Detect Images

When you upload your camera trap images, WildID will not start detecting objects and identifying species automatically – you will need to ask it to do so. You can detect one image at a time (if you are testing and would like to see the results for a specific image immediately), or you can bulk detect a set of images, submitting them to a queue where they will be detected one after the other.

Detect single image

Example WildID screen showing how to detect a single camera trap image.

To detect an individual image:

  • Go to the list view in the Manage Images tab.

  • Click the eye icon for the image you want to detect.

  • The eye icon is only available for images that have not yet been submitted for detection – it disappears after that.

The status of your image in the Labels column will go from

  • Blank – image not yet submitted for detection

  • Pending…

  • Queued…

  • Busy…

  • Species labels visible – the detection is complete

Example WildID screen showing pending detection status. Example WildID screen showing complete species detection.

Bulk detect

The bulk detect function is accessed either from

  • Dashboard – Get started – Bulk Detect Images link

  • Manage Images – Bulk Detect button

When you click Bulk Detect, all of the images for all cameras for your organization that have never before been submitted for detection will be submitted.

The confirmation will tell you how many images have been submitted.

If any of the images you have submitted for detection are currently visible in your Manage Images list, their individual statuses will change as follows:

  • Pending…

  • Queued…

  • Busy…

  • Species labels visible – the detection is complete

Example WildID screen showing how to bulk detect your camera trap images, and species detection statuses.

See also Detect Images: Extra topics.

Roadmap:

We will be adding the ability to filter on a set of images (say select images from a certain camera uploaded in a certain date range), and submit only that set for detection. Currently all unsubmitted images for your whole organization will be submitted when you press bulk detect.