EarthRanger now includes three new configurable analyzers that help teams move faster from incoming data to meaningful decisions in the field. Each tool works by watching specific patterns or values in your data and generating an Event in EarthRanger when something worth attention occurs — so your team can respond to what matters, rather than monitoring for it manually.

Observation Attribute Analyzer

Observations in EarthRanger can carry additional data beyond location and time. Values like battery level, temperature, altitude, speed, or any other attribute a connected device reports. The Observation Attribute Analyzer lets you define rules that watch those values and generate an Event automatically when a threshold you set is crossed.

One rule can cover multiple devices at once, even if those devices report the same attribute in different units; this is useful when collars or sensors from different vendors are in the field together.

How to Set Up an Observation Attribute Analyzer

Movement Cluster Analyzer

The Movement Cluster Analyzer monitors the movement of tracked subjects and identifies when individuals or groups are spending concentrated time in a specific area, either by returning to the same location repeatedly or by dwelling there for a significant period. When the pattern meets the criteria defined for your site, EarthRanger creates an Event with the time, location, and relevant metadata about the cluster.

A cluster Event can mean many different things depending on context: a feeding area, a nesting site, a water source, or something that warrants investigation. What the analyzer does is surface those moments as they happen, rather than leaving them buried in tracking data to be found — or missed.  

The analyzer uses a set of configurable parameters including spatial threshold, temporal threshold, minimum number of location points, and minimum cluster duration so teams can tune detection sensitivity to match their landscape, species, and operational needs.

How to Set Up a Movement Cluster Analyzer
 

Polygon Geofence

EarthRanger has supported geofence analyzers letting teams define a boundary and receive an alert when a tracked subject crosses it. Previously, setting up a shaped boundary required preparing an external file (GeoJSON or shapefile) and uploading it into the system before it could be used in a geofence analyzer.

A corner clip setting is also available, giving teams control over how the system handles ambiguous boundary crossings. In cases where location data is sparse or imprecise, it can be unclear whether a subject genuinely crossed a boundary or simply moved close to its
edge. The corner clip setting determines how EarthRanger resolves that ambiguity — teams can enable or disable it depending on how strictly they need boundary crossings to be interpreted.

Configure Geofence Analyzers

 

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