{"id":589504,"date":"2020-02-18T17:14:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T23:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=589504"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:03:28","slug":"land-cover-mapping","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/land-cover-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Cover Mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/05\/grass.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Close-up photo of grass\" style=\"object-position: 40% 42%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/05\/grass.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/05\/grass-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/05\/grass-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2019\/05\/grass-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 id=\"land-cover-mapping\" class=\"h2\">Land Cover Mapping<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Environmental scientists use satellite and aerial imagery to understand patterns of land use, in particular to understand the impacts of climate change and human population expansion on Earth&#8217;s natural resources. However, distilling imagery into actionable data \u2013 in the form of land cover maps \u2013 currently requires extensive manual annotation. This work uses computer vision to accelerate this process, allowing environmental scientists and geospatial analysts to spend less time drawing polygons and more time on conservation planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/lila.science\/datasets\/chesapeakelandcover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access the benchmark datasets ><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/landcoverdemo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View demo of PEARL Microsoft Planetary Computer Land Cover Mapping platform ><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/developmentseed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the land cover mapping platform built by Development Seed ><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AI for Earth - Land Cover Mapping Demo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9aFUzUlHQVc?feature=oembed&rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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