Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: Simple-Track
Version: 2.3.0
Summary: Threshold-based object tracking algorithm for 2D data 
Author-email: Adam Gainford <adam.gainford@reading.ac.uk>, Thorwald Stein <t.h.m.stein@reading.ac.uk>
License: Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
        ==================================
        
        1. Definitions
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        1.1. "Contributor"
            means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to
            the creation of, or owns Covered Software.
        
        1.2. "Contributor Version"
            means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used
            by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution.
        
        1.3. "Contribution"
            means Covered Software of a particular Contributor.
        
        1.4. "Covered Software"
            means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached
            the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code
            Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case
            including portions thereof.
        
        1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses"
            means
        
            (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described
                in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or
        
            (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of
                version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the
                terms of a Secondary License.
        
        1.6. "Executable Form"
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        1.7. "Larger Work"
            means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in
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        1.8. "License"
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            (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to,
                deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered
                Software; or
        
            (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered
                Software.
        
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        (a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software;
            or
        
        (b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's
            modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its
            Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor
            Version); or
        
        (c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of
            its Contributions.
        
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        2.4. Subsequent Licenses
        
        No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to
        distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this
        License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if
        permitted under the terms of Section 3.3).
        
        2.5. Representation
        
        Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its
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        Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted
        in Section 2.1.
        
        3. Responsibilities
        -------------------
        
        3.1. Distribution of Source Form
        
        All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any
        Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under
        the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source
        Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this
        License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not
        attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code
        Form.
        
        3.2. Distribution of Executable Form
        
        If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then:
        
        (a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code
            Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of
            the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code
            Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more
            than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and
        
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        provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for
        the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered
        Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the
        Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this
        License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software
        under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of
        the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered
        Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary
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        You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support,
        indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered
        Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on
        behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any
        such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by
        You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any
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        ---------------------------------------------------
        
        If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
        License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to
        statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with
        the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b)
        describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must
        be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered
        Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
        or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a
        recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it.
        
        5. Termination
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        5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically
        if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become
        compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular
        Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such
        Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an
        ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the
        non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have
        come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular
        Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor
        notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the
        first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License
        from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after
        Your receipt of the notice.
        
        5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent
        infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions,
        counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version
        directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to
        You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section
        2.1 of this License shall terminate.
        
        5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all
        end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which
        have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License
        prior to termination shall survive termination.
        
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        *  Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is"       *
        *  basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or  *
        *  statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the       *
        *  Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a        *
        *  particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the     *
        *  quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You.        *
        *  Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You     *
        *  (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing,   *
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        *  (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any           *
        *  Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as          *
        *  permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect,         *
        *  special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character      *
        *  including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of    *
        *  goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any    *
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# Simple-Track

<p align="center">
<img src="docs/animations/anim_feature.gif" alt="Feature field from Simple-Track" width="400"/>
<img src="docs/animations/anim_lifetime.gif" alt="Lifetime field from Simple-Track" width="400"/>
</p>

Simple-Track is a data-agnostic, threshold-based feature tracking algorithm for 2D data. 

Features are tracked between consecutive frames of data by projecting feature fields onto common timeframes and matching between them based on the degree of overlap. Matched features retain the same identification between all tracked fields, while new features are assigned a unique label. Simple-Track compiles comprehensive information about feature merging, splitting, accretion, initiation and dissipation with an easy to use interface. 

# Installation

Simple-Track can be installed using PyPi or conda-forge:

```
python3 -m pip install simple-track
```
```
conda install conda-forge::simple-track
```
Coming soon to uv

Alternatively, Simple-Track can be run on meteorological data in [CSET](https://metoffice.github.io/CSET/index.html#) using the `feature.track` operator. See CSET docs for more information. 

# User Guide

This section describes the main methods of running Simple-Track. More details can be found [in the docs](docs/user_guide.md)

## Input Requirements
While Simple-Track is designed to accept a wide range of input data, certain requirements must be met for the tool to function as intended:

* The input data must be gridded and contain a consistent spatial domain and resolution between frames.

* The features of interest must be defined by a threshold value, and these features must translate as a result of a spatially consistent background flow.

* The time between frames should be sufficiently short such that features can be reasonably expected to persist between frames. This is not a strict requirement since the tool includes an artificial advection step that projects data onto a common time, but it is likely that longer time steps will lead to more errors in feature matching and therefore less accurate tracking statistics. 

