Presenter: Scott France (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
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NOAA Ocean Exploration deploys ROVs to record high-definition video from the unexplored and under-explored deep-sea, capturing high-quality observations from under-sampled habitats. Since 2017, the program has worked with Ocean Networks Canada to develop a robust video annotation system for logging observations during live dives or archived video. Here we will provide an overview of the current system, SeaTube, to highlight the readily accessible, searchable, publicly available database of quality reviewed annotations, video, and associated metadata, using examples from the ASPIRE campaign. Participating scientists who have registered for an Okeanos Explorer collaboration tools account are authorized access to SeaTube with video annotation editing privileges. In real-time during a dive any authorized participant can add scientific observations or comments, including: biological identifications (to any taxonomic level; behind the scenes these identifications are standardized to the WoRMS database); specific characteristics, behavior, or ecology; geology and substrate characteristics; anthropogenic debris; underwater cultural heritage objects; sampling events and other ROV or vessel events. All annotations and associated metadata are time stamped. The number of annotations on a given dive fluctuates with the number of participants. Following a dive or an expedition, annotations are: reviewed for errors; updated using any available expert input, including post-dive review of comments made by participating scientists in eventlogs and other resources, such as the NOAA-OE Benthic Deepwater Animal Identification Guide; adjusted to minimize lag between time stamp of an actual observation and its corresponding annotation; and trimmed of duplicates. New annotations are added where there aren’t any, which can be done by any authorized participant at any time following a dive. This post dive review ensures availability of high quality annotations for the community at large. We present an example utilizing SeaTube search functions across multiple expeditions to retrieve data associated with annotated video observations of rock pens (Cnidaria, Octocorallia).
More Information: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/collaboration-tools/science_annotations/welcome.html
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- Scott France (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
- Upasana Ganguly (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
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SEATUBE: A TOOL FOR EFFECTIVELY UTILIZING NOAA OCEAN EXPLORATION ROV DATA
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Scientific Session > DS - Deep Sea Processes and Exploration > DS09 Catalyzing Atlantic discovery: New insights into deepwater biological and geological exploration of the Atlantic basin
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