Construction Magazine July 2018 | Page 36

CONSTRUCTION 4.0
and the progress of existing ones respectively by applying the latest artificial intelligence techniques to existing satellite image data . “ The trackers are derived from our analytics platform which applies proprietary artificial intelligence and computer vision techniques to regular satellite imagery ,” says Corentin Guillo , Bird . i ’ s Founder and Chief Executive . “ We ’ ve spent the last couple of years developing and training the Construction Trackers so that they can detect a new construction site over a large area or track the progress of current operational projects . “ The capabilities of the trackers are now mature , in that they can detect the nature of a new construction site – whether it ’ s residential , commercial or infrastructure – or they can identify the construction stage of an existing one , things like planning , foundation , elevation , commissioning and so on .” The products have been extensively tested and developed in
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