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Using Computer Vision to Collect Information on Cycling and Hiking Trails Users

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  • Joaquim Miguel

    (Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral n° 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal)

  • Pedro Mendonça

    (Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral n° 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal)

  • Agnelo Quelhas

    (Direção Geral da Educação/ERTE, Av. 24 de Julho n.º 140-5.º piso, 1399-025 Lisboa, Portugal
    Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo, Rua de Campolide, 237, 1070-030 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • João M. L. P. Caldeira

    (Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral n° 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal
    Instituto de Telecomunicações, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal)

  • Vasco N. G. J. Soares

    (Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral n° 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal
    Instituto de Telecomunicações, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal)

Abstract

Hiking and cycling have become popular activities for promoting well-being and physical activity. Portugal has been investing in hiking and cycling trail infrastructures to boost sustainable tourism. However, the lack of reliable data on the use of these trails means that the times of greatest affluence or the type of user who makes the most use of them are not recorded. These data are of the utmost importance to the managing bodies, with which they can adjust their actions to improve the management, maintenance, promotion, and use of the infrastructures for which they are responsible. The aim of this work is to present a review study on projects, techniques, and methods that can be used to identify and count the different types of users on these trails. The most promising computer vision techniques are identified and described: YOLOv3-Tiny, MobileNet-SSD V2, and FasterRCNN with ResNet-50. Their performance is evaluated and compared. The results observed can be very useful for proposing future prototypes. The challenges, future directions, and research opportunities are also discussed.

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  • Joaquim Miguel & Pedro Mendonça & Agnelo Quelhas & João M. L. P. Caldeira & Vasco N. G. J. Soares, 2024. "Using Computer Vision to Collect Information on Cycling and Hiking Trails Users," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:16:y:2024:i:3:p:104-:d:1360284
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