https://www.ecoportfolio.earth/portfolio daily 0.75 2024-11-03 https://www.ecoportfolio.earth/portfolio/mapping-brazil-nut-trees-in-the-amazon-how-drones-and-ai-are-changing-conservation monthly 0.5 2024-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/b2ce2f2d-081c-43dd-9281-25c9341fa355/seg_det.png Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation A split image showcasing two annotation techniques used in our study. The top section features the detection mask, which highlights a Brazil nut tree with a bounding box, indicating its general location. The bottom section presents the segmentation mask, where a detailed polygon is drawn around the tree, capturing its exact shape. These methods enhance the model's ability to accurately identify and differentiate between Brazil nut trees in various drone imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/4a830db9-f61e-41a5-bd32-93243051b54f/train.jpg Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out Screenshot of the Google Colab notebook displaying the command to initiate the training process for the YOLO model. This command activates the training loop, leveraging cloud computing resources to refine the model's capability to detect and segment Brazil nut trees from drone imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/1730659951526-WJZQLZ7XKJNBY2DZWTSO/casta%C3%B1aSeg.jpg Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/1730659968051-1SJCTVLNU9XUBUQS40K0/casta%C3%B1aSeg2.png Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/1730660073759-MN3HYYTC993EG4QNXHVN/DJI_0008_segmentation.JPG Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/1730660075951-EAUE8U9R658XYULN409Y/DJI_0392_segmentation.JPG Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/a18939c4-4f79-4da5-9560-b1c1192e6439/drone.jpg Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out DJI Air 2S drone in action taking off to fly an automated mission over the Amazon canopy to capture high resolution images and map and monitor Brazil nut trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/138455f8-0085-4ec7-93e4-382812cb1c59/DJI_0020.JPG Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out Drone view from 100 meters above ground, capturing two large Brazil nut trees (Castañas) standing out within the dense Amazon canopy. This perspective showcases the trees' unique structure, essential for monitoring and conservation efforts in the rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/f60ae508-aee6-4a80-ac31-c95d1859ed4f/Amazon_Casta%C3%B1as.jpg Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out An expansive aerial view of the Amazon rainforest canopy, showcasing its immense scale and density. Highlighted among the lush greenery, a few towering Brazil nut trees stand out—key players in both the forest ecosystem and local economies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/cf4c4f5f-817d-43f4-a12c-e4a59d59ca2c/roboflow.png Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out A screenshot of the Roboflow interface, where I am annotating an image for a segmentation model. This intuitive platform allows for precise polygon drawing around Brazil nut trees, facilitating the creation of detailed segmentation masks essential for training our deep learning model. The user-friendly tools streamline the annotation process, significantly enhancing the efficiency of preparing our dataset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/5f4898e0-22d9-4e65-87bc-8b7f5afa1ab1/scaled.jpg Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/070d22a5-3e33-421e-9da3-40c32e86b163/fincalaspiedras.png Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Finca las Piedras 54.24 Hectares Automated Drone Mission Interface: A screenshot displaying the boundary of Finca Las Piedras Reserve, highlighting the area where drone missions were conducted to capture imagery of Castaña trees within the designated research site.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/9ad05907-5bb2-41e4-832b-020a76595bcc/Screenshot+2024-11-03+134838.png Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out The confusion matrix illustrates the performance of the YOLO model in detecting Brazil nut trees. The top left square (151) represents true positives, indicating the model correctly identified 151 Brazil nut trees. The top right square (17) shows false positives, where the model incorrectly identified 17 instances as Brazil nut trees. The bottom left square (4) indicates false negatives, reflecting 4 instances where the model failed to detect actual Brazil nut trees. The bottom right square has no number, signifying there were no true negatives in this context. This matrix helps assess the model's accuracy and areas for improvement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4582667c6bad6f1b3648cf/58aeed52-2595-4067-9384-cb484761b33b/snip1.jpg Portfolio - Mapping Brazil Nut Trees in the Amazon: How Drones and AI are Changing Conservation - Make it stand out A rotated image from Roboflow showcasing the annotated Castaña tree, highlighting the segmentation mask used for precise identification of the tree within the drone image. 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