SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset
Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f4573b8e58b349f5b10c3988ffde14cd 2023-05-15T18:03:47+02:00 SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset Ekaterina Nepovinnykh Tuomas Eerola Vincent Biard Piia Mutka Marja Niemi Mervi Kunnasranta Heikki Kälviäinen 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 https://doaj.org/article/f4573b8e58b349f5b10c3988ffde14cd EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/19/7602 https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8220 doi:10.3390/s22197602 1424-8220 https://doaj.org/article/f4573b8e58b349f5b10c3988ffde14cd Sensors, Vol 22, Iss 7602, p 7602 (2022) computer vision image processing animal biometrics re-identification ringed seals re-identification dataset Chemical technology TP1-1185 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197602 2022-12-30T21:33:53Z Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed seal ( Pusa hispida saimensis ) is an endangered subspecies only found in Lake Saimaa, Finland, and is one of the few existing freshwater seal species. Ringed seals have permanent pelage patterns that are unique to each individual and that can be used for the identification of individuals. A large variation in poses, further exacerbated by the deformable nature of seals, together with varying appearance and low contrast between the ring pattern and the rest of the pelage makes the Saimaa ringed seal re-identification task very challenging, providing a good benchmark by which to evaluate state-of-the-art re-identification methods. Therefore, we make our Saimaa ringed seal image (SealID) dataset ( N = 57) publicly available for research purposes. In this paper, the dataset is described, the evaluation protocol for re-identification methods is proposed, and the results for two baseline methods—HotSpotter and NORPPA—are provided. The SealID dataset has been made publicly available. Article in Journal/Newspaper Pusa hispida ringed seal Norppa Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norppa ENVELOPE(24.865,24.865,65.631,65.631) Sensors 22 19 7602 |
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Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed seal ( Pusa hispida saimensis ) is an endangered subspecies only found in Lake Saimaa, Finland, and is one of the few existing freshwater seal species. Ringed seals have permanent pelage patterns that are unique to each individual and that can be used for the identification of individuals. A large variation in poses, further exacerbated by the deformable nature of seals, together with varying appearance and low contrast between the ring pattern and the rest of the pelage makes the Saimaa ringed seal re-identification task very challenging, providing a good benchmark by which to evaluate state-of-the-art re-identification methods. Therefore, we make our Saimaa ringed seal image (SealID) dataset ( N = 57) publicly available for research purposes. In this paper, the dataset is described, the evaluation protocol for re-identification methods is proposed, and the results for two baseline methods—HotSpotter and NORPPA—are provided. The SealID dataset has been made publicly available. |
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Ekaterina Nepovinnykh Tuomas Eerola Vincent Biard Piia Mutka Marja Niemi Mervi Kunnasranta Heikki Kälviäinen |
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Ekaterina Nepovinnykh Tuomas Eerola Vincent Biard Piia Mutka Marja Niemi Mervi Kunnasranta Heikki Kälviäinen |
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SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset |
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