applied research institutes, and benefits researchers studying animal genetics, nutrition, productivity, and much more.
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Meaningful insights
With TrackLab you can measure a wide range of behavioral indicators, including activity, place-preference, social interactions, and feeding. The software helps you gain insights into the health, welfare, and productivity of your animals.
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Social behavior
The TrackLab software includes different social behavior parameters, including pair relations, social networks, and general proximity between animals.
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Efficient workflow
The software works easily and intuitively, resulting in an efficient workflow for both first-time and experienced users.
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Scalable
TrackLab is scalable and allows you to track an almost unlimited number of subjects in environments of almost unlimited size. You can cover large barns and outdoor feedbunks with an UWB set-up for high accuracy tracking or use one or more LoRa antennas to cover large pastures.
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24/7 monitoring
TrackLab offers 24/7 continuous tracking, allowing you to monitor your animals for a longer period of time or during specific times of interest.
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Automated data collection
Save time and effort with TrackLab’s options for automated data collection. You can schedule recording sessions in advance or choose continuous tracking of your animals.
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Accurate and reliable
TrackLab offers highly accurate and reliable data for your research, with up to 15 cm accuracy for ultra-wideband tracking and up to 1-2 meters accuracy when tracking with GPS. It also works reliably in challenging outdoor conditions, in temperatures of -20 to 50 °C.
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Analyze from your desk
You can track animals on-site and analyze your data from the comfort of your office.
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Real-time analysis
You can analyze your data when it’s most convenient to you. TrackLab offers the option to monitor results in near real-time or to analyze data after the experiment.
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Futureproof sensors
TrackLab works with multi-sensor data, including location, accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, and altimeter data. This provides you with a versatile dataset for complex behavior analysis.
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Data playback
With TrackLab you can review trackplots with the parameters of your choice, allowing you to study outliers and observe (social) behaviors in different locations.
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Experimental groups
TrackLab offers data analysis for both individual animals and experimental groups, giving you a wide range of behavioral insights.
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Visualize your results
The software has various options to visualize your results, making it easy to interpret, present, and discuss your work. This includes place-preference and place-time heatmaps, trackplots, graphs and diagrams.
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Observer reliability
With TrackLab you will obtain consistent results and avoid inter- and intra-observer variability.
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Full access to data
You have full access to all raw data, as well as the option to export data for further analysis in your favorite statistical tool.
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TrackLab server
You can connect multiple tracking sites to the central data server. And with all tracking data safely stored on the TrackLab server, you never have to worry about losing valuable data.
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Join the expert panel
Work with Noldus and the scientific community to advance your field of research. Join our TrackLab expert panel now! Curious about new developments in TrackLab? Read more here.
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Get help whenever you need
You can contact our excellent customer support services worldwide and 24/7.
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