Getting started with the WildObs Image Platform

Follow this pathway start using the WildObs Image Platform.

Each step is a separate guide you can follow in detail. Supporting articles with more information are linked. 

1. Create a WildObs account

• Create an account using Australian Access Federation (AAF) or email. 
• Sign in to the WildObs Dashboard. 

2. Create a project on the WildObs Image Platform

• Navigate to the WildObs Image Platform.
• Learn about projects. 
• Add a new project. 

Visit Project settings for detail when creating a project. 

3. Invite others to collaborate on a project

• How a managing user for a project can invite other users to join a project. 
• Understand roles and permissions. 
• Manage users on a project. 

Visit the article Project roles and permissions.

4. Add a deployment to a project

Deployments can be added individually using this guide or as a multiple deployment batch (see next step). 

• Add a single deployment manually. 
• Enter essential information before images can be added.
• Uploading images from your computer. 
• Deployment processing and sequence creation. 

For more information on the information entered for each deployment, see Deployment and Import All CSV fields.

5. Import multiple deployments to a project

• Prepare a CSV file with a row for each deployment in the correct format. 
• Upload the CSV file to import multiple deployments to a project at once.
• How to troubleshoot an unsuccessful upload. 

Deployment and Import All CSV fields provides more information on formatting your CSV for importing multiple deployments.

6. Upload images using Nextcloud

• How to prepare your images for upload. 
• Create a user account on the WildObs Nextcloud linked to your WildObs account. 
• Enable Nextcloud uploads in a project's settings. 
• Upload images to a deployment from Nextcloud.

For more information on resolving Nextcloud issues, visit Nextcloud troubleshooting. 

7. Annotate deployment sequences

• About deployments, sequences and observations. 
• Annotating views and tools. 
• Using real-time AI to annotate sequences. 
• Validating observations. 

8. Use AI models to annotate deployments

• Project settings to enable AI annotation and select a default model. 
• Annotate an existing deployment or set to run automatic annotation to newly added images.
  
• Use a different AI model than the default in real-time annotation.
  

9. Export data from a project

For more information on the exported data format and examples of data files, visit WildObs data standards.