Camera Trap Image Processing & Analytics – WildObs

⁠⁠⁠Requirements

The supplier will develop and operationalise an end-to-end workflow for managing camera-trap data for Australian Government NRM programs.

This includes:

• Establishing a system to ingest EMSA camera-trap metadata supplied from the Biodiversity Data Repository (BDR) into the WildObs platform.
•  Creating processes to ingest and store raw camera-trap images from Regional Delivery Partners (RDPs) and other program users.
•  Linking image files with EMSA/Monitor metadata held in the BDR to enable consistent analysis.
•  Implementing automated image analytics using WildObs tools to produce occurrence data.
•  Returning analytics outputs to RDPs in a usable reporting format (e.g., Excel).
•  Delivering ABIS-compliant occurrence records back to the BDR for long-term storage and re-use.

Key deliverables:

• Metadata ingestion pathway operational between BDR and WildObs.
• Image ingestion and storage system established for Commonwealth-funded projects.
• Automated analytics workflow producing species occurrence data.
• Return of analytics outputs to RDPs.
• Delivery of ABIS-compliant data to BDR.

Desired outcomes:

•  A consistent method for capturing, storing and analysing camera-trap data.
•  Reduced loss of Commonwealth-funded camera-trap datasets.
• Improved long-term biodiversity monitoring through standardised occurrence data linked to EMSA.