We are pleased to announce the Wildbook software release v.2021-12-31,
which is reflected in the Flukebook.org platform for cetacean photo ID. Highlights include usability improvements in bulk import functionality and account management.

Wildbook DOI: 

Wildbook Image Analaysis (WBIA) DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765701

For an overview of Flukebook's multi-species, multi-modal machine learning
for photo ID, please see:

https://docs.wildme.org/docs/researchers/ia_pipeline

Community support for Wildbook is provided at:



NEW DEVELOPMENTS

- Improved security for virtual server infrastructure.

- Audit logs show name changes for encounters and individuals.

- Bulk import improvements to better indicate the status of computer vision processing.

- Bulk import log has been upgraded to load a lot faster and in better searching format, allowing the ability to search historical tasks quickly.

- Increased the picture book export format maximum from 10 to 250 individuals.

- New study sites added.


BUG FIXES

 - WB-1897: Encounter excel export is now created accurately with measurements.

- WB-1859: Non-admin users can edit their email addresses on their profile.

- WB-1701: Projects filter restored on match results and encounter submission pages.

 - SAGE-473: HotSpotter match rendering failures due to dependency library version update, fixed all known failures, and added monitoring for future silent errors. [also SAGE-481, SAGE-491]

- SAGE-490: Fixed FLANN memory leak and added automatic failure disk clean-up on container start. [also SAGE-482]

- SAGE-492: Fixed empty image UUID API failures with the background job engine.




Jason Holmberg (he/him/his)

Executive Director, Wild Me

A.I. and humans combating extinction together.