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Decoding urban landscapes: Google street view and measurement sensitivity
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2021 Abstract While Google Street View (GSV) has been increasingly available for large-scale examinations of urban landscapes, little is known about how to use this promising data source more cautiously and effectively. Using data for Santa Ana, California, as an example, this study provides an empirical assessment of the sensitivity of GSV-based ...
Jae Hong Kim, Sugie Lee, John R Hipp
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Extreme heat exposure has severe negative impacts on humans, and the issue is exacerbated by climate change. Estimating spatial heat stress such as mean radiant temperature (MRT) is currently difficult to apply at city scale.
Eun-Sub Kim +4 more
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Metric Localization using Google Street View [PDF]
2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 Accurate metrical localization is one of the central challenges in mobile robotics. Many existing methods aim at localizing after building a map with the robot.
Agarwal, Pratik +2 more
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Assessing species habitat using Google Street View: a case study of cliff-nesting vultures. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The assessment of a species' habitat is a crucial issue in ecology and conservation. While the collection of habitat data has been boosted by the availability of remote sensing technologies, certain habitat types have yet to be collected through costly ...
Pedro P Olea, Patricia Mateo-Tomás
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FEATURE POSITIONING ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW PANORAMAS [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012 Location-based services (LBS) on web-based maps and images have come into real-time since Google launched its Street View imaging services in 2007.
V. J. D. Tsai, C.-T. Chang
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Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 Unprecedented levels of urbanization have escalated urban environmental health issues, including increased air pollution in cities globally. Strategies for mitigating air pollution, including green urban planning, are essential for sustainable and ...
Anna C O'Regan +2 more
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Using Deep Learning and Google Street View to Estimate the Demographic Makeup of the US [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017 The United States spends more than $1B each year on initiatives such as the American Community Survey (ACS), a labor-intensive door-to-door study that measures statistics relating to race, gender, education, occupation, unemployment, and other ...
Aiden, Erez Lieberman +6 more
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The potential of Google Street View for studying smokefree signage
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015 In 2004, a revised national law requiring school grounds to become completely smokefree became operational in New Zealand (NZ) – the Smoke-free Environments Act (with amendments). This law covers preschools, primary schools and secondary schools for all times of the day and year, and mandates the use of smokefree signage at these facilities (at or ...
Nick Wilson +2 more
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Alcohol in urban streetscapes: a comparison of the use of Google Street View and on-street observation [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Alcohol-related harm is a major global health issue, and controls on alcohol marketing are one intervention utilized by governments. This study investigated the use of Google Street View (GSV) as a novel research method for collecting alcohol ...
Chris Clews +18 more
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