## Running Simple-Track

Simple-Track can be run in two ways:

### 1. Running Simple-Track from the Command Line
* Simple-Track can be run from the command line with a config file as an additional argument:

	```
	simpletrack my_config.yaml 
	```

* The `my_config.yaml` file contains the parameters for running Simple-Track. The required parameters are shown below:

	```yaml
	INPUT:
		path: /path_to_folder_containing_data/*.data
		loader: /path_to_file_containing_function|function_name # See next section
	FEATURE:
		threshold: 1 # Threshold used for defining a feature
	```
	
* Other parameters, such as `experiment_name`, `output_path` and `save_data`, along with more technical options, can also be set in this config file. See [All Simple-Track Parameters](#all-simple-track-parameters) for a full list.

* A valid loader function is required for pre-processing input data before tracking. See [Loading Data](#loading-data) for more information.

* Any number of config files can be provided as additional arguments, Simple-Track will iterate over each one in turn.

### 2. Importing Simple-Track to a python file
* Simple-Track can be run by importing the `Tracker` class from the `simpletrack` module. A config can be input either using a path to a yaml file, or by passing a dict when instantiating the object:

	```python
	from simpletrack import Tracker

	my_config = {
		INPUT: {
			path: "/path_to_folder_containing_data/*.data",
			loader: "/path_to_file_containing_function|function_name" # See next section
		},
		FEATURE: {
			threshold: 1, # Threshold used for defining a feature
		}
	}

	timeline = Tracker(my_config).run()

	# Alternatively, if these parameters are saved in a config file, the path to this config can also be set as input
	timeline = Tracker("./my_config.yaml").run()
	```
* Other parameters, such as `experiment_name`, `output_path` and `save_data`, along with more technical options, can also be set in this config. See [All Simple-Track Parameters](#all-simple-track-parameters) for a full list.

* If `loader` is included as a config input, the specified function is used for pre-processing input data before tracking. Alternatively, valid pre-processed data may be passed to the `Tracker.run()` method, bypassing the use of a separate function, and eliminating the need for the `INPUT` config section. See [Loading Data](#loading-data) for more information.

* `Tracker.run()` returns a `Timeline` object which is used to store all tracking and feature data. This can be inspected and analysed beyond the [outputs](#outputs) that are saved as part of standard operation.

## Loading Data

Each Simple-Track input must contain two sets of data:

1. A `datetime` object specifying the time that the data is valid for
2. A `numpy.array` object containing the data to track

There are three methods of providing these data pairs to Simple-Track:

### 1. Loading through config options
* Simple-Track will load all data matching the structure given in `"INPUT": "path"` config section. This input supports wildcard matching (i.e., using `"./path_to_data/*.data"` would load all files with the `.data` suffix). 

* Each file contains one input to Simple-Track ([see here](docs/inputs.md#extra-loading-parameters) for more information)

* Since Simple-Track is a data-agnostic tool, there may be any number of bespoke tools for loading and pre-processing data before it is suitable for tracking. This functionality can be contained in a custom loader function that will perform these actions before passing the compatible data to the main processing workflow.

* An example of a custom loader function is shown below:

	```python
	def user_definable_load(self, filename):
		import iris # Import any required libraries here

		# Get 2D data from input file as a numpy array
		cube = iris.load_cube(filename, "precipitation_flux")
		data = cube.data

		# Additional data pre-processing can be performed here too!

		# Get time from input file, in datetime format
		tcoord = cube.coord("time")
		time = tcoord.units.num2pydate(tcoord.points)[0]

		# Method must return a tuple of 
		# (datetime.datetime, numpy.NDArray), where the 
		# first element is the time the data is valid for
		# and second element is the 2D array of data to be tracked
		return time, data
	```

* This loader function is then specified in the `"INPUT": "loader"` config using the `./path_to_file.py|func_name` format. So in this case, the config option would be `./path_to_file.py|user_definable_load`.

* Loading via the config can be used whether Simple-Track is being run [from the command line](#1-running-simple-track-from-the-command-line) or [from a python file](#2-importing-simple-track-to-a-python-file). 

### 2. Loading through the Command Line
* The same `"INPUT"` config sections mentioned above can also be input [from the command line](#1-running-simple-track-from-the-command-line)

	```
	simpletrack my_config.yaml -i /path_to_folder/*.data -l ./path_to_file.py|func_name
	```

* Each file contains one input to Simple-Track ([see here](docs/inputs.md#extra-loading-parameters) for more information)

### 3. Passing a dict directly to Tracker.run()
* If SimpleTrack is being run [from a python file](#2-importing-simple-track-to-a-python-file) and a suitable set of data has already been loaded, this data can be passed directly to `Tracker.run()` as a `dict`, with the `datetime` object as the key and a `numpy.array` object as the value. For example:

	```python
	import datetime as dt
	import numpy as np
	from simpletrack import Tracker

	time1 = dt.datetime(year=2000, month=1, day=1, hour=10, minute=5)
	time2 = time1 + dt.timedelta(minutes=5)

	data1 = np.array(...)
	data2 = np.array(...)

	st_input = {
		time1: data1,
		time2: data2,
	}

	my_config = {...}

	Tracker(my_config).run(st_input)
	```

* Any number of time:data pairs can be passed to `Tracker.run()` and the code will iterate over the ordered dict.

