Recognize Landmarks with ML Kit on iOS

You can use ML Kit to recognize well-known landmarks in an image.

Before you begin

1. If you have not already added Firebase to your app, do so by following the steps in the getting started guide.
2. Include the ML Kit libraries in your Podfile:

   pod 'Firebase/MLVision', '6.25.0'
   

   After you install or update your project's Pods, be sure to open your Xcode project using its .xcworkspace.
3. In your app, import Firebase:

   Swift

   import Firebase

   Objective-C

   @import Firebase;

4. If you have not already enabled Cloud-based APIs for your project, do so now:

   1. Open the ML Kit APIs page of the Firebase console.

   2. If you have not already upgraded your project to a Blaze pricing plan, click Upgrade to do so. (You will be prompted to upgrade only if your project isn't on the Blaze plan.)

      Only Blaze-level projects can use Cloud-based APIs.

   3. If Cloud-based APIs aren't already enabled, click Enable Cloud-based APIs.

Configure the landmark detector

By default, the Cloud detector uses the stable version of the model and returns up to 10 results. If you want to change either of these settings, specify them with a VisionCloudDetectorOptions object as in the following example:

let options = VisionCloudDetectorOptions()
options.modelType = .latest
options.maxResults = 20

  FIRVisionCloudDetectorOptions *options =
      [[FIRVisionCloudDetectorOptions alloc] init];
  options.modelType = FIRVisionCloudModelTypeLatest;
  options.maxResults = 20;
  

In the next step, pass the VisionCloudDetectorOptions object when you create the Cloud detector object.

Run the landmark detector

1. Get an instance of VisionCloudLandmarkDetector:

   Swift

   lazy var vision = Vision.vision()
   
   let cloudDetector = vision.cloudLandmarkDetector(options: options)
   // Or, to use the default settings:
   // let cloudDetector = vision.cloudLandmarkDetector()

   Objective-C

   FIRVision *vision = [FIRVision vision];
   FIRVisionCloudLandmarkDetector *landmarkDetector = [vision cloudLandmarkDetector];
   // Or, to change the default settings:
   // FIRVisionCloudLandmarkDetector *landmarkDetector =
   //     [vision cloudLandmarkDetectorWithOptions:options];

2. Create a VisionImage object using a UIImage or a CMSampleBufferRef.

   To use a UIImage:

   1. If necessary, rotate the image so that its imageOrientation property is .up.
   2. Create a VisionImage object using the correctly-rotated UIImage. Do not specify any rotation metadata—the default value, .topLeft, must be used.

      Swift

      let image = VisionImage(image: uiImage)

      Objective-C

      FIRVisionImage *image = [[FIRVisionImage alloc] initWithImage:uiImage];

   To use a CMSampleBufferRef:

   1. Create a VisionImageMetadata object that specifies the orientation of the image data contained in the CMSampleBufferRef buffer.

      To get the image orientation:

      Swift

      func imageOrientation(
          deviceOrientation: UIDeviceOrientation,
          cameraPosition: AVCaptureDevice.Position
          ) -> VisionDetectorImageOrientation {
          switch deviceOrientation {
          case .portrait:
              return cameraPosition == .front ? .leftTop : .rightTop
          case .landscapeLeft:
              return cameraPosition == .front ? .bottomLeft : .topLeft
          case .portraitUpsideDown:
              return cameraPosition == .front ? .rightBottom : .leftBottom
          case .landscapeRight:
              return cameraPosition == .front ? .topRight : .bottomRight
          case .faceDown, .faceUp, .unknown:
              return .leftTop
          }
      }

      Objective-C

      - (FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientation)
          imageOrientationFromDeviceOrientation:(UIDeviceOrientation)deviceOrientation
                                 cameraPosition:(AVCaptureDevicePosition)cameraPosition {
        switch (deviceOrientation) {
          case UIDeviceOrientationPortrait:
            if (cameraPosition == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront) {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationLeftTop;
            } else {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationRightTop;
            }
          case UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft:
            if (cameraPosition == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront) {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationBottomLeft;
            } else {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationTopLeft;
            }
          case UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown:
            if (cameraPosition == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront) {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationRightBottom;
            } else {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationLeftBottom;
            }
          case UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight:
            if (cameraPosition == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront) {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationTopRight;
            } else {
              return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationBottomRight;
            }
          default:
            return FIRVisionDetectorImageOrientationTopLeft;
        }
      }

      Then, create the metadata object:

      Swift

      let cameraPosition = AVCaptureDevice.Position.back  // Set to the capture device you used.
      let metadata = VisionImageMetadata()
      metadata.orientation = imageOrientation(
          deviceOrientation: UIDevice.current.orientation,
          cameraPosition: cameraPosition
      )

      Objective-C

      FIRVisionImageMetadata *metadata = [[FIRVisionImageMetadata alloc] init];
      AVCaptureDevicePosition cameraPosition =
          AVCaptureDevicePositionBack;  // Set to the capture device you used.
      metadata.orientation =
          [self imageOrientationFromDeviceOrientation:UIDevice.currentDevice.orientation
                                       cameraPosition:cameraPosition];

   2. Create a VisionImage object using the CMSampleBufferRef object and the rotation metadata:

      Swift

      let image = VisionImage(buffer: sampleBuffer)
      image.metadata = metadata

      Objective-C

      FIRVisionImage *image = [[FIRVisionImage alloc] initWithBuffer:sampleBuffer];
      image.metadata = metadata;

3. Then, pass the image to the detect(in:) method:

   Swift

   cloudDetector.detect(in: visionImage) { landmarks, error in
     guard error == nil, let landmarks = landmarks, !landmarks.isEmpty else {
       // ...
       return
     }
   
     // Recognized landmarks
     // ...
   }

   Objective-C

   [landmarkDetector detectInImage:image
                        completion:^(NSArray<FIRVisionCloudLandmark *> *landmarks,
                                     NSError *error) {
     if (error != nil) {
       return;
     } else if (landmarks != nil) {
       // Got landmarks
     }
   }];

Get information about the recognized landmarks

For example:

for landmark in landmarks {
  let landmarkDesc = landmark.landmark
  let boundingPoly = landmark.frame
  let entityId = landmark.entityId

  // A landmark can have multiple locations: for example, the location the image
  // was taken, and the location of the landmark depicted.
  for location in landmark.locations {
    let latitude = location.latitude
    let longitude = location.longitude
  }

  let confidence = landmark.confidence
}

for (FIRVisionCloudLandmark *landmark in landmarks) {
   NSString *landmarkDesc = landmark.landmark;
   CGRect frame = landmark.frame;
   NSString *entityId = landmark.entityId;

   // A landmark can have multiple locations: for example, the location the image
   // was taken, and the location of the landmark depicted.
   for (FIRVisionLatitudeLongitude *location in landmark.locations) {
     double latitude = [location.latitude doubleValue];
     double longitude = [location.longitude doubleValue];
   }

   float confidence = [landmark.confidence floatValue];
}

Next steps

• Before you deploy to production an app that uses a Cloud API, you should take some additional steps to prevent and mitigate the effect of unauthorized API access.