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Reviewing Identifications

Learn how to use filters, bursts, and bulk editing features in Wildlife Insights to speed up data processing. 

For more in depth coverage, continue reading about bounding boxes.

Learn how to tag sequences in a sequence-based project.

Sorting images

Images are sorted by Date taken by default. You can also sort images by the Upload date or Last Modified (the latter is only available in the Catalogued tab).

To change the sort by ascending or descending date, click on the green arrow next to the sort options text. 

Sort options in Identify

Sort options in Catalogued

Using filters

Filters make it easy to focus on a smaller subset of images, whether by deployment, identification or blanks. You can filter images with these options:

 

Changing the size of the thumbnail image

By default, images are displayed in the small grid format. To increase the size of the thumbnail image, select the icon with four squares next to "Grid size". 

Change number of images displayed per page

Select the number of images that is displayed on each page by scrolling to the bottom of the Identify or Catalogued page. On the left side of the screen, you'll find a drop down menu with options to view 20, 50, 100, or 200 images per page.

Reviewing identifications

All images reviewed by artificial intelligence will have a gold marker in the top right hand corner of the image.

To review an image, click on the thumbnail preview. A screen will open displaying a larger preview of the image. To the right of the image, you’ll see:

Approving and editing identifications

 

Shortcut keys

You can use these shortcut keys to quickly review images:

 

Update the date and time of all images in a deployment

You can fix incorrect date/time stamps caused by camera failures or metadata issues. Navigate to the metadata tab of any individual image and Edit the date and time taken. The new date/time will be applied to the image displayed. The timestamps of all other images in the deployment will shift proportionally.

 

Adjust the brightness, contrast or saturation of an image

If your images are too dark, too light, or anything in between, you can use the Edit Photo tools to get a clearer picture of what’s in an image. To use these tools:

 

Favorite, or Highlight an image

When you’re viewing an image in the large preview mode, you can easily flag the image as a favorite so you can quickly access it later! In the identification panel you’ll see a Star icon above the word Highlight. Click on the icon or text to highlight the image for easy access later.

Note: all Highlighted images will be available publicly on the Discover page.

Bulk actions

Quickly select multiple images in the thumbnail view by using these common shortcuts:

Each image in your selection will display a white circle in the top left hand corner of the image. Once images are selected in thumbnail view, a green bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. From this green bar you can:

Using Bursts

In many instances, groups of images are taken within a short time frame from one another. These sets of images may likely include the same sets of animals or objects. In this case, assigning the same identification to the entire set of images (called bursts in Wildlife Insights) at once can save a lot of time! 

You can view images in Burst mode by entering a time interval in the Burst field. Enter any number of seconds from 0-600. The number of seconds refers to the time between an image and a subsequent image. For example, if a Burst selection of 30 seconds is entered, all images that are taken within 30 seconds of each other will be grouped together.

The number of images within a Burst will be displayed in a red circle in the top right hand corner of an image. Click on a burst group to view the images within that burst.

Once the burst opens, you’ll see all of the images in the burst in a small thumbnail preview. Let’s review the major components of this interface:

Edit an existing ID in a burst

Bulk selections within a burst

Single image view within a burst

You can double click on any image to view a large preview of the image. Within this screen you can edit the individual image as needed. Note that if you save the ID in this single image preview, the image will be moved to the Catalogued page and the rest of the burst will remain.

Reviewing progress in bursts