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Title: ClassifyMe: A Field-Scouting Software for the Identification of Wildlife in Camera Trap Images
Contributor(s): Falzon, Greg  (author)orcid ; Lawson, Christopher (author); Cheung, Ka Wai  (author); Vernes, Karl  (author)orcid ; Ballard, Guy A  (author)orcid ; Fleming, Peter J S  (author); Glen, Alistair S (author); Milne, Heath (author); Mather-Zardain, Atalya (author); Meek, Paul D  (author)
Publication Date: 2020-01
Early Online Version: 2019-12-20
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/ani10010058
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30507
Abstract: We present ClassifyMe a software tool for the automated identification of animal species from camera trap images. ClassifyMe is intended to be used by ecologists both in the field and in the office. Users can download a pre-trained model specific to their location of interest and then upload the images from a camera trap to a laptop or workstation. ClassifyMe will identify animals and other objects (e.g., vehicles) in images, provide a report file with the most likely species detections, and automatically sort the images into sub-folders corresponding to these species categories. False Triggers (no visible object present) will also be filtered and sorted. Importantly, the ClassifyMe software operates on the user's local machine (own laptop or workstation) - not via internet connection. This allows users access to state-of-the-art camera trap computer vision software in situ, rather than only in the office. The software also incurs minimal cost on the end-user as there is no need for expensive data uploads to cloud services. Furthermore, processing the images locally on the users' end-device allows them data control and resolves privacy issues surrounding transfer and third-party access to users' datasets.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Animals, 10(1), p. 1-16
Publisher: MDPI AG
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 2076-2615
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 080301 Bioinformatics Software
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310208 Translational and applied bioinformatics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 890205 Information Processing Services (incl. Data Entry and Capture)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 220499 Information systems, technologies and services not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Environmental and Rural Science
School of Science and Technology

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