Jimi Crawford: Another use case that we’ve been working on is simply counting cars. It seems simple. It’s not actually all that simple because the satellite images have relatively low resolution—about a meter or so per pixel. There’s not very many pixels. We’ve been able to train to actually count cars accurately in parking lots,
Using satellite images to predict trends is Orbital’s unique offering. Read on to see how they do it, and where they are finding applications. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you as well as Orbital. Jimi Crawford: I’m originally a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. I spent the first part of my career doing