Re: What metadata to record?

["Peter Shute" pshute2]

And why dewpoint instead of humidity?=0D
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Hi Peter,=0D
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I record the following metadata at the top of my recordings:=0D
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GPS Coordinates=0D
Elevation=0D
Time=0D
Date=0D
Country=0D
State=0D
City=0D
Park or Preserve (as appropriate)=0D
Location type ie. swamp, forest, riparian area etc=0D
General weather=0D
Any known callers=0D
Direction of mic pattern=0D
Microphone pattern=0D
Recording chain ie. MS into a Grace V3 then SD 744.=0D
Recording levels=0D
If I have a low cut filter in (typically not so I don't mention it unless i=
t's in)=0D
Temperature=0D
Wind speed=0D
Barometric Pressure=0D
Dew Point=0D
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It seems like a long list but it only takes a few seconds to get through, o=
nce the GPS has located itself. It makes logging those recordings a few mon=
ths later sometimes much easier. Of course sometimes early in the morning I=
 really have to concentrate to remember the year or I'll forget to mention =
one. Some I consider optional like the known callers, if I don't know them =
or the mic direction.=0D
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I generally try to record anything that someone might find useful in 1,000 =
years when they find my recordings under 13m of compacted radioactive ash.=
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Hope this gets you started.=0D
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--greg weddig=0D
http:.//gregweddig.net=0D
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> I've often seen recordings posted here that list things like wind speed a=
nd temperature as well as the location. What else is useful to record? Wind=
 direction? Humidity? I've never seen anyone mention air pressure.=0D
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