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AlphaEarth Foundations helps map our planet in unprecedented detail

New AI model integrates petabytes of Earth observation data to generate a unified data representation that revolutionizes global mapping and monitoring

arXiv AI
Jun 11

AI4Land: Scalable Deep Learning for Global High-Resolution Land Use Reconstruction

arXiv:2606. 11793v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Uncertainty in the terrestrial carbon cycle remains a major constraint in climate projections, partly driven by the uncertainties affecting the land surface representation and variability in Earth system models.

By Amirpasha Mozaffari, Marina Casta\~no, Stefano Materia, Etienne Tourigny, Oscar Molina-Sedano, Jordi Varela-Agrelo, Dario Garcia-Gasulla, Miguel Castrillo Melguizo, Mario Acosta, Amanda Duarte
arXiv AI
Jun 12

Scalable Deep Learning Framework for Global High-Resolution Land Use Reconstruction

arXiv:2606. 11793v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Uncertainty in the terrestrial carbon cycle remains a major constraint in climate projections, partly driven by the uncertainties affecting the land surface representation and variability in Earth system models.

By Amirpasha Mozaffari, Marina Casta\~no, Stefano Materia, Etienne Tourigny, Oscar Molina-Sedano, Jordi Varela-Agrelo, Dario Garcia-Gasulla, Miguel Castrillo Melguizo, Mario Acosta, Amanda Duarte
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

From Machine Learning to Large-Scale EO Products: Best Practices for Making Maps

arXiv:2607. 24532v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent years have seen a rapid expansion in the production of large-scale geospatial maps derived from Earth observation (EO) data, driven largely by advances in machine learning (ML) and large computing infrastructure.

By Ghjulia Sialelli, Robin Young, Yuchang Jiang, Cesar Aybar, Linus Scheibenreif, Damien Robert, Clemens Mosig, Adam J. Stewart, Jan D. Wegner, Aleksis Pirinen, Olof Mogren, Konrad Schindler
arXiv AI
Jun 15

Position: AI Must Become Planet-Centered, Not Just Human-Centered

arXiv:2606. 13704v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This position paper argues that contemporary AI paradigms are insufficient for supporting complex global goals and introduces Planet-Centered AI (PCAI) as a design philosophy and research agenda that reorients AI toward planetary-scale socio-ecological systems and their long-term trajectories.

By Maria Perez-Ortiz
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Fields of the Planet: Field Boundary Mapping Beyond 10m

arXiv:2607. 04449v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Field-boundary maps support crop monitoring, irrigation planning, and yield estimation, but many smallholder parcels span only a few 10 m Sentinel-2 pixels.

By Isaac Corley, Caleb Robinson, Jennifer