Image Analyses Tools for Quantitative Mensuration and Classification of High Resolution Optical Imagery
As part of the ongoing collaboration between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the
PIFSC and the NWFSC we have developed an AUV for conducting high resolution optical
imaging surveys. This platform is now routinely collecting thousands of images per dive. This
proposal is a first attempt to standardize and develop the tools required to deal with such datasets
within the constraints and requirements of the end users. This effort is aimed at building up a set
of common tools to aid the end users in their analysis. We will aim to provide a web-based
system that runs on the Linux and Windows operating platforms that provides a mechanism for
users to examine, annotate, and make measurements of a series of images. To the extent possible,
we will seek to automate some of these processes (such as the classification of habitat in
particular imagery) but with the overall philosophy that the end user can either accept, correct, or
override the results of the automated processes.