Image Anonymization in Esri ArcGIS Online
Easily blur personal information in images hosted on ArcGIS Online by using Celantur Cloud API.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of anonymizing personal information in your images stored in ArcGIS Online. We'll use a Jupyter Notebook hosted on GitHub to connect ArcGIS Online with the Celantur Cloud API.
The Notebook will fetch the original image attachments which have not been anonymized yet, send them to Celantur Cloud API for anonymization, and save the anonymized images back to ArcGIS Online.

Architecture of Celantur Cloud API and ArcGIS Online integration
Before you begin, ensure you have the following:
- An Esri ArcGIS Online account with access to the Notebook service
- A Celantur account (app.celantur.com)
- Basic understanding of Python
Log in to your ArcGIS Online account.
- 1.On the ArcGIS page https://celantur.maps.arcgis.com/home/content.html click to
New Item
button and proceed with creation ofFeature Layer
. - 2.Then open that new Item, and open
Data
tab and selectFields
sub-tab - 3.Click to
Add
button (only if this field does not yet exist)Field Name
:is_anonymized
Display Name
:Is anonymized
Type
:integer
Default Value
:0
- Click
Add New Field
Add images as attachment to points via e.g. Field Maps app. Make sure the same Feature Service Layer is specified in the Notebook code.
- 1.In ArcGIS online, create a new Notebook.
- 2.Insert the Notebook content from https://github.com/celantur/arcgis-jupyter-dev into your newly created Notebook.
- 1.In the section of
! CREDENTIALS !
specify your credentials accordingly - 2.Go to section
Main
- Adjust
layer_id
uid value to the corresponding layer you want to use. - Adjust params to your taste, see https://doc.celantur.com/cloud-api/api-endpoints#create-anonymization-task
- 3.Run the Notebook
Verify that the personal information in your images has been successfully anonymized.
Schedule the Notebook to be executed regularly.
Limitations:
The current Notebook code will process all images where
is_anonymized
equals false
. Please consider the impact of the amount of images on the Notebook runtime.Congratulations! 🎉 You have successfully anonymized images in Esri ArcGIS Online using the provided Jupyter Notebook and Celantur Cloud API. Feel free to explore the code and customize it for your specific use case.
If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please address your contact person at Celantur.
Last modified 13d ago