Analyzing the Amazon Deforestation with ML and Google Earth – Part 1 | AI FOR GOOD DISCOVERY
0Google Earth Engine combines data catalogue and processing capabilities, allowing the user to access vast amount of geospatial data and apply custom created processing scripts. The focus of the workshop is to apply machine learning algorithms for analyzing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon using earth observation data, in particular multispectral images from ESA Sentinel and NASA Landsat missions. The workshop gives a general introduction to the Google Earth Engine cloud-computing service. Along basic functionalities we demonstrate how to browse and access the petabyte data catalogue. We also introduce the basic JavaScript in order for the user to be able to manipulate and handle data processing at a certain level. Going further into the workshop we will present how to compute indices such as NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and to analyze in a time-series manner. All the showcased steps eventually lead to a preprocessed set of scenes which are further used to apply a machine learning algorithm to quantify forest loss over time. Finally, the resulted products are evaluated against an external dataset.\n\n Speakers:\nMaria Antonia Brovelli, Professor of Geographic Information Systems and Digital Mapping, Politecnico di Milano\nVasil Yordanov, PhD candidate, ‘Vasil Levski’ National Military University\n\n\n Watch the latest #AIforGood videos!\n\n\nExplore more #AIforGood content:\n AI for Good Top Hits\n • Top Hits \n\n AI for Good Webinars\n • AI for Good Webinars \n\n AI for Good Keynotes\n • AI for Good Keynotes \n\n Stay updated and join our weekly AI for Good newsletter:\nhttp://eepurl.com/gI2kJ5\n\n Discover what's next on our programme!\nhttps://aiforgood.itu.int/programme/\n\nCheck out the latest AI for Good news:\nhttps://aiforgood.itu.int/newsroom/\n\nExplore the AI for Good blog:\nhttps://aiforgood.itu.int/ai-for-good-blog/\n\n Connect on our social media:\nWebsite: https://aiforgood.itu.int/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ITU_AIForGood\nLinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/26511907 \nLinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8567748 \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiforgood \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIforGood\n\nWhat is AI for Good?\nThe AI for Good series is the leading action-oriented, global & inclusive United Nations platform on AI. The Summit is organized all year, always online, in Geneva by the ITU with XPRIZE Foundation in partnership with over 35 sister United Nations agencies, Switzerland and ACM. The goal is to identify practical applications of AI and scale those solutions for global impact.\n\nDisclaimer:\nThe views and opinions expressed are those of the panelists and do not reflect the official policy of the ITU.\n\n#AIforGoodDiscovery #AIforEnvironmentalSustainability