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Camp Fire shows need for early detection: How tech and artificial intelligence can help
The wildfires ravaging California highlight the importance of early detection, with San Jose State University's Craig Clements saying artificial intelligence is being explored to more rapidly localize fires and predict their propagation and behaviors. Researchers at the University of California, Davis Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing are working with the U.S. Forest Service to improve fire-detection algorithms in the center's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Early Fire Detection System. Their goal is to optimize data processing to help detect ignitions as early as possible. They are using a satellite to perform tests with past images and wildfire-incident reports across many states to help refine the algorithms. Meanwhile, James MacKinnon at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard center has tested a neural network for automatically detecting wildfires using a satellite-based system that captures photos of the Earth and transmits data for use in applications such as weather forecasting.
My opinion on this is that this way of how technology is being used is brilliant and can save many people who live in an area filled with trees. The effect of a small fire in the forests can lead to a big wild fire. Making the whole forest on fire which can lead to the destroying of houses. This technology probably acts like a fire alarm but for a whole forest. But in reality I believe that this technology has to be a drone shape type or like a motion sensor. The whole satellite idea sounds really advanced and good but it may cost a lot of money and many people may purposely cause a wildfire.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/09/wildfire-detection-how-tech-and-artificial-intelligence-are-joining-the-fight/
Camp Fire shows need for early detection: How tech and artificial intelligence can help
The wildfires ravaging California highlight the importance of early detection, with San Jose State University's Craig Clements saying artificial intelligence is being explored to more rapidly localize fires and predict their propagation and behaviors. Researchers at the University of California, Davis Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing are working with the U.S. Forest Service to improve fire-detection algorithms in the center's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Early Fire Detection System. Their goal is to optimize data processing to help detect ignitions as early as possible. They are using a satellite to perform tests with past images and wildfire-incident reports across many states to help refine the algorithms. Meanwhile, James MacKinnon at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard center has tested a neural network for automatically detecting wildfires using a satellite-based system that captures photos of the Earth and transmits data for use in applications such as weather forecasting.
My opinion on this is that this way of how technology is being used is brilliant and can save many people who live in an area filled with trees. The effect of a small fire in the forests can lead to a big wild fire. Making the whole forest on fire which can lead to the destroying of houses. This technology probably acts like a fire alarm but for a whole forest. But in reality I believe that this technology has to be a drone shape type or like a motion sensor. The whole satellite idea sounds really advanced and good but it may cost a lot of money and many people may purposely cause a wildfire.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/09/wildfire-detection-how-tech-and-artificial-intelligence-are-joining-the-fight/
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