Azavea Blog - Geospatial and Software Development Topics

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Connecting Data and People with the Open Apparel Registry

By Deb Boyer on August 7th, 2019

Since its launch on March 28, the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) has grown to include over 18,300 facilities in 92 countries. We’ve already heard of a few fascinating use cases where data from the OAR contributed to decision making by brands and facilities.

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Software Engineering

Using Noisy Labels to Train Deep Learning Models on Satellite Imagery

By Lewis Fishgold on August 5th, 2019

How do noisy labels affect the accuracy of a deep learning model? We added different amounts of noise to the SpaceNet Vegas buildings dataset and trained some models to find out.

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Software Engineering

Lies, Damned Lies, and Accuracy Metrics

By Joe Morrison on July 31st, 2019

How accurate of a machine learning model can you make? It depends on how we decide to define "accurate".

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Spatial Analysis

Exploring the Urban-Rural Divide through Politicians’ Social Media

By Luke McKinstry on July 23rd, 2019

In this blog we look at how urban-rural differences play out in the way elected officials adopt social media and hope to shed light on this supposed wedge in a divided country.

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Company

The Scooters Are Coming: let’s require data this time

By Robert Cheetham on July 10th, 2019

Open data and open standards can play a central role in providing safe, equitable, and efficient transportation for everyone. The scooters are coming. We should demand data this time.

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Software Engineering

Introducing WMS and WCS Support for GeoTrellis and Raster Foundry

By Nathan Zimmerman on July 3rd, 2019

Raster Foundry and GeoTrellis now support WMS and WCS standards, enabling streamlined workflows that utilize multiple data sources.