Receiving SD cards, hard drives, or an FTP transfer. Uploading and structuring data for processing. Unique location refers to a unique spatial location on the landscape.
Basic: One tag per image, outlining species, sex, age and count (where applicable) using a standard tagging procedure. 1.25 cents / image
Custom (Simple): One tag per image, outlining species, sex, age and count in addition to up to three other tagging variables selected by the client using a standard tagging procedure. 1.75 cents/image
Custom (Complex): Tagging process and tags to be applied are specified by the client. 2.25 cents/image
Note that some images may technically have more than one tag.
Creation of new custom camera tagging protocol, or review and updating of existing custom protocol where necessary. Includes training of SENSR taggers.
Species selected for review go through quality control to ensure tag accuracy. Typically excludes human, domestic animal, and bird tags unless specifically requested.
Tier 1: Lite
Starting at $3,500
A brief online report featuring a species summary, descriptive summaries, and key insights from your data. Great for first-time monitoring projects.
Tier 2: Basic
Starting at $10,000
A detailed online report including reproducible code with insights into your data, including basic summary statistics and analyses such as occupancy models and basic species trends. Great for multi-year but small monitoring projects that require reporting and insights. Includes a spotlight on our Initiatives page and a social media campaign highlighting your project (if desired).
Tier 3: Advanced
Contact us for pricing.
Advanced reporting for large datasets and multi-year trends, including analyses such as species distribution models, species-habitat relationships, integration of habitat characteristics and covariates, or long-term monitoring trends. Great for large, multi-year, and ongoing monitoring datasets. Includes online reporting and repositories with reproducible code. Includes a spotlight on our Initiatives page, multiple project “stories”, and a social media campaign highlighting your project (if desired).
There is a system administration fee of 15% of the service subtotal per contract. Biodiversity Pathways administrates contracts and services for SENSR. A portion of the total goes towards the operational functioning of Biodiversity Pathways. An additional 3% charge will be applied to those projects purchasing services with a credit card.
Upcoming booking cycles
Data cycle schedules help us provide you high quality data in line with your expectations. Depending on the size and timing of your request, certain services may progress over multiple cycles.
Contact us early on in your planning process to confirm that your data processing will be incorporated into the desired cycle.
| Processing Cycle | Data Intake Deadline | Processing Completion Date |
|---|---|---|
| February–March | February 9, 2026 | March 31, 2026 |
| April–May | April 9, 2026 | May 31, 2026 |
| June–July | June 6, 2026 | July 31, 2026 |
| August–September | August 7, 2026 | September 30, 2026 |
| October–November | October 7, 2026 | November 30, 2026 |
| December–January | December 7, 2026 | January 31, 2027 |
common questions
Here are some frequently asked questions about our camera services.
If you don’t see your question answered here, don’t hesitate to reach out and send us a message.
Remote cameras (also known as “wildlife cameras” or “camera traps”) each consist of a digital camera with an external flash and/or passive infrared (PIR) sensor that is triggered to capture images or video through different means (e.g., mechanical triggers, active infrared sensors, pre-programmed settings) (Wearn & Glover-Kapfer, 2017).
Remote cameras are an increasingly common tool used to measure a variety of wildlife attributes. For instance, remote cameras can help measure presence (Kucera & Barrett 2011), abundance (Carbone et al. 2001), density, population composition, species richness and diversity (Ahumada et al. 2011), habitat use and distribution (Whittington et al. 2019), activity patterns (Frey et al. 2017), and behaviour (Murray et al. 2016).
While remote cameras are most commonly used to monitor medium to large-sized mammals, they have also been used to detect small mammals (e.g., Mills et al. 2016; Tschumi et al. 2018) and birds (e.g., Kruger et al. 2018; Randler & Kalb 2018).
Remote cameras offer high accuracy rates with less cost and invasiveness than other forms of census (Burton et al. 2015; Kucera & Barrett 2011; Steenweg et al. 2017); are able to continuously collect data (images or video) for multiple species simultaneously; and they may help engage citizens in wildlife monitoring and management (Wearn & Glover-Kapfer 2017).