Researchers built three AI models to analyze 2,000TB of maritime satellite imagery and create the first global map of vessel traffic and offshore infrastructure
The Verge Justine Calma
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@davidkroodsma
David Kroodsma
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Using 5 years of Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar, Sentinel-2 optical imagery, and GPS data from vessels, we mapped all large vessel traffic and fixed infrastructure in the coastal waters of the world. Some key findings: [image]
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@davidkroodsma
David Kroodsma
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🚨🚨Our paper on industrial activity at sea, mapped from space, is out today in @nature! 🚨🚨 https://www.nature.com/... This is the foundation of the Open Ocean Project - @GlobalFishWatch's effort to map all human activity at sea: https://globalfishingwatch.org/ ...
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@sdbernard
Steven Bernard
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NEW: About three-quarters of the world's fishing vessels are not publicly tracked according to a study by @GlobalFishWatch. Huge thanks to @davidkroodsma for supplying and explaining the data. Read @SavageSusannah's excellent report https://www.ft.com/... #gistribe #dataviz [vide…
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@jenniferraynor_
Jennifer Raynor
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🚨In our new study in @Nature 🚨 we processed 2 million GB of satellite images to identify fishing vessels, nonfishing vessels and fixed infrastructure across the ocean over 5 years. Remarkably, we find that 75% of the world's industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked. [i…
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@globalfishwatch
@globalfishwatch
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🧵 1/3: We're excited to share more about our leading role in the groundbreaking study published today in @Nature! 🛰️ The novel research provides an unprecedented view of previously unmapped human activity at sea: https://globalfishingwatch.org/ ... [image]