Intro

DARWIN is a software system which allows marine scientists to maintain information for the study of various behavioral and ecological patterns of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. The software provides a graphical user interface to access a collection of digital dorsal fin images along with textual information which describes individual animals as well as relevant sighting data. Users may query the system with the name of a specific individual or the entire collection may be sorted and viewed based upon sighting location, sighting date, or damage category. Alternatively, the researcher may query a database of previously identified dolphin dorsal fin images with an image of an unidentified dolphin's fin. DARWIN responds with a rank ordered list of database fin images that most closely resemble the query image.

Updated Dec 10, 2008 by computermacgyver News   Latest news about DARWIN December 10, 2008 The updated DARWIN website now includes links to the project's GoogleCode website and updated publication information. July 8, 2008 A project website (http://code.google.com/p/darwin-ec/) for DARWIN has been launched on GoogleCode. Active development continues, and a new database format will be released soon. June 21, 2007 A new beta version of DARWIN is available on the download page. This software is still under development so some of its functions have not yet been implemented. Installation instructions and a user's guide are included. New Features Include: Batch-processing of matches Custom damage categories Allowance for multiple databases and survey areas Improved automatic outlining capabilities And much more! December 9, 2005 A beta version of DARWIN is available on the download page. This software is still under development so some of its functions have not yet been implemented. The tools to create a database and match unknown fins against against it are available. New functionality has been added to automatically generate the outline of a dorsal fin. Installation instructions and a user's guide are included. Contact Us darwin@eckerd.edu