Welcome to the Distance project website
The Distance project provides software for the design and analysis of distance sampling surveys of wildlife populations. This software takes two forms: a Windows-based program and a suite of packages for the statistical programming language R.
News
mrds 2.2.3 and Distance 1.0.1 now on CRAN
03 August 2020New versions of the Distance and mrds R packages are now available on CRAN. Thanks to all those who have taken the time to contact us and help out by reporting unusual behaviour or requesting features.
Remote distance sampling workshops August - Oct 2020
23 July 2020In August, September and October of 2020, we will be continuing our remote delivery of interactive distance sampling training workshops, with the following four workshops:
- mark-recapture distance sampling - 25th and 25th August (early evening UK time)
- introductory distance sampling - 7th - 18th September (early evening UK time)
- introductory distance sampling - 21st September - 2nd October (morning UK time)
- spatial modelling of distance sampling data - 5th - 9th October (early evening UK time)
For more information, please see the CREEM workshop webpages.
Distance 7.3 Release 2
07 July 2020We are pleased to announce an update to our Distance for Windows software: Distance 7.3 Release 2. The new release updates the R packages used by the MRDS, DSM and MA analysis engines, and the simulation engine, with bug fixes and compatibility with R 4.0. If you use any of these engines, we recommend you download the new release.
Remote distance sampling workshop additions
20 May 2020Consistent with social distancing and travel restrictions, we will be offering our distance sampling training workshops remotely. Details of some offerings are still being finalised, but as of this date, here are our forthcoming offerings:
mrds 2.2.2 now on CRAN
15 May 2020We’ve just uploaded mrds version 2.2.2 onto CRAN and it should now be available for all platforms. These changes impact both mrds and Distance users.
Distance sampling software development plans
27 April 2020This post provides an insight into our plans for development of both Windows and R-based software over the next few years.
Remote distance sampling workshop offerings
04 April 2020Consistent with social distancing and travel restrictions, we will be offering our distance sampling training workshops remotely. Details of some offerings are still being finalised, but as of this date, here are our forthcoming offerings:
2020 workshops update
25 March 2020As a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak registration for the August Distance Workshops in St Andrews has been suspended. We’ll provide a more detailed update by 3rd April.
Additional example analyses
10 March 2020Two situations where covariates provide the best solution to difficult analytical situations
Updates to two R packages and our website
04 February 2020The Distance Development software group has been busy