What is it about?
This study explores how advanced technologies like AI and satellite imaging are used to detect roads. Accurate road mapping helps with city planning, disaster response, and building smart cities. The review highlights new methods that improve how we find roads using data from satellites, aerial photos, and LiDAR.
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Why is it important?
This work provides a timely review of modern road extraction techniques using satellite imagery and AI, which are essential for the growing needs of smart cities, disaster response, and autonomous transport. By highlighting recent advances in deep learning and remote sensing, this study helps guide future research and real-world applications that rely on accurate, automated road mapping. It also emphasizes the importance of integrating multiple data sources to improve precision and reliability in geospatial intelligence.
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Enjoyed working on this publication because it connects AI and geospatial tools to real-world challenges. I hope it encourages more research into using technology for smarter, safer, and more efficient cities.
Harshavardhini Kyatam
Gokaraju Rangaraju Educational Society
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This page is a summary of: Geospatial intelligence for road extraction, January 2025, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0261234.
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