Automated photographic identification of Eastern box turtles
Description
Matching photographs from a database of photos to determine capture history of individuals which can then be used in capture-recapture models to estimate population size and demographic parameters.
Detailed example
output is pairwise match or confidence scores and clusters of putative photo matches
AI / analytics pattern
Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
Automation level / stage
b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
Expected benefit
efficiencies in field data collection, allows data from community/citizen science to be used in monitoring activities, allows for the application of more sophisticated capture-recapture models
Controls / human review
ATO: No; PIA: Not published
Data needed
esearch data set of photographs collected by USGS staff and volunteers at Patuxent Research Refuge