====================================== Humpback Whale Fluke Keypoints Dataset ====================================== This dataset was created to aid in the https://www.kaggle.com/c/humpback-whale-identification competition. Unfortunately I was not able to find the time to compete seriously so I am releasing it early to help increase the quality of the competition. I truly wish this information is helpful to the community at large. Context I was building a new computer to participate in this competition, while waiting for the parts to come in and the proper time to build it, i spent my free time annotating whale fluke images from the training set with keypoints. I was hoping to be able to use these keypoints to better center the whale fluke, and even split a fluke in half to do independent identifications on both halves. Alas I was unable to seriously compete in the competition but I look forward to seeing what the community can do with this data. Content I have hand-annotated 1000 images from the dataset with 10 keypoints over a period of about 2 weeks. They keypoints that I've annotated are: 1: 'left_fluke_tip' 2: 'left_notch', 3: 'center_notch', 4: 'right_notch', 5: 'right_fluke_tip', 6: 'right_fluke_leading', 7: 'right_peduncle_or_water', 8: 'center_peduncle_or_water', 9: 'left_peduncle_or_water', 0: 'left_fluke_leading' I attempted to be as accurate as reasonably possible. When encountering images where the fluke is partially submerged, the *or_water keypoints will follow the water line. There are several images where only half of the fluke is visible, in those cases, only partial keypoints are provided. * peduncle is the meaty tail stock portion where the fluke narrows to the body. Thought i'd just throw in that vocabulary for fun. :-) Acknowledgements The great Kaggle community at large. All the discussions and knowledge shared has really inspired me! I especially love perusing the post competition writeups, even from competitions that i haven't entered. They are a vast well of knowledge! Inspiration Do something great, give back to the community where possible.