Linnaea was developed to provide researchers an easy-to-use tool to systematically classify vegetation in high-resolution field photos.
Installers for all supprted operating systems can be found at the latest release page.
- Download the macOS .dmg installer.
- Open the downloaded .dmg file.
- Drag and drop the Linnaea icon into the Applications folder.
- Launch the program from the Applications folder or search for it using Spotlight.
- Download the Windows .msi installer.
- Double-click the downloaded .msi file.
- Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup wizard.
- Once the installation is complete, launch the program from the Start Menu or desktop shortcut.
When you first launch Linnaea, you will see a new site window with options to upload an image.
After uploading the photos taken at a site, you can use the gallery at the bottom to navigate between them.
Within each photo, Linnaea generates 100 equidistant points for species classification. The points can be navigated as well as the image can be panned/zoomed using the controls along the top.
Each point can be classified using the menus in the left hand panel. There are different sets of species classifications depending on what angle the site photo was taken from. When you upload a new photo, you will be prompted to choose an angle.
Choosing an angle
Different species categories
Different species within each category
To save your progress for a site to return to later you can save your work as a .site file.
Once you're finished classifying points, you can generate a raw data report as a .csv file using the Export raw data option in the file menu. Before generating the report you have to choose a site name and then a save location. Then a .csv file will be generated with all your point classifications for each photo.
Choose a site name
Generated report
If you encounter any issues please reach out at briannewton2000@gmail.com for support.