tobac-project · freemansw1 · Dec 4, 2025 · Dec 4, 2025 · Dec 4, 2025 · Dec 4, 2025
diff --git a/doc/userguide/bulk_statistics/notebooks/compute_statistics_during_feature_detection.ipynb b/doc/userguide/bulk_statistics/notebooks/compute_statistics_during_feature_detection.ipynb
diff --git a/doc/userguide/bulk_statistics/notebooks/compute_statistics_during_segmentation.ipynb b/doc/userguide/bulk_statistics/notebooks/compute_statistics_during_segmentation.ipynb
diff --git a/doc/userguide/bulk_statistics/notebooks/compute_statistics_postprocessing_example.ipynb b/doc/userguide/bulk_statistics/notebooks/compute_statistics_postprocessing_example.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Basics/Idealized-Case-1_Tracking-of-a-Test-Blob-in-2D.ipynb b/examples/Basics/Idealized-Case-1_Tracking-of-a-Test-Blob-in-2D.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Basics/Idealized-Case-2_Two_crossing_Blobs.ipynb b/examples/Basics/Idealized-Case-2_Two_crossing_Blobs.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Feature-Detection_Part_1.ipynb b/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Feature-Detection_Part_1.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Feature-Detection_Part_2.ipynb b/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Feature-Detection_Part_2.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Linking.ipynb b/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Linking.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Segmentation.ipynb b/examples/Basics/Methods-and-Parameters-for-Segmentation.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Example_OLR_Tracking_model/Example_OLR_Tracking_model.ipynb b/examples/Example_OLR_Tracking_model/Example_OLR_Tracking_model.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Example_OLR_Tracking_model_iris/Example_OLR_Tracking_model_iris.ipynb b/examples/Example_OLR_Tracking_model_iris/Example_OLR_Tracking_model_iris.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Example_OLR_Tracking_satellite/Example_OLR_Tracking_satellite.ipynb b/examples/Example_OLR_Tracking_satellite/Example_OLR_Tracking_satellite.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Example_Precip_Tracking/Example_Precip_Tracking.ipynb b/examples/Example_Precip_Tracking/Example_Precip_Tracking.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Example_Updraft_Tracking/Example_Updraft_Tracking.ipynb b/examples/Example_Updraft_Tracking/Example_Updraft_Tracking.ipynb
diff --git a/examples/Example_vorticity_tracking_model/Example_vorticity_tracking_model.ipynb b/examples/Example_vorticity_tracking_model/Example_vorticity_tracking_model.ipynb
diff --git a/tobac/tests/test_tracking.py b/tobac/tests/test_tracking.py
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ def test_keep_trackpy_parameters(max_trackpy, max_tobac, adaptive_step, adaptive
     expected_value_adaptive = tp.linking.Linker.MAX_SUB_NET_SIZE_ADAPTIVE
 
     data = tobac.testing.make_simple_sample_data_2D()
-    dxy, dt = tobac.utils.get_spacings(data)
+    dxy = 1000
+    dt = 60
     features = tobac.feature_detection.feature_detection_multithreshold(
         data, dxy, threshold=0.1
     )

diff --git a/tobac/utils/general.py b/tobac/utils/general.py
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ def get_spacings(
     """Determine spatial and temporal grid spacing of the
     input data.
 
+    .. admonition:: Deprecated
+       :class: warning
+
+       Deprecated in version 1.6.2: ``get_spacings`` is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
+       We encourage users to calculate their grid spacing and time delta themselves as it leads to
+       more accurate outcomes.
+
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     field_in : iris.cube.Cube
@@ -221,6 +229,11 @@ def get_spacings(
 
     from copy import deepcopy
 
+    warnings.warn(
+        "get_spacings is depreciated and will be removed in a future version. ",
+        DeprecationWarning,
+    )
+
     # set horizontal grid spacing of input data
     # If cartesian x and y corrdinates are present, use these to determine dxy (vertical grid spacing used to transfer pixel distances to real distances):
     coord_names = [coord.name() for coord in field_in.coords()]

diff --git a/tobac/wrapper.py b/tobac/wrapper.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def tracking_wrapper(
         segmentation_3D,
         segmentation_2D,
     )
-    from .utils import get_spacings
 
     warnings.warn(
         "tracking_wrapper is depreciated and will be removed in v2.0.",
@@ -29,12 +28,6 @@ def tracking_wrapper(
     logger.propagate = False
     logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-    ### Prepare Tracking
-
-    dxy, dt = get_spacings(
-        field_in_features, grid_spacing=grid_spacing, time_spacing=time_spacing
-    )
-
     ### Start Tracking
     # Feature detection: