Service from Cornell University determines the type of bird photos Bashny.Net

Remember service from Microsoft , which is trying to determine the age of a man loaded a photo? This service works is not always correct, and its practical value (in this state) is equal to zero. However, there are more helpful resources that can benefit the visitors.

One of these sites is a service created by a team of Cornell University and Visipedia. Merlin Bird Photo ID determines the species of birds on the uploaded photo, which can be clearly seen the bird. Currently, the service can determine the types, common in the United States and Canada.

To start the process of recognition, it is necessary to allocate a bird frame, and then note the main point - the beak, eyes, tail. In addition, you must specify the time and place where the photo was taken. After that the service will launch a search process based on the photos (about 70 million images) eBird.org.

The result will appear after a few seconds, with additional photos and audio recordings of sounds made by birds of a particular species. Developers of service say that the more people are going to work with the site, the more accurate will operate the service itself.

The site is accessible to all, however, on smartphones and tablets it does not always work correctly (if not broken). In the future, developers will complement the functionality of the service, plus lay out Merlin application for mobile devices.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/251602/