{
  "id": 91841,
  "title": "AirSim Classes Mismatch",
  "url": "/competitions/iwildcam-2019-fgvc6/discussion/91841",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2019-05-09T15:59:56.460301300Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 6,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>As the github page says, the AirSim simulated data is supposed to contain \"synthetically generated images of the following classes: deer, raccoon, coyote, bison, black_bear\". However, according to the annotations in the AirSim dataset, it contains images of classes 1, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 20, which corresponds with deer, fox, black_bear, racoon, wolf and bison. So I wonder whether the error is in the description of the github or in the annotations.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "529298",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 15:59:56",
      "content": "<p>As the github page says, the AirSim simulated data is supposed to contain \"synthetically generated images of the following classes: deer, raccoon, coyote, bison, black_bear\". However, according to the annotations in the AirSim dataset, it contains images of classes 1, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 20, which corresponds with deer, fox, black_bear, racoon, wolf and bison. So I wonder whether the error is in the description of the github or in the annotations.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "As the github page says, the AirSim simulated data is supposed to contain \"synthetically generated images of the following classes: deer, raccoon, coyote, bison, black_bear\". However, according to the annotations in the AirSim dataset, it contains images of classes 1, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 20, which corresponds with deer, fox, black_bear, racoon, wolf and bison. So I wonder whether the error is in the description of the github or in the annotations.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "529340",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 17:17:44",
      "content": "<p>Did you manually check a few of the images to see if the image matches the class? That may help answer your question.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Did you manually check a few of the images to see if the image matches the class? That may help answer your question.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "529364",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 18:10:13",
      "content": "<p>I did, but the mismatches are between coyote, fox and wolf, and I was not sure about being able to distinguish between them because they are small in the photos, they are kind of similar and they are simulated, which is not really accurate. So I asked just in case the owners of the competition may know the answer.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I did, but the mismatches are between coyote, fox and wolf, and I was not sure about being able to distinguish between them because they are small in the photos, they are kind of similar and they are simulated, which is not really accurate. So I asked just in case the owners of the competition may know the answer.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "529379",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 18:55:55",
      "content": "<p>The error is in the description.  I will fix it.  Thanks for catching this!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The error is in the description.  I will fix it.  Thanks for catching this!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "529381",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 18:57:47",
      "content": "<p>You are correct that \"wolf\" and \"coyote\" are very visually similar, but the simulated animal is modeled after a wolf, not a coyote. There are also simulated foxes, which are smaller and orange.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You are correct that \"wolf\" and \"coyote\" are very visually similar, but the simulated animal is modeled after a wolf, not a coyote. There are also simulated foxes, which are smaller and orange.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "529382",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 18:59:22",
      "content": "<p>Sorry for the confusion, this was totally my bad!  Thanks for the help, and I hope the clarification was sufficient :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sorry for the confusion, this was totally my bad!  Thanks for the help, and I hope the clarification was sufficient :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "529404",
      "postDate": "05/09/2019 20:04:36",
      "content": "<p>Thank you so much, now it's clear!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you so much, now it's clear!",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 529340,
      "author_name": "milesb",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2019 17:17:44",
      "content": "<p>Did you manually check a few of the images to see if the image matches the class? That may help answer your question.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 529364,
          "author_name": "josemafuen",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/09/2019 18:10:13",
          "content": "<p>I did, but the mismatches are between coyote, fox and wolf, and I was not sure about being able to distinguish between them because they are small in the photos, they are kind of similar and they are simulated, which is not really accurate. So I asked just in case the owners of the competition may know the answer.</p>",
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        {
          "id": 529382,
          "author_name": "sbeery",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/09/2019 18:59:22",
          "content": "<p>Sorry for the confusion, this was totally my bad!  Thanks for the help, and I hope the clarification was sufficient :)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 529379,
      "author_name": "sbeery",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2019 18:55:55",
      "content": "<p>The error is in the description.  I will fix it.  Thanks for catching this!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 529381,
          "author_name": "sbeery",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/09/2019 18:57:47",
          "content": "<p>You are correct that \"wolf\" and \"coyote\" are very visually similar, but the simulated animal is modeled after a wolf, not a coyote. There are also simulated foxes, which are smaller and orange.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 529404,
          "author_name": "josemafuen",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/09/2019 20:04:36",
          "content": "<p>Thank you so much, now it's clear!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
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    "529298": "As the github page says, the AirSim simulated data is supposed to contain \"synthetically generated images of the following classes: deer, raccoon, coyote, bison, black_bear\". However, according to the annotations in the AirSim dataset, it contains images of classes 1, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 20, which corresponds with deer, fox, black_bear, racoon, wolf and bison. So I wonder whether the error is in the description of the github or in the annotations.",
    "529340": "Did you manually check a few of the images to see if the image matches the class? That may help answer your question.",
    "529364": "I did, but the mismatches are between coyote, fox and wolf, and I was not sure about being able to distinguish between them because they are small in the photos, they are kind of similar and they are simulated, which is not really accurate. So I asked just in case the owners of the competition may know the answer.",
    "529379": "The error is in the description.  I will fix it.  Thanks for catching this!",
    "529381": "You are correct that \"wolf\" and \"coyote\" are very visually similar, but the simulated animal is modeled after a wolf, not a coyote. There are also simulated foxes, which are smaller and orange.",
    "529382": "Sorry for the confusion, this was totally my bad!  Thanks for the help, and I hope the clarification was sufficient :)",
    "529404": "Thank you so much, now it's clear!"
  },
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}