Webodm: Idea: Implement raster vision module/plugin for AI object detection

[pierotofy]

Could be useful for things like tree counting, building detection, cars counting, etc.

Would like to get some feedback on this from users as to whether this would be a useful feature, possible use cases aside from those listed, etc.

[smathermather]

It's quite possible in certain deciduous forests flown at high resolution , we can count trees in the forest and potentially extract crown size as well:

We just laid out a project to play with this idea, but hadn't yet chosen a framework (though rastervision seems ideal). Integration into WebODM would be icing.

[ChipwizBen]

This would be very useful. I've seen livestock counted in the same way.

[coreysnipes]

This would be a very powerful addition. I was looking into solutions for this recently, as well. These may not all have suitable licensing or tech stack, but other candidates for consideration:

• https://www.tensorflow.org
• https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/
• https://github.com/facebookresearch/detectron2
• https://luminoth.ai/ (deprecated I think)

[timotay07]

This would be amazing. I have thought of implementing computer vision to find GCP targets that are QR codes to simplify surveying workflow processes.

[smathermather]

@timotay07 -- maybe if you have the time, you could look into integrating this as an extension into WebODM: https://github.com/dronemapper-io/aruco-geobits

[JamesLeonDufour]

Definately a good ideas , counting shelter for estimating displacement population etc...
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=5fdca0f47f1a46498002f39894fcd26f