Technology Magazine October 2020 | Page 67

implemented a unique solution that uses the Microsoft Azure Cloud and artificial intelligence to gain insights about our planet . Based on Bing Maps imagery data , a deep learning neural network segments and classifies buildings , vegetation and roads globally . A patented approach is used to reconstruct detected building attributes in highly detailed 3D .”
Stefan Habenschuss . Head of the Machine Learning Group , added : “ Over the course of the last three years we ’ ve reconstructed approximately 1.5 billion buildings and detected over 30 million square kilometers of vegetation . This just proves the scalability and performance of the technology we used . Artificial intelligence is filling in the gaps from limited input data , achieving stunning results that indeed make the player feel like they ’ re flying over the real world . While building footprints , height type and rooftops are
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