Land Cover Mapping

May 17, 2021

Development Seed and Microsoft AI for Earth are launching PEARL, an AI-accelerated platform for fast land cover mapping, for experimental use. PEARL represents a new approach to combining human intelligence and scalable AI for fast, accurate land cover mapping. It…

January 12, 2021

The Hindu Kush Himalayan region, stretching for more than 2,000 miles, is home to the world’s highest mountains. Names like Everest, K2 and Kanchenjunga summon images of snow-capped, icy peaks as far as the eye can see.

January 15, 2020

Until now, AI classifications have been out of reach for most local government stakeholders across both the developed and developing world. Leveraging AI techniques has meant bringing in specialized cooks and hardware, and these barriers mean that the exposure and…

January 10, 2020

Today, different satellite constellations capture an image of every place on Earth at least once a day. These satellite images can help local actors better understand and make decisions based on what is happening on the ground. Whether for infrastructure…

May 23, 2018

When we started AI for Earth, we had one simple but huge ambition – to fundamentally transform the way we, as a society, monitor, model and manage Earth’s natural resources. That transformation will ultimately require collecting and processing exceptionally large…