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Illustration of RGB tile and RGB + Elevation tiles being transferred.

Transfer Learning from RGB to Multi-band Imagery

By Adeel Hassan on August 30th, 2019

We used transfer learning to teach a model to take advantage of multi-band imagery without discarding the original RGB pre-training. This resulted in significant performance improvement.

Software Engineering

The Power of Types in Idris

By Peter Caisse on March 11th, 2019

Idris is a pure, statically-typed functional language with a powerful type system. Let's explore writing code in Idris using type-driven development and interactive editing.

Software Engineering

Introducing TileJSON.io, A Fast and Easy Way to View and Share Raster Tiles

By Shreshth Khilani on March 4th, 2019

TileJSON.io is an open source project by Azavea. It is an easy way to view and share raster tile sets using slippy map endpoints.

Azavea R&D team members gathered around a laptop

Company

Six Ways Azavea Funds Innovation

By Robert Cheetham on December 3rd, 2018

Without outside funding and given our commitment to openly sharing our knowledge, people often ask: How do you fund your innovation? We outline 6 main ways.

Software Engineering

How to Convert Geodatabase Spatial Data and Related Tables to Vector Tiles

By Dan Ford on August 28th, 2018

Use this open source data processing pipeline to convert geodatabase files to vector tiles for use in a web application.

Tool for Conservation: Discovering Protected Habitat for Every Property in New Jersey

Software Engineering

Exploring Protected Wildlife Habitat for Every Property in New Jersey

By Dan Ford on August 27th, 2018

This Azavea 10% Time project defines a process for converting big data files to vector tiles and allows a user to identify habitat areas in need of protection.