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Add capability for downsampling high resolution imagery, or facial recognition and blurring algorithm #382

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@spwoodcock

See responsible-usage-guides/drone#3

  • This is pretty critical as high resolution imagery becomes an reality using cheap hardware.
  • Many may not realise that publishing this imagery publicly could be a significant risk for personal identification / privacy.
  • The new OAM uploader is a multi-stage process, with each stage completed via a container in an Argo workflow.
  • It's definitely in the real of possibility to add additional steps for either (1) downsampling (2) face blurring for to the upload workflow.
  • Panoramax already has some facial recognition and blurring algorithm in place to handle street level imagery, so perhaps we could work with that.
  • The best case is default face blurring. A worse case is simple downsampling of imagery that is higher resolution than 3 cm/px GSD, as this is the point at which faces start to become recognisable in imagery.

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  1. linear commented on Nov 6, 2026

    @linear
  2. added a commit that references this issue on Nov 6, 2026
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