Productivity & Innovation

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

Amit Khandelwal

30 September 2018

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Notes from the Field

IGC Research on India

Explainers

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.

University of California - San Diego

Amit Khandelwal

Columbia Business School

University of California, San Diego

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