SSR Open Dataset

[gigantor]

Dear BFF Members,

 

The Forum Management Team proposed and the Steering Committee approved releasing the raw SSR Dataset to the community in order to facilitate independent research.

 

The SSR database will always be available if you need to use its capabilities, but we have received requests for the raw dataset many times in the past, so here it is.

 

There will be regular releases posted in this thread as more data is classified. Attribution to "The Bigfoot Forums" is required for any published analysis.

 

We hope it helps somebody advance the search.

 

Thanks,

~gigantor

 

 

 

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Data Fields

 

Date <MM/DD/YYYY> - MM = {01..12}, DD = {01..31}, YYYY = {0001..9999}

Time <hh:mm> - hh = {00..23}, mm = {00..59}

Duration <mm:ss> - mm = {00..99}, ss = {00..59}

Latitude <floating point> 

Longitude <floating point>

Altitude (ft) <floating point>

State <string(2)>

County <string(30)>

Height (ft in) <string(10)>

Footprint Size (inches) <string(10)>

Organization <string(30)>

Researcher <string(30)>

 

Season: (mutually exclusive - can only select one)

1 - Spring (Mar 20 - Jun 19)

2 - Summer (Jun 20 - Sep 19)

3 - Fall (Sep 20 - Dec 19)

4 - Winter (Dec 20 - Mar 19)

Type: (mutually exclusive - can only select one)

S - Single Creature

M - Multiple Creature

N - Non Visual

T - Trace Evidence

Witness: (mutually exclusive - can only select one)

1 - Single, no evidence

2 - Multiple, no evidence

3 - Single, evidence

4 - Multiple, evidence

Witness Activity: (mutually exclusive - can only select one)

A - ATV

B - BFing

C - Camping

D - Driving (road)

E - 4 Wheeling (off-road)

F - Fishing

G - Hiking

H - Horseback

I - Hunting

J - Boating / Canoeing / Kayaking

N - Normal Activity at Home

P - Playing (children)

S - Swimming

 

BF Activity: (inclusive, can select any)

E - Eating
F - Food Gathering
H - Hunting
K - Knocking
O- Objects Thrown
P - Speech
R - Road Crossing
S - Standing
T - Stalking
V - Vocalization
W - Whistling
X - Swimming

Disposition: (inclusive, can select any)

A - Aggressive
C - Curious
I - Indifferent
R - Scared
S - Surprised

Locomotion: (inclusive, can select any)

C - Crawling
G - Gliding
J - Jogging
R - Running
W - Walking
O - On all fours

Terrain: (mutually exclusive, can select one)

B - Beach
C - Cave
D - Desert
F - Rain Forest
H - Wooded Hill
M - Mountainside
P - Pasture / Crop Field
S - Swamp
W - Wooded Plain

Zoning: (mutually exclusive, can select one)

A - Agricultural
C - City
M - Commercial
P - Park Land / Refuge
R - Rural
S - Suburb

Print Evidence: (mutually exclusive, can select one)

TP - Print (1)
TS - Track (1)
TM - Track (2+)
TC - Print (1) + Cast
TT - Track (1) + Cast
TN - Track (2+) + Cast

Photo Evidence: (mutually exclusive, can select one)

PF - Photo Film
PD - Photo Digital
PI - Photo Infrared
PN - Photo Night Vision
MF- Motion Film
MT - Motion Tape
MD - Motion Digital
MI - Motion Infrared
MN - Motion Night Vision

Biological Evidence: (inclusive, select any)

B - Blood
D - Dermal Print
F - Feces
H - Hair
T - Tissue
R - Remains

Hair Color (mutually exclusive, can only select one)

B - Black
D - Dark Brown
G - Green
N - Brown
O - Orange
R - Red
Y - Yellow
W - White

Skin Color (mutually exclusive, can only select one)

B - Black
G - Gray
N - Brown
W - White

Weather (inclusive, select any)

S - Sunny
P - Partly Cloudy
O - Overcast
R - Rain
L - Sleet
F - Fog
N - Snow
W - Wind

Moon Cycle (exclusive, can select one)

1 - New Moon
2 - Waxing Crescent
3 - First Quarter Moon
4 - Waxing Gibbous
5 - Full Moon
6 - Waning Gibbous
7 - Last Quarter Moon
8 - Waning Crescent

Other: (inclusive, select any)

E - Eye Shine
O - Odor
L - Lore, indigenous traditions, historical references

BFRO Class (mutually exclusive, can select one)

A - Class A
B - Class B
C - Class C

URL: <string>

 

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Notes on Column Labels

 

NED   = Not Exact Date.  The date was estimated

AGPS = Not Exact GPS. The coordinates were estimated

Date   = Date the report was entered

SDate = Sighting Date

URL    = Sighting report URL

 

Confidence = Subjective rating by person classifying the report

RepScore    = Objective report scored using the criteria below

 

 

 

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[gigantor]

SSR Open Dataset  (1/1/2022 Release)

 

Entire Dataset:             SSR-All-1-1-2022.csv

 

Class A Sightings:        SSR-ClassA-1-1-2022.csv

 

Class B Sightings:        SSR-ClassB-1-1-2022.csv

 

Report Score 6+:         SSR-Repscore=6+_1-1-2022.csv

 

 

[DrPSH]

This is an incredibly valuable resource. Thanks to the FMT for making the proposal to share this with the membership and thanks to the Steering Committee for approving the request. Much appreciated!