Image recognition service – when ice breaks

When Ice Breaks service - artificial intelligence recognizes ice and snow in streams of water in photos.
 

Monitor the amount of ice, snow, or water in different parts of Finland, or use your own photos to collaborate with us on research. Discover how artificial intelligence recognizes ice, water, and snow in streams - WhenIceBreaks.com​​​​​

  • Main Purpose: To provide a real-time image recognition service for in-situ image analysis for research infrastructures. Enable sustainable innovation with end-users.
  • Main Components: Cloud and internet service. The cloud service includes real-time image processing: data retrieval, quality control, storage, machine learning models (both existing and new), a database for results, and end-user feedback. The internet service visualizes data and allows users to access site-specific information about new in-situ locations, enabling citizens to test the service.
     
  • Features: The system is scalable and cost-efficient. Currently, images can be sent via email to the service. The service includes ready-made models for quality control of optical images, data visualization, and real-time image analysis. The current service also provides a result file to the Finnish Environment Institute, containing classifications of snow, ice, and water, as well as segmentation results using the best available machine learning models. Citizens can test the service online.
  • Sensors: Currently, optical images are supported.
  • Requirements for new users: Typically, new users need a camera with a SIM card.
     
  • Data Collected: The service gathers images, classifications, and segmentation results for ice, water, and snow. Current data sources include SYKE, ELY Centers, Aalto University, and Digital Waters partners. Training data, original and models are released separately in high-end journals, following valid Finnish infrastructure policy.
  • Data Analysis: Classification and segmentation models are currently in use.
  • Location: Finland.
  • User Requirements: Users must register for the service and comply with any applicable usage fees (integration fees typically range from €100-500 per point, with ongoing costs of approximately €2-10 per point starting in 2024).
     
  • Contact
    Jari Silander, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), firstname.surname@syke.fi, +358 295 251 638
  • More In Finnish: The automatic monitoring of floods, ice break-up, and snow conditions using wildlife cameras has started (vesi.fi)
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Published 2024-10-17 at 16:27, updated 2024-10-17 at 16:26

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