Camwarden uses MegaDetector to detect animals, people, and vehicles in trail camera photos, and SpeciesNet to classify detected animals to species level. Both models run on private GPU infrastructure, so your images are analysed privately and never sent to third-party AI services. Below is a full list of the open source software that makes this possible.
Open Source Attribution
Camwarden is built on the shoulders of outstanding open source work. This page acknowledges the projects and organisations whose software makes Camwarden possible.
AI & Machine Learning
MegaDetector
Developed by Microsoft AI for Earth.
Used for wildlife, human, and vehicle detection in trail camera imagery.
License: MIT License
Source: github.com/microsoft/CameraTraps
SpeciesNet
Developed by Google LLC.
Used for AI-powered species classification of wildlife detections.
License: Apache License 2.0
Source: github.com/google/cameratrapai
SpeciesNet Taxonomy Data
Developed by Google LLC.
Bundled taxonomy reference data used for species name resolution and classification.
License: Apache License 2.0
Source: github.com/google/cameratrapai
Mapping
Leaflet
Copyright © 2010–2024 Volodymyr Agafonkin, © 2010–2011 CloudMade.
Used for interactive map display and camera location management.
License: BSD 2-Clause License
Source: leafletjs.com
Leaflet.heat
Copyright © 2014 Vladimir Agafonkin.
Used for heatmap visualisation of photo and detection activity on the map.
License: BSD 2-Clause License
Source: github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet.heat
Map Data & Services
OpenStreetMap
Map data and street map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Used as the street basemap on all maps in Camwarden.
License: Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)
Source: openstreetmap.org
Esri World Imagery
Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community.
Used as the satellite basemap on all maps in Camwarden, per Esri's terms of use.
Terms: Esri Terms of Use
Source: esri.com
CARTO Basemaps
Basemap label tiles © CARTO.
Used for place-name label overlays on the satellite basemap.
Terms: CARTO attribution requirements
Source: carto.com
Nominatim (OpenStreetMap Foundation)
Geocoding search results © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Used for the location search on maps (converting place names typed by users into coordinates).
License: Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) · Nominatim usage policy
Source: nominatim.org
Image Processing
sharp
Copyright © 2013 Lovell Fuller and contributors.
Used for server-side image processing and WebP conversion.
License: Apache License 2.0
Source: sharp.pixelplumbing.com
libvips
Copyright © 1991–2019 John Cupitt and contributors.
Used as the underlying image processing engine by sharp.
License: LGPL-2.1+
Source: libvips.github.io/libvips
Authentication & Backend
Supabase Auth Helpers (Next.js)
Copyright © Supabase Inc.
Used for authentication session management in the Next.js application.
License: Apache License 2.0
Source: supabase.com
Supabase SSR
Copyright © Supabase Inc.
Used for server-side rendering support with Supabase authentication.
License: Apache License 2.0
Source: supabase.com
UI
class-variance-authority
Copyright © 2022 Joe Bell.
Used for managing component style variants.
License: Apache License 2.0
Source: cva.style
This page is updated as Camwarden evolves. If you believe an attribution is missing or incorrect, please contact us at [email protected].