{"id":879,"date":"2016-06-14T17:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/?p=879"},"modified":"2016-06-14T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T15:43:14","slug":"terrapattern-visual-search-tool-for-satellite-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lviz.org\/?p=879","title":{"rendered":"Terrapattern: Visual search tool for satellite imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terrapattern<\/a> is an amazing research project originated at the University of Pittsburgh providing a visual search tools for the analysis of satellite imagery. Until now, such tools have only been accessible to intelligence services.<\/p>\n

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Terrapattern: Football pitches in the Berlin case study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The search engine behind Terrapattern is based on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will learn, i.e.g improve, over time. You can for example select a church and then, Terrapattern will show all visually similar objects. For now, Terrapattern is only available for selected case studies, ie. Pittsburgh, San Francisco, New York, Detroit, Miami and Berlin!<\/p>\n

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Apart from the various commercial uses for such a visual search tool, I am excited about the potential for landscape studies. At the tip of a mouse click, Terrapattern will produce a typology of open space forms. You could search for playgrounds, cemetries or specific vegetation patterns! As soon as the tool is available outside of a few selected cities, it could also be used to describe different landscape types, e.g. in landscape character assessment, and make distinct landscape patterns visible.<\/div>\n
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