Dear MARMAM members We are pleased to announce the release of Fluke Matcher, a computerised-matching system for humpback whale fluke photographs. After several years of development and testing, with funding support from the Australian Government, the program is now ready for release.
The fundamentals of the Fluke Matcher system are outlined in the following publication: Kniest, E., Burns, D. and Harrison, P. (2010) Fluke Matcher: a computer-aided matching system for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes. Marine Mammal Science 26(3): 744-756. Fluke Matcher is available for free download from the following website: http://www.scu.edu.au/research/whales/fluke-matcher/index.php/3 Please contact Eric Kniest or Dan Burns for further information or a pdf of the paper. Best regards Dan Daniel Burns, PhD Eric Kniest, PhD Marine Ecology Research Centre Surveying and Photogrammetry Southern Cross University School of Engineering PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW, Australia, 2480 University of Newcastle Email: [email protected] Callaghan, NSW, Australia, 2308 Email: [email protected]
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