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Thousands of cameras, one national picture
Across Australia, wildlife cameras capture invaluable moments every day. WildObs brings these images together into a shared digital platform, transforming scattered data into coordinated national insight.
The challenge
Disconnected systems limit the long-term value of wildlife camera trap images and national monitoring.
The approach
Shared, standardised infrastructure transforms
wildlife camera trap images into coordinated insight.
Platform
What WildObs Brings to Your Research
Built on Australia’s national research infrastructure, WildObs provides the tools needed to turn wildlife camera trap images into reliable, reusable insight.
AI Image Management Platform
A user-friendly platform for managing wildlife camera trap images at scale. WildObs provides AI-assisted tools for organising, reviewing, and annotating images, reducing manual effort while maintaining scientific oversight and data quality.
Standardised Data Infrastructure
A standardised data model and scalable database for storing wildlife camera detections and metadata. This ensures consistency across projects, enables comparison over time and space, and supports national-scale analysis.
Tagged Image Repository
A central repository for verified, tagged wildlife camera trap images. The repository provides a high-quality, standardised image resource that supports machine learning development, model benchmarking, and future AI-driven ecological research across Australia.
Computer Vision Models
Australia-specific AI models for wildlife image classification. Trained on local species and environments, these models support accurate animal detection and species identification at scale, enabling consistent and reliable analysis of large camera trap image collections.
What WildObs brings to your research
Built on Australia’s national research infrastructure, WildObs provides the tools needed to turn wildlife camera trap images into reliable, reusable insight.
The WildObs Platform
Platform
What WildObs Brings to Your Research
Built on Australia’s national research infrastructure, WildObs provides the tools needed to turn wildlife camera trap images into reliable, reusable insight.
Tagged Image Repository
A central repository for verified, tagged wildlife camera trap images.
This resource supports machine learning development, model benchmarking, and future AI-driven ecological research.
Tagged Image Repository
A central repository for verified, tagged wildlife camera trap images.
This resource supports machine learning development, model benchmarking, and future AI-driven ecological research.
Tagged Image Repository
A central repository for verified, tagged wildlife camera trap images.
This resource supports machine learning development, model benchmarking, and future AI-driven ecological research.
Tagged Image Repository
A central repository for verified, tagged wildlife camera trap images.
This resource supports machine learning development, model benchmarking, and future AI-driven ecological research.
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Field deployment
A streamlined workflow that turns field-collected camera-trap data into reliable, reusable knowledge for long-term monitoring.
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Image ingestion
Images and core metadata are uploaded to WildObs, where data is harmonised and prepared for analysis.
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AI-assisted detection
Computer vision models detect animals and assist with species identification, tailored to Australian wildlife and habitats.
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Quality verification
Researchers review and validate outputs, keeping humans in the loop to ensure accuracy and integrity.
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Standardised analytics
Validated detections are structured into standardised datasets, enabling population analysis, trend monitoring, and modelling.
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Sharing & reporting
Data products are securely shared through national infrastructure, supporting collaboration, reporting, and decision-making.
40+
Projects
14k+
Deployments
18M+
Images
600+
Species
Dataset
A growing national dataset
WildObs is building a large, diverse collection of wildlife camera trap data across Australia, expanding in both geographic coverage and taxonomic representation.
40+
Projects
14k+
Deployments
18M+
Images
600+
Species
Users
Built for the people doing the work
Whether you're tracking species in the field or making decisions in the office, WildObs gives you the data and tools you need.
Researchers & Academics
Universities and research organisations analysing large scale wildlife camera data
Environmental Managers
Land managers and conservation practitioners using species data to guide on-ground decisions.
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Government & Policy Agencies
Government tracking biodiversity, ensuring environmental compliance, and informing policy.
Community & Science Groups
Community organisations, NGOs, and citizen scientists contributing and accessing wildlife data.
Working together at national scale
WildObs partners with leading Australian research and conservation organisations to support large-scale monitoring, data sharing, and ecological research across Australia.
WildObs is a co-investment partnership with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through the Planet Research Data Commons (DOI: 10.3565/bvg2-b035). The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
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