PLACE uses a combination of tools to de-identify the street imagery it collects, these include
- Yolo v8 face and number plate detection models
- Label Studio to create labels used train Yolo detection models on PLACE imagery
- OpenCV to blur labelled images
Images go through a series of processing steps, including rotation, down-sampling and injection of EXIF data so that de-identified images can be used by stitching software:
