Image Anonymization in Esri ArcGIS Pro

Easily blur personal information in images hosted on ArcGIS Online by using a Geoprocessing Tool and Celantur Cloud API.

Introduction

This tutorial will guide you through the process of anonymizing personal information in your images stored in a ArcGIS Online Feature Layer, by using Celantur's Geoprocessing Tool in ArcGIS Pro to connect to Celantur Cloud API.

The Geoprocessing Tool 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.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

• A Celantur account (app.celantur.com)

• Esri ArcGIS Pro

• A Feature Layer with a custom new_anonymized field

Steps

1. Prepare Feature Layer in ArcGIS Online

1. On the ArcGIS page https://celantur.maps.arcgis.com/home/content.html click to New Item button and proceed with creation of Feature Layer (skip this step if you have an existing feature layer).

2. Then open that new Item, and open Data tab and select Fields sub-tab

3. Click to Add button (only if this field does not yet exist)

   • Field Name: new_anonymized

   • Display Name: Is anonymized

   • Type: integer

   • Default Value: 0

   • Click Add New Field

2. Add the Celantur Geoprocessing Tool to ArcGIS Pro

1. Download the Celantur Geoprocessing Tool (CelanturBlurringToolbox.pyt) from https://github.com/celantur/celantur-arcgis-tools/tree/main/geoprocessing-toolbox
2. In ArcGIS Pro

   1. Switch to "Insert" ribbon

   2. Click "Toolbox" dropdown

   3. Click "Add Toolbox"

   4. Select and open the Celantur Geoprocessing Tool (.pyt file)

   5. In the "Catalog" pane, select "Project"

   6. Expand "Toolboxes" and "CelanturBlurringTool" in the tree

   7. Double-click the "Celantur Blurring Tool" script

Adding and opening the Celantur Blurring Tool in ArcGIS Pro.

3. Add Images

Add images as attachment to points via e.g. Field Maps app.

4. Anonymize images with Celantur Geoprocessing Tool

1. In ArcGIS Pro, open the Celantur Geoprocessing Tool and specify your Celantur App username (email) and password, as well as the Feature Service Layer containing the images you want to anonymize.

2. Click "Run" to start the anonymization process.

Conclusion

Congratulations! 🎉 You have successfully anonymized images in Esri ArcGIS Pro by using the provided Geoprocessing Tool and Celantur Cloud API.

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please address your contact person at Celantur.