Main changes and additions¶
V 1.3.0¶
This release has three parts plus a preview of what's next.
Naming changes¶
| Previous name | New name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OWL / Overhead Wildlife Locator | MegaDetector-Overhead | Repo: microsoft/MegaDetector-Overhead |
| PW_Bioacoustics / bioacoustics module | MegaDetector-Acoustic | Repo: microsoft/MegaDetector-Acoustic |
| microsoft/CameraTraps | microsoft/Biodiversity | GitHub repo rename — old URLs redirect automatically |
| Sparrow Studio | SPARROW Studio | Capitalization standardized (SPARROW is an acronym) |
SPARROW Studio beta¶
SPARROW Studio is our new graphical frontend — data management, inference, analysis, and annotation in one UI. The Windows MSI installer is available from Zenodo: SPARROW Studio Installer (signed). Mac and Linux builds are in progress.
MegaDetector-Acoustic¶
MegaDetector-Acoustic is available at microsoft/MegaDetector-Acoustic with CLI scripts for dataset preparation, training, and inference on audio recordings, plus a pre-trained bird classifier (MD_AudioBirds_V1). See the MegaDetector-Acoustic overview, the model-zoo entry, and the end-to-end demo at microsoft/MegaDetector-Acoustic.
MegaDetector-Overhead¶
A new generalized, point-based detection model for overhead imagery. Two variants are released — MegaDetector-Overhead-T and MegaDetector-Overhead-C — listed in the Other Detectors model zoo. Demo: microsoft/MegaDetector-Overhead.
Looking ahead — PW-Engine¶
The future of PyTorchWildlife is PW-Engine, a Rust-based, model-agnostic inference core that powers SPARROW Studio and can also be consumed directly via HTTP, CLI, Python bindings, or a native C library. See the PW-Engine overview for what it is, how it fits alongside the current Python API, and how to pilot it.