Poverty from Space : Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery for Estimating Economic Well-Being
Can features extracted from high spatial resolution satellite imagery accurately estimate poverty and economic well-being? This paper investigates this question by extracting object and texture features from satellite images of Sri Lanka, which are...
Main Authors: | Engstrom, Ryan, Hersh, Jonathan, Newhouse, David |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610771513691888412/Poverty-from-space-using-high-resolution-satellite-imagery-for-estimating-economic-well-being http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29075 |
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