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Celantur Launches New Large-Scale Anonymized Data Transfer Service with LYVE Mobile by Seagate
This innovative solution provides customers with trusted data protection while transferring data.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
How to Build an Algorithm for Face and License Plate Blurring Using OpenCV and Python
This step-by-step guide covers everything from installing OpenCV to applying Gaussian blurring to the detected regions
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Questions about GDPR-compliance of ADAS and Autonomous Driving
A lawyer answers some of the most common legal questions about collecting, storing, processing, and sharing autonomous vehicle data.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Checklist: Video Anonymization for ADAS Datasets
All you need to know to anonymize autonomous vehicle datasets in compliance with the GDPR and data protection laws
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Checklist: Getting Started with Blurring Single and Panorama Images
A list of things you need to consider when starting with anonymizing mobile mapping imagery.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Face and license plate anonymization: all you need to know
How to choose the right blurring software for image and video blurring
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Smart City - why it's more than a buzzword
Together with Timo Tuukkanen - Director of Strategic Partnerships at Bentley Systems, we tried to unveil what “Smart City” concretely means for cities, companies and, most importantly, citizens.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Mobile Mapping Hardware, Software and Datasets
A list of Mobile Mapping Hardware, Software and Datasets
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Privacy vs utility: why protecting privacy is not a trade-off
Discover why Image and Video Blurring should be a standard for Computer Vision Application
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Monetizing street-level imagery: Our learnings
Some of our learnings regarding technical, business and legal aspects when it comes to monetization of street-level imagery
By Alexander Petkov
CHC Navigation and Celantur Announce Collaboration
CHCNAV and Celantur announce a collaboration to serve CHCNAV's mobile mapping customers with fully-automated image blurring solutions.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
How to blur personal data on FARO laser scanner color images
Learn how to apply automated blurring on FARO laser scanner panoramas to comply with data protection laws and protect privacy.
By Alexander Petkov
How to copy XMP metadata between Images
Copying XMP metadata between images isn't straightforward. Read how it's done correctly.
By Cezary Zaboklicki
Drones, UAV and Data Protection in the EU
Learn how to deal with the sensitive issue of data privacy in the European Union when planning a drone project.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Understanding Specificity and Sensitivity
How these two kind of wrong can impact your computer vision project for object detection.
By Boyang Xia
Smart Cities & Mobile Mapping: Amsterdam
Learn how the city of Amsterdam uses Mobile Mapping to improve the daily work of several municipal departments.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Who will take care of Data Privacy on Autonomous Vehicles?
Implications of data privacy once autonomous vehicles will be commercially available.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Using Mobile Mapping for Digital Twins
Benefits, privacy and security implications when collecting indoor imagery data for BIM models and digital twins.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Data Protection for Mobile Mapping
Mobile Mapping providers should be aware of data privacy implications when collecting, processing and sharing panorama and planar imagery.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Why Image Anonymization is not only a regulatory requirement
A psychologist's view on Mobile Mapping. Understand why citizens react negatively when being filmed without consent.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
What is Drone Mapping
Learn about the benefits of including drones to your mapping services and their different applications by industry.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Guide to implement Mobile Mapping in your Smart City
How cities are using Mobile Mapping for improving their digital services, and what to know if you want to replicate it in yours.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Data Protection for Mobile Mapping (for experts)
History and Implications of Data Protection Laws like GDPR, CCPA, etc. for Mobile Mapping.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Image Anonymization for Mobile Mapping
Achieving Legal Compliance of Mobile Mapping by Anonymizing Images.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Einstieg in Mobile Mapping
Alles was Sie vor der Implementierung von Mobile Mapping Systemen in Ihrem Unternehmen wissen müssen.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Setting up and Running StyleGAN2
A short tutorial on setting up StyleGAN2 including troubleshooting.
By Boyang Xia
Privacy by Design for Image Processing
Learn how to embrace privacy by design into your image capture and processing workflow to proactively comply with the GDPR and avoid fines and other risks.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Datenschutz für Mobile Mapping
Anbieter von Mobile Mapping müssen sich der Datenschutzgesetze (z.B. DSGVO), der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung und ihrer sozialen Verantwortung bewusst sein. Hier sind die Fakten.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
What is Mobile Mapping
What is mobile mapping? What are its benefits? Read all you need to know before implementing Mobile Mapping Systems in your company.
By Mario Sabatino Riontino
Training models with Panoptic Segmentation in Detectron2
Tutorial on how to train your own models with panoptic segmentation in Detectron2.
By Boyang Xia
'Privacy Issues' Interview: Trends and challenges of data anonymization
'Privacy Issues' talked with Celantur’s founders, Alexander Petkov and Boyang Xia about the trends and challenges of data anonymization technology.