UC San Diego News Center, 9/14/2016
An interdisciplinary research team developed a large dataset of 21,030 high-resolution satellite images of India labeled for whether they show built-up areas. The dataset can be used as input to algorithms for detecting urban areas; for example, the team used it to map urbanization in India. This allows scientists and governments to study changes in urbanization and industrialization over time.
[See the full post at: Big Pixel Initiative Develops Remote Sensing Analysis to Help Map Global Urbanization]