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www.digitalglobe.com Corporate (U.S.) +1.303.684.4561 or +1.800.496.1225 | London +44.20.8899.6801 | Singapore +65.6389.4851 DATA SHEET INFORMATION PRODUCTS Features & benefits Human insight Effective imagery analysis relies on the unmatched perception and intuition of the human brain. We excel at identifying events that look “interesting,” objects that are “new,” or that seem “important.” Tapping into a massive human network is the best and most reliable method for understanding what imagery tells us about the world. The wisdom of the crowd Everyone makes mistakes. But when consensus emerges between tens or hundreds of individuals, all pinpointing the same feature in imagery, we extract true insight from crowdsourcing. DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing gathers inputs from a crowd of, independent humans and identifies the locations of maximum agreement. Our CrowdRank™ algorithm figures out the reliability of each person in the crowd and statistically determines the most relevant locations. Scale and speed Exploiting satellite imagery with human analysts is an expert process that takes time. By applying hundreds or thousands of people to the problem, DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing increases the scale and speed of analysis immensely, while still retaining the accuracy of human insight. Now it is possible to analyze 100,000 square kilometers of imagery in a single daya task that might take a single analyst weeks. DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing RAPID, RELIABLE, HUMAN INSIGHT FROM TRILLIONS OF PIXELS. DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation collects millions of square kilometers of earth imagery every day, gathering amazing high-resolution data about our planet. To gain actionable insight about important locations, objects, and events across the globe, our crowdsourcing platform taps into an online network of thousands of imagery analysts. Using an intuitive web interface and advanced geospatial consensus algorithms, the DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing platform transforms pixels into answers. Our human network is the most reliable method for gaining insight regarding events on the ground

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Page 1: DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing - Amazon Web Services · 2015-07-31 · DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing increases the scale and speed of analysis immensely, while still retaining the accuracy

www.digitalglobe.com Corporate (U.S.) +1.303.684.4561 or +1.800.496.1225 | London +44.20.8899.6801 | Singapore +65.6389.4851

DATA SHEE T

I N F O R M AT I O N P R O D U C T S

Features & benefitsHuman insightEffective imagery analysis relies on the unmatched perception and intuition of

the human brain. We excel at identifying events that look “interesting,” objects

that are “new,” or that seem “important.” Tapping into a massive human network

is the best and most reliable method for understanding what imagery tells us

about the world.

The wisdom of the crowdEveryone makes mistakes. But when consensus emerges between tens or

hundreds of individuals, all pinpointing the same feature in imagery, we extract

true insight from crowdsourcing. DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing gathers inputs

from a crowd of, independent humans and identifies the locations of maximum

agreement. Our CrowdRank™ algorithm figures out the reliability of each person

in the crowd and statistically determines the most relevant locations.

Scale and speedExploiting satellite imagery with human analysts is an expert process that

takes time. By applying hundreds or thousands of people to the problem,

DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing increases the scale and speed of analysis

immensely, while still retaining the accuracy of human insight. Now it is

possible to analyze 100,000 square kilometers of imagery in a single day—a

task that might take a single analyst weeks.

DigitalGlobe CrowdsourcingR A PID, R EL IA BL E, HUM A N INSIGH T F R OM T RIL L IONS OF P IX EL S.

DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation collects millions of square kilometers of earth imagery every day, gathering amazing high-resolution data about our planet. To gain actionable insight about important locations, objects, and events across the globe, our crowdsourcing platform taps into an online network of thousands of imagery analysts. Using an intuitive web interface and advanced geospatial consensus algorithms, the DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing platform transforms pixels into answers.

Our human network is the most reliable method for

gaining insight regarding events on the ground

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www.digitalglobe.com Corporate (U.S.) +1.303.684.4561 or +1.800.496.1225 | London +44.20.8899.6801 | Singapore +65.6389.4851

DATA SHEE T

I N F O R M AT I O N P R O D U C T S » DIGITALGLOBE C R O W D S O U R C I N G

DS-CROWD 03/14

Custom insightDigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing is flexible to extract custom features from imagery.

Examples include:

» Buildings: homes, commercial, construction sites, religious sites, facilities, damaged buildings

» Infrastructure: roads, trails, bridges, parking lots, ports

» Objects: vehicles, crowds, vegetation, crops, debris

» Events: fires, floods, protests, change detection

Crowdsourced insight provides analytics-ready information layers and powers

customer solutions in verticals including:

» Humanitarian assistance & disaster response

» Insurance & reinsurance

» Defense & homeland security

» Oil & gas exploration

» Infrastructure & supply chain monitoring

Case studyHaiyan typhoonIn November 2013, devastation hit the Philippines when Super Typhoon Haiyan

made landfall, becoming the strongest typhoon ever recorded in terms of wind

speed. DigitalGlobe satellites immediately began to document the devastation,

capturing over 100,000 sq km of imagery. DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing used

this real-time imagery to map thousands of affected locations and rapidly

assess the damage. Within minutes of getting access to imagery, DigitalGlobe

Crowdsourcing was providing support to first responders, humanitarian groups,

and reconstruction efforts.

Learn more at: https://www.digitalglobe.com/super-typhoon-haiyan

Delivery methods

» Web Feature Service: WFS

» Shape files

» KMLs

» Spreadsheet

» Custom analytics reports

» GeoJSON

TACLOBAN BEFORE TACLOBAN AFTER

Typhoon Haiyan crowdsourced support statistics

408,710 Tags

39,116 Damaged Large Building

104,039 Damaged Residence

177,454 Major Destruction!

4,664Individual Taggers