Scientific Photo Analysis for Research & Conservation database (SPARCd), known during development as Scientific Animal Image Analysis (SANIMAL)

SPARC'd is a program developed for the University of Arizona's Jaguar and Ocelot Monitoring Project at the Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center, School of Natural Resources and the Environment Department.

• It allows users to tag camera trap image data, transfer it onto a database, and then query it.

Getting Started

Clone the repository and build it using maven. All dependencies will be automatically fetched.

Prerequisites

Java 21:
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java21
Maven:
https://maven.apache.org/install.html

Prebuilt executable

If you want to run the software without needing to build from source, prebuilt executables can be downloaded from our main website's download page

Executables are executed with (replace 'sparcd-X-Y.jar' with the name of the file you downloaded):

java -jar 'sparcd-X-Y.jar' 

Build from Source

Clone the github repository into a directory:

git clone https://github.com/CulverLab/sparcd.git <directory>

Build the project into an executable JAR file to run:

cd '<directory>/Sanimal FX'
mvn -U compile package

Run the program:

java -jar '<directory>/Sanimal FX/target/SanimalFX-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar'

Sample screenshots

Login - This screen is used to log into your account.

Home - This tab is used to credit developers and provide an exit button.

Import - This tab is used to tag images with metadata.

Collections - This tab is used to show collections and upload images.

Analyze/Query - This tab is used to query uploaded image data.

Map - This tab is used to display all locations on an interactive map.

Setings - This tab is used to change program settings.

Built With

• Maven - Dependency Management

• This Beta Version of “SPARC’d” is being developed by University of Arizona School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE) and CyVerse.

Authors

• David Slovikosky - Lead Developer - DavidM1A2
• Susan Malusa - Project Coordination/Design - smalusa
• Project Site Documentation - smalusa

Acknowledgements

• Co-Principal Investigators - Dr. Melanie Culver and Nirav Merchant
• Technical Advisors - Dr. Richard Snodgrass and Dr. Carlos Scheidegger
• CyVerse Support - Dr. Blake Joyce, Tony Edgin, Julian Pistorius and Chris Schnaufer
• Support and Ideas - The University of Arizona Jaguar & Ocelot Monitoring Team, The Slovikosky Family