Agriculture data annotation
Fruit, crops, weeds and disease spots are outlined in drone and field images by Agriculture data annotation, letting farm apps and machines act on them. Polygons and pixel masks make up most of the work.
Cost estimate for a crop-image job
20,000 polygons overall, drawn as squares of 1,000 polygons
That makes 20,000 polygons across 5,000 images. What a team outside the US would charge, roughly:
$1,200 to $16,000
Teams abroad list between $0.06 and $0.80 for each polygon.
Get quotes for this jobThe calculation behind this
The published low and high price for that label type gets multiplied by the label count. Another review adds 20 to 50 percent, while a US team costs two to four times the outside-US range.
Prices for polygons come from AnnotationBox for the low end and Habile Data for the high end.
Prices for pixel masks come from Habile Data for the low end and GDS Online for the high end.
Prices for bounding boxes come from Label Your Data for the low end and Habile Data for the high end.
Prices for image tags come from Kili Technology for the low end and BasicAI for the high end.
The challenge of labeling field images
Light changes through the day, plants overlap and a weed looks different as it grows. The pilot should mix photos from every season; also ask the vendor for annotators with past crop-labeling work.
Vendors listing this work
Audit names explained
- SOC 2 a check by an outside auditor of how a company protects its clients' files. Type I checks a single day; Type II checks several months, so it tells you more.
- ISO 27001 a worldwide data-safety standard; an independent auditor confirms the company follows it.
- ISO 9001 checks the steps a company uses to keep its work consistent. It does not cover keeping your files safe.
- HIPAA a US law that protects patients' medical records.
- TISAX a security check that car manufacturers ask their suppliers to pass.
- GDPR the EU's data protection law.
| Company | Based in | Kinds of files | Audits and laws it names | How it prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samasama.com | San Francisco, California | Photos, Video, Text, 3D laser scans (LiDAR) | ISO 9001, ISO 27001, TISAX, GDPR | Per project |
| Mindy Supportmindy-support.com | Limassol, Cyprus | Photos, Video, Text, Sound, 3D laser scans (LiDAR), Rating AI chatbot answers | SOC 2, GDPR | Per project; teams start at about 5 people working full time on your files |
| Keymakrkeymakr.com | New York, New York | Photos, Video, 3D laser scans (LiDAR) | ISO 9001, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA | Per project; a few labeled examples you can check first |
Most companies first look at a sample of your files, then give you one price for the whole job ("per project"). Fill in the short form one time and get prices back from three of them.
Common questions about agriculture data annotation
Who handles farm-data labeling?
Agriculture work is listed by Sama, Mindy Support and Keymakr. According to Keymakr, agronomists are on its staff.
Can I try a vendor before signing?
Yes. Before the full batches start, a sample batch comes from Keymakr for you to correct. The others normally do a small paid trial job, so request one in the brief.
Out of these vendors, which ones state SOC 2 or ISO 27001?
Out of the 3 vendors, 1 states a SOC 2 report while 2 state ISO 27001 on their own sites. SOC 2 means outside auditors review client-data protection at a company; ISO 27001 sets the global standard for information-security management.
Send one brief, hear from three vendors
Describe your data once and we pass it to three annotation vendors that label that kind of data, so you can compare quotes side by side.
- One short form instead of three sales calls
- Matched on data type, volume and security needs
- You choose who to talk to