Software picks out distinguishing features of cities

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If you were an animator who was instructed to “Make a street that looks like it’s in Paris,” chances are you might not know what to do. Sure, you could occasionally put the Eiffel Tower in the background, but you couldn’t do that for every shot. If you were using a new data-mining system developed by Carnegie Mellon University and INRIA/École Normale Superiéure in Paris, however, it would show you what you should include. The software automatically looks through photos taken in various cities, and identifies the recurring visual features unique to each place... Continue Reading Software picks out distinguishing features of cities

Section: Good Thinking

Tags: Architecture, Carnegie Mellon, City, Data analysis, Mapping

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