README.md

---
license: cc0-1.0
language:
- en
tags:
- biology
- image
- animals
- zebras
- giraffes
- Przewalski
- CV
- drone
- autonomy
- imageomics
size_categories:
- n<1K
---


# Dataset Card for wildwingdeployment

## Dataset Details

This dataset contains video, telemetry, and autonomous navigation traces collected using the [WildWing](https://imageomics.github.io/wildwing/) unmanned aerial system (UAS) deployment at [The Wilds](https://www.thewilds.org/) in July 2024.


### Dataset Description

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- **Homepage:** https://imageomics.github.io/wildwing/
- **Repository:** https://github.com/Imageomics/wildwing
- **Paper:** [WildWing: An open-source, autonomous and affordable UAS for animal behaviour video monitoring](https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.70018)


This dataset contains video frames collected at [The Wilds Conservation Center](https://www.thewilds.org/) in Ohio, USA, using drones. The Wilds is a 10,000 acre safari park and conservation center that is home to a variety of endangered species. The dataset includes one video of giraffes, one video Przewalski's horse, and three videos Grevy's Zebras. The dataset is intended for use in training and evaluating computer vision models for animal detection and classification from drone imagery. 

## Dataset Structure


```
/wildwingdeployment/
    giraffe_073124_141828/
        frames/
            40.jpg
            80.jpg
            ...
            880.jpg
        telemetry_log.csv
        video.MP4
    ...
    phorses_073124_144555/
        frames/
            40.jpg
            80.jpg
            ...
            n.jpg
        telemetry_log.csv
        video.MP4
    zebra_073124_122452
        frames/
            40.jpg
            80.jpg
            ...
            3880.jpg
        telemetry_log.csv
        video.MP4
    
``` 
```
/telemetry/
    giraffe_073124_141828_telemetry.csv
    phorses_073124_144555_telemetry.csv
    zebras_073124_122452_telemetry.csv
```    
        

### Data Instances

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The deployment data directory contains telemetry logs, video file, and frames produced for each session. The /frames/ subdirectory contain annotated video frames, downsampled every 40 frames. Each frame contains the YOLO-generated bounding box annotations which were used to inform the commands sent to the drone. The telemetry log contains the location of the drone and the commands sent to it at each frame. The MP4 file is the video recorded by the drone during the mission.

The telemetry logs are also available in a separate directory, /telemetry/, which contains the detailed telemetry logs for each session. The telemetry logs contain the location of the drone during the mission (GPS, altitude), the commands sent to the drone (move_x, move_y, move_z in meters), and the frame number sensed at that timestamp.

### Data Fields

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#### /wildwingdeployment/ telemetry_log.csv
| Field | Description | Details |
|-------|-------------|---------|
| timestamp | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS | Time of the drone mission data point |
| location | GPS coordinates and altitude | **x**: latitude<br>**y**: longitude<br>**z**: altitude (not accurate) |
| commands | Movement instructions in meters | **move_x**: x-axis movement in meters<br>**move_y**: y-axis movement in meters<br>**move_z**: z-axis movement in meters |
| frame | Reference to captured image | See frames/40.jpg, frames/80.jpg, etc. |

#### /telemetry/ species_MMDDYY_HHMMSS_telemetry.csv

| Field | Description | Details |
|-------|-------------|---------|
| timestamp | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS | Time of the drone mission data point |
| location | GPS coordinates and altitude | **x**: latitude<br>**y**: longitude<br>**z**: altitude (not accurate) |
| commands | Movement instructions in meters | **move_x**: x-axis movement in meters<br>**move_y**: y-axis movement in meters<br>**move_z**: z-axis movement in meters |
| frame | Reference to captured image | See frames/40.jpg, frames/80.jpg, etc. |
| latitude | - | Direct latitude value |
| longitude | - | Direct longitude value |
| directory | - | Session in /wildwingdeployment/ the telemetry log belongs to |
| distance | meters | Distance travelled from launch point |
| bearing | degrees | Bearing from launch point |
| speed | meters/second | Speed of the drone |

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## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale
The data gathered to test the [WildWing autonomous UAS system](https://imageomics.github.io/wildwing/), designed to collect animal behavior video data. The goal is to evaluate and improve autonomous tracking and video collection of endangered species in the wild. 


### Personal and Sensitive Information
This dataset contains endangered species: Przewalski's horses and Grevy's zebras. The dataset also includes clips of people in vehicles.

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### Other Known Limitations
There was an instrument failure which caused the altitude recordings to be inaccurate. The altitude is not accurate, but the x and y coordinates are accurate. The telemetry logs contain the location of the drone during the mission (GPS, altitude), the commands sent to the drone (move_x, move_y, move_z in meters), and the frame number sensed at that timestamp.

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## Additional Information

### Dataset Curators
Jenna Kline

### Licensing Information
Creative Commons Zero 1.0 universal

### Citation Information
**Paper**
```​
@article{kline2025wildwing,
  title={WildWing: An open-source, autonomous and affordable UAS for animal behaviour video monitoring},
  author={Kline, Jenna and Zhong, Alison and Irizarry, Kevyn and Stewart, Charles V and Stewart, Christopher and Rubenstein, Daniel I and Berger-Wolf, Tanya},
  journal={Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1111/2041-210X.70018},
  publisher={Wiley Online Library}
}
```

**Data**

```
@misc{<Kline2024wildwingdeployment>,
  author = {Jenna Kline},
  title = {WildWing Deployment Dataset},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/wildwingdeployment},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14838101},
  publisher = {Zenodo}
}
```


### Contributions

The [Imageomics Institute](https://imageomics.org) is funded by the US National Science Foundation's Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) program under [Award #2118240](https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2118240) (Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning). The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports [ICICLE: Intelligent CI with Computational Learning in the Environment](https://icicle.osu.edu/) under grant number [OAC-2112606](https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2112606). Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

## More Information 
The data was gathered at [The Wilds Conservation Center](https://www.thewilds.org/) with permission from The Wilds Science Committee to take field observations and fly drones in the pastures.