analytics – Simularity

Can AI and Satellite Imagery Detect the End of Covid-19?

Simularity — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:38:29 +0000

Many states in the US are under “shelter in place” guidelines and as a result, most businesses are closed. The most talked about economic topic on most financial networks is will we see a V, U or L shape recovery when the shelter in place guidelines are lifted? No clear consensus has emerged yet because …

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SAR Change Detection Detects Iraqi Camp Construction in 13 Seconds

Simularity — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:50:35 +0000

The challenges in using satellite and drone imagery to detect unusual changes (using historical imagery) include: The frequency (cadence) of the images can be too infrequent Dependency on daytime images relatively free of cloud cover For more regular and consistent monitoring of areas around the world, a better solution would be to use more frequent …

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Pixel-level Coregistration Algorithm Now Available

Simularity — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:18:47 +0000

Co-Registration Now Available – At Pixel Level Change detection algorithms are quite noisy, because they detect ALL the changes between 2 images. When imagery is not aligned, the results of change detection can be much worse, and can even result in unusable output as the two input images are no longer able to relate to …

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Watershed for 18 Million People Under Attack: Using AI To Amplify Environmental Threat Detection

Simularity — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:31:52 +0000

Almost 18 million people rely on the Angat-Umiray-Ipo Watershed, which supplies 98% of the water that goes to Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the WWF, from June to August of 2018, a series of typhoon events led to the disruption of water services and subsequent shortages throughout much of Metro Manila caused by deforestation in …

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Revealed: AI Uncovers Residential Construction Detection

Simularity — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:51:04 +0000

A Melbourne man faced an expensive dilemma when he purchased a home that he later discovered contained illegal additions. This sad but fascinating story was published in the ABC’s News in September 2018, as the screenshot from the story shows below. Illegal construction is a massive and expensive problem worldwide. At Simularity, we were curious …

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Satellite Image Analysis Is Expanding: 3 Indicators

Simularity — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 22:00:31 +0000

Analysis of satellite images is nothing new. Governments have used it to monitor other countries for decades. Hedge funds started to innovate by using satellite imagery to count cars in company parking lots to predict sales 15 years ago. But until recently, from a technology perspective, limited imagery, and the highly manual process of image …

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North Korea Nuclear Activity Confirmed

Simularity — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 23:06:21 +0000

An excellent article regarding the activity at the North Korean Yongbyon nuclear complex, was published March 27, 2018 by the New York Times. The key point of the article was that through detailed and painstaking analysis of satellite imagery over the area, the analysts conclude that the North Koreans have built and begun operations of a …

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Wanted: 8 Million Image Analysts

Simularity — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:13:07 +0000

The challenge with the explosive growth of satellite and drone image data, is that there just aren’t enough analysts to scrutinize the images to find what they’re looking for. In fact this recent quote from NGA Director Robert Cardillo said, “If we attempted to manually exploit the expected satellite imagery that we will receive over …

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Satellite Image Anomaly Detection for Defense and Security (Pics)

Simularity — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:06:12 +0000

We’ve been busy running our Automated Image Anomaly Detection System (AI-ADS) on imagery where we think there might be interesting discoveries. Here’s some examples of defense/security related anomalies which our AI has recently revealed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and also near the Oman/Yemen border: Patriot Missiles on standby near RUH (Riyadh International Airport) – an installation …

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