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Happywhale

GBIF publisher since
12 October 2020

Description

Happywhale is a research collaboration and citizen science web platform gathering marine mammal encounter data with a specific focus on individual photo-ID. We have developed an AI based image recognition algorithm for humpback whale fluke IDs and, through an open access system of image submission, identification and notification of results, have individually identified a large percentage of the individual humpback whales of the world.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Ted Cheeseman
email: ted@happywhale.com
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Ken Southerland
email: ken@happywhale.com
Happywhale
904 Columbia St
Santa Cruz
95060
California
US
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