Since COVID-19 can be transmitted through proximity to affected individuals, public health workers have identified contact tracing as an essential tool to flatten the...

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What's the impact of covid19 on Barcelona retail? At Eixos Economic Observatory we’ve used our fieldwork data to shed light on the current covid19 lockdown...

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Facebook bolsters COVID-19 fight with new Disease Prevention Maps

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Accurate data is one of the most fundamental tools in any public safety agency’s arsenal against COVID-19. And who better to provide health experts...

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Using Location Data To Tackle The Coronavirus Pandemic

Muthukumar Kumar - March 30, 2020 1

With over a third of the world's population in some form of lockdown and more than half a million people infected by Coronavirus, Governments...

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Why Descartes Labs is convinced it can make geospatial AI your core business competency

Ishveena Singh - February 6, 2020 0

As a spatial analytics firm that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect objects and patterns hidden inside petabytes of remotely sensed data,...

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What can SIM cards tell us about the tourism industry?

Martin Brezina - April 17, 2019 2

A lot, as it turns out. Most of us have our phones in our pockets (or hands) most of the time. When we walk, when...

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Here’s why 2019 is poised to be an exciting year for Geospatial analytics

James Crawford - January 14, 2019 1

In the last five years, we’ve witnessed many incredible advances in the geospatial analytics industry. With the ability to launch dozens of small satellites...

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Meet Orbital Insight – the Geospatial AI startup that provides answers on demand!

Muthukumar Kumar - October 28, 2018 0

Remember that scene in the TV show Billions where the protagonist, Bobby Alexrod explains how all the big (hedge) funds are using satellite images...

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Taxis in Japan turn to AI to take on ridesharing services

Ishveena Singh - April 27, 2018 0

Picture this: It is 8 am. You have successfully tackled the morning rush, packed your lunch, and even managed to grab some breakfast. All...

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Monitoring global ship traffic

Stefan Mühlbauer - April 23, 2017 0

Since ever oceans have been important for people as a means of transport. The containerization counts as greatest transportation revolution in the 20th century...

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Uber launched a new service that could help cities master their traffic

Wiktor Kostrzewski - January 15, 2017 1

Traffic and transportation planning is a tricky business. Local governments have been struggling for years to make good, data-driven decisions to transform cities into...

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Planet & Orbital Insight: Satellite Imagery & Machine Learning In the Financial Markets

Muthukumar Kumar - August 21, 2016 0

A few years ago when startups like Planet Labs (now Planet), Skybox Imaging (now Terra Bella) started their ambitious efforts to monitor the planet with...

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