iNaturalist keeps full species classification models private
8 days ago
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- #computer vision
- #machine learning
- iNaturalist provides small machine learning models trained on ~500 taxa, including taxonomy files and a geographic model, for public use.
- Full species classification models are kept private due to intellectual property and policy reasons.
- Open-source models based on iNaturalist data are available on platforms like Hugging Face and Kaggle.
- Installation instructions for setting up the iNaturalist Vision API on OS X using Homebrew, Python, and virtualenv.
- Performance optimization tips include compiling TensorFlow for AVX-enabled devices and using pillow-simd for faster image resizing.
- Performance data comparison shows improvements with compiled TensorFlow and pillow-simd, especially for larger images.