cassini_2021_nature_discoverer

A repo for work completed during the June 18-20, 2021 CASSINI Hackathon sponsored by the ESA. Link to brief presentation.

Example

Valais Canton geotiff colorized - Sentinel 2

Valais Canton geotiff - Areas of Interest Overlaid - Sentinel 2

• Areas of interest are highlighted in red vs. the green/yellow/blue colormap for "normal" terrain

Overview

What if traveling to new places could be reliably engaging and rewarding?

Idea is to use visual (RGB layers) for remote sensing / identification of outdoor recreation areas and points of interest. A neural network model (finalization TBD) would suggest potential "new" areas, and users would be engaged / shown these recommendations through an app that tailors recs to user interests. Users would also be further engaged through AR experiences on the app.

Main Features

1. Recommend potential outdoor recreation locations (remote sensing with Sentinel-2)
2. Keep customers engaged with the outdoors (AR experience)

Value proposition:

1. Cantons or other government entities looking to increase tourism
2. Outdoor recreation outfitters / magazines: sell as a service

Data Sources

• Sentinel-2 geospatial data (can be accessed here
• Points of interest exported and overlaid from OpenStreetMap via HOT Export Tool
• Lat/Long of climbing areas from TheCrag
• geojson for custom shape drawing / adding

TODO / Roadmap

1. generate full dataset with overlaid areas of interest (matplotlib savefigure issue)
2. reformat training data to text labels, select model (CNN or YOLOv5, or other)
3. select and train model
4. Augment results in app with SwissTOPO data
5. Polish AR experience