{"id":75937,"date":"2020-05-07T09:49:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T08:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=75937"},"modified":"2022-09-29T10:06:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T09:06:01","slug":"aerial-photography-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/aerial-photography-buildings\/75937\/","title":{"rendered":"Using aerial photography and AI to classify buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new joint venture between the <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Leicester<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluesky-world.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bluesky International<\/a> will harness aerial photography and AI to develop new geospatial data products<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Project team:<\/strong> Bluesky International, University of Leicester<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completion:<\/strong> Ongoing<\/p>\n<p>The University of Leicester and aerial mapping company Bluesky International are partnering in a joint venture to develop a new portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/accessible-geospatial-data\/57989\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">geospatial data<\/a> products.<\/p>\n<p>Using machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, combined with satellite imagery and aerial survey data, it is hoped the project, which is funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sprint.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space Research &amp; Innovation Network for Technology<\/a> (SPRINT), will improve the analysis of key urban environmental data to automatically recognise building classifications and structure detail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were keen to explore the potential of AI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/digital-twin-increase\/55307\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">machine learning<\/a> for the automatic identification and classification of data for use within the insurance sector,\u201d said James Eddy, technical director of Bluesky International.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, having strong ties with the academic community having worked alongside university and higher education organisations on other projects, we approached the University of Leicester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirected to the School of Mathematics &amp; Actuarial Science, we were introduced to SPRINT. The space-based aspect means we can use mathematical methods to look at data in different forms and, by the end of this project, we hope to develop a technique to extract data and produce it commercially for a range of sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Satellite datasets<\/h3>\n<p>Ivan Tyukin, professor of applied mathematics at the University of Leicester, said: \u201cSatellite data is an extremely valuable resources, and the volume of this data grows very fast. It is hence important to develop methods enabling organisations to utilise this wealth of resources in the most efficient and reliable way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our project, we will employ state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to extract information from available satellite datasets and fuse this extracted information with Bluesky\u2019s own proprietary data to increase Bluesky\u2019s data analysis capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bluesky is an established provider of geospatial data including nationwide coverage of high-resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/aerial-photography-forest\/72036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aerial photography <\/a>and 3D height models. Working alongside academics from the mathematics department, it is hoped this project will leverage the University of Leicester\u2019s deep expertise in object classification systems, as applied to satellite remotely sensed data. Aerial imagery, from visible and infrared sensors, can then be used, in isolation and combination, to deliver a robust, high confidence intelligence service.<\/p>\n<p>The Bluesky\/University of Leicester project will be funded by a grant from the \u00a34.8m SPRINT programme. SPRINT provides unprecedented access to university space expertise and facilities, helping business with the commercial exploitation of space data and technologies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">SPRINT (Space Research &amp; Innovation Network for Technology) is supported by Research England and the Scottish Funding Council. It is being delivered by a consortium of five of the UK\u2019s leading space universities; led by the University of Leicester and including the University of Edinburgh, The Open University, University of South and University of Surrey. A Connecting Capability Fund, SPRINT enables SMEs to access the Higher Education Knowledge base and resources.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Eddy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical director<\/p>\n<p>Bluesky International<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +44 (0)1530 518 518<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@bluesky-world.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info@bluesky-world.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluesky-world.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bluesky-world.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivan Tyukin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor of applied mathematics<\/p>\n<p>University of Leicester<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +44 (0)116 229 7407<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:I.Tyukin@le.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I.Tyukin@le.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.le.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.le.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new joint venture between the University of Leicester and Bluesky International will harness aerial photography and AI to develop new geospatial data products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141293],"tags":[172725,428,59098,464,574,688,904,725],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-digital-construction-news","7":"tag-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-bim","9":"tag-bim-today-june-2020","10":"tag-contributor-profile","11":"tag-data-management","12":"tag-digital-construction","13":"tag-drones","14":"tag-geospatial-mapping"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Using aerial photography and AI to classify buildings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new joint venture between the University of Leicester and Bluesky International will harness aerial photography and AI to develop new geospatial data\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/aerial-photography-buildings\/75937\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using aerial photography and AI to classify buildings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new joint venture between the University of Leicester and Bluesky International will harness aerial photography and AI to develop new geospatial data products\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/aerial-photography-buildings\/75937\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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