{
  "id": 490993,
  "title": "Inquiry on Using Past BirdCLEF Test Data and Availability of 2023 Edition on Zenodo",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2024/discussion/490993",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2024-04-04T07:09:59.411814600Z",
  "votes": 11,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Dear Hosts,</p>\n<p>Firstly, I'd like to express my gratitude for making the test data from previous BirdCLEF competitions available on Zenodo. I'm particularly interested in the following link:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605</a></p>\n<p>These were made available as test data for BirdCLEF competitions up until 2022 and were highlighted in last year's discussion.</p>\n<p>My question is, will the test data for the 2023 competition also be released on Zenodo in a similar fashion? Furthermore, would we be able to use this data as training material for the BirdCLEF 2024 competition?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2734543",
      "postDate": "04/04/2024 07:09:59",
      "content": "<p>Dear Hosts,</p>\n<p>Firstly, I'd like to express my gratitude for making the test data from previous BirdCLEF competitions available on Zenodo. I'm particularly interested in the following link:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605</a></p>\n<p>These were made available as test data for BirdCLEF competitions up until 2022 and were highlighted in last year's discussion.</p>\n<p>My question is, will the test data for the 2023 competition also be released on Zenodo in a similar fashion? Furthermore, would we be able to use this data as training material for the BirdCLEF 2024 competition?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dear Hosts,\n\nFirstly, I'd like to express my gratitude for making the test data from previous BirdCLEF competitions available on Zenodo. I'm particularly interested in the following link:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605\n\nThese were made available as test data for BirdCLEF competitions up until 2022 and were highlighted in last year's discussion.\n\nMy question is, will the test data for the 2023 competition also be released on Zenodo in a similar fashion? Furthermore, would we be able to use this data as training material for the BirdCLEF 2024 competition?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2734609",
      "postDate": "04/04/2024 07:48:20",
      "content": "<p>Yes and yes :) We're still working with our collaborators to get last year's data on Zenodo. Feel free to use the data available, make sure to disclose it though. Be aware that the species overlap might be minimal due to the different geographic regions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes and yes :) We're still working with our collaborators to get last year's data on Zenodo. Feel free to use the data available, make sure to disclose it though. Be aware that the species overlap might be minimal due to the different geographic regions.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2735959",
      "postDate": "04/05/2024 01:28:35",
      "content": "<p>Thank you. If you can make it in time for the competition to end, we will be waiting for you.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you. If you can make it in time for the competition to end, we will be waiting for you.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2756789",
      "postDate": "04/17/2024 07:20:55",
      "content": "<p>FYI: The Kenya data (which was used to compile last year's test data) is online at: <a href=\"https://zenodo.org/records/10943500\" target=\"_blank\">https://zenodo.org/records/10943500</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "FYI: The Kenya data (which was used to compile last year's test data) is online at: https://zenodo.org/records/10943500",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2777600",
      "postDate": "04/26/2024 18:21:45",
      "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/stefankahl\" target=\"_blank\">@stefankahl</a>, do you have any recommendations for downloading from Zenodo? </p>\n<p>I have tried to download the data linked, and also data from <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, but get a timeout after ~20mins. I also tried the REST API, but get the same result. I think this could be region-related.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi @stefankahl, do you have any recommendations for downloading from Zenodo? \n\nI have tried to download the data linked, and also data from [here](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605), but get a timeout after ~20mins. I also tried the REST API, but get the same result. I think this could be region-related.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2854034",
      "postDate": "06/04/2024 05:17:39",
      "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/stefankahl\" target=\"_blank\">@stefankahl</a> in the annotations file, are the start times supposed to always be equal to the end times?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "stefankahl in the annotations file, are the start times supposed to always be equal to the end times?",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2734609,
      "author_name": "stefankahl",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/04/2024 07:48:20",
      "content": "<p>Yes and yes :) We're still working with our collaborators to get last year's data on Zenodo. Feel free to use the data available, make sure to disclose it though. Be aware that the species overlap might be minimal due to the different geographic regions.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2735959,
          "author_name": "kunihikofurugori",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/05/2024 01:28:35",
          "content": "<p>Thank you. If you can make it in time for the competition to end, we will be waiting for you.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2756789,
      "author_name": "stefankahl",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/17/2024 07:20:55",
      "content": "<p>FYI: The Kenya data (which was used to compile last year's test data) is online at: <a href=\"https://zenodo.org/records/10943500\" target=\"_blank\">https://zenodo.org/records/10943500</a> </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2777600,
          "author_name": "brendanartley",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/26/2024 18:21:45",
          "content": "<p>Hi <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/stefankahl\" target=\"_blank\">@stefankahl</a>, do you have any recommendations for downloading from Zenodo? </p>\n<p>I have tried to download the data linked, and also data from <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, but get a timeout after ~20mins. I also tried the REST API, but get the same result. I think this could be region-related.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 2854034,
          "author_name": "robbynevels",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/04/2024 05:17:39",
          "content": "<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/stefankahl\" target=\"_blank\">@stefankahl</a> in the annotations file, are the start times supposed to always be equal to the end times?</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2734543": "Dear Hosts,\n\nFirstly, I'd like to express my gratitude for making the test data from previous BirdCLEF competitions available on Zenodo. I'm particularly interested in the following link:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605\n\nThese were made available as test data for BirdCLEF competitions up until 2022 and were highlighted in last year's discussion.\n\nMy question is, will the test data for the 2023 competition also be released on Zenodo in a similar fashion? Furthermore, would we be able to use this data as training material for the BirdCLEF 2024 competition?",
    "2734609": "Yes and yes :) We're still working with our collaborators to get last year's data on Zenodo. Feel free to use the data available, make sure to disclose it though. Be aware that the species overlap might be minimal due to the different geographic regions.",
    "2735959": "Thank you. If you can make it in time for the competition to end, we will be waiting for you.",
    "2756789": "FYI: The Kenya data (which was used to compile last year's test data) is online at: https://zenodo.org/records/10943500",
    "2777600": "Hi @stefankahl, do you have any recommendations for downloading from Zenodo? \n\nI have tried to download the data linked, and also data from [here](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/birdclef-2023/discussion/394358#2179605), but get a timeout after ~20mins. I also tried the REST API, but get the same result. I think this could be region-related.",
    "2854034": "stefankahl in the annotations file, are the start times supposed to always be equal to the end times?"
  },
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}