* Passing data into `Tracker.run()` via this method will bypass any `"INPUT":"loader"` or `"INPUT":"path"` inputs specified in the corresponding config file.


# Outputs

For each frame of data, Simple-Track compiles a set of fields and tracked feature properties. Each 2D field is of the same shape as the input fields, and contains an overview of feature properties across the space. 

Fields (`.field` files):
* Feature field: 2D array of positive integers showing unique feature id present at each location (zero indicating no feature present)
* Lifetime field: 2D array of positive integers showing lifetime of the feature present at each location (zero indicating no feature present)
* x-flow, y-flow: 2D array of floats containing the x- and y-components of the motion vectors at each location that translate features from the previous frame to the current frame

Features (`.csv` or `.txt` files):
* ID: Unique feature identifier that persists between frames (i.e., a feature retains the same id across all frames that it is tracked).
* centroid: (y, x) tuple containing central location of feature.
* size: Number of pixels spanned by the feature.
* dydx: (dy, dx) tuple containing motion vector that translated feature to its location in the current frame from the previous frame.
* max: Maximum value contained within the feature in the input data.
* lifetime: Number of timesteps the feature has existed for.
* accreted: List of IDs of features that were accreted by this feature, if applicable.
* parent: ID of parent feature that this feature split from, if applicable
* children: List of IDs of features that split from this feature, if applicable

It it also possible to perform further analysis of tracking statistics using the data structures and tools of Simple-Track. This can be done using the `Timeline` object returned by `Tracker.run()`, which contains `Frame` and `Feature` data and built-in methods for easily accessing relevant data. 

Alternatively, the data that is output by Simple-Track can be read back in to a `Timeline` object using the `LoadOutput` class in `frame_output.py`. This object only requires a path to the stored Simple-Track data. The `LoadOutput.load_to_timeline()` method will return a `Timeline` object containing all of the loaded data in the same data structures that Simple-Track stores its data. See User Guide in docs for more details.

# All Simple-Track Parameters
A complete list of parameters and their default values are given below. For a more thorough explanation of each parameter, refer to the docs. 

```yaml
INPUT:
  path: ./path_to_input_data/*.data
  loader: /path_to_file_containing_function|function_name
  iterate_over_array: False # Whether to iterate a single array or multiple files
  iterating_dim: 0 # If iterate_over_array flag is enabled, this sets the dimension to iterate over

OUTPUT:
  path: ./output
  experiment_name: Simple-Track Experiment # Name of experiment to add to output files 
  save_data: true # Whether to save data to output
  skip_tracking: false # Whether to skip tracking and just output feature properties
  output_raw_data: true # Whether to save a copy of the input data to the simple-track output folder. This is then used when re-loading data into a Timeline using the LoadOutput object. This ensures loaded Timelines are functionally identical to freshly generated timelines. If set to False, LoadOutput will only load data generated by Simple-Track. To make these timelines functionally identical to generated ones, the raw data will then need to be loaded separately into each Frame. 

FEATURE:
  threshold: 1 # Threshold used for defining a feature
  under_threshold: false # Whether features are defined above or below the threshold
  min_size: 4 # Minimum size of feature to be tracked (in pixels)

FLOW_SOLVER:
  overlap_threshold: 0.3 # Minimum fraction of overlap between features for use in flow_solver
  subdomain_size: 100 # Size in pixels of individual squares to run fft for (dy, dx) displacement. Must divide (y,x) lengths of the array. Defaults to domain size / 5
  min_fractional_coverage: 0.01  # Minimum fractional cover of objects required for fft to obtain (dy, dx) displacement
  subdomain_tolerance: 3.0  # Maximum difference in displacement values between adjacent squares (to remove spurious values)
  apply_tukey_filtering: True # Apply a 2D Tukey window to each subdomain before phase cross-correlation

TRACKING:
  overlap_nbhood: 5 # Radius of halo in pixels for orphan storms - big halo assumes storms may spawn "children" at a distance multiple pixels away
  overlap_threshold: 0.3 # Minimum fraction of overlap 
  retain_lifetime_on_split: True # If a child Feature splits from its parent feature, this determines whether the child Feature should carry over the lifetime from the parent or whether its lifetime should be set to 1
```
