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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Forestry Management by Drone and AI

Our own forestry management efforts could have used this,  along with additional capabilities to detect growth changes,  like tree diameters and height. 

An AI learns to spot tree species, with help from a drone
A consumer-grade drone can take photos of trees from above that are good enough to train a deep-learning algorithm to tell different species apart.  ... "  (In Technology Review)

In Kyoto Japan,  Full technical paper.

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