Productivity & Innovation

Mapping the Urban World: Integrating High-resolution Satellite Imagery and Night Light Data

  • Blog Post Date 30 September, 2018
  • IGC Research on India
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Ran Goldblatt

University of California, San Diego

rgoldblatt@ucsd.edu

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Gordon Hanson

University of California - San Diego

gohanson@ucsd.edu

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Amit Khandelwal

Columbia Business School

ak2796@columbia.edu

This project aims to improve current approaches to chart urban extent across the globe by integrating night light (NTL) data with Landsat 30m resolution satellite images. By applying state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques, this project hopes to produce a comprehensive global mapping of urbanization in close to real time.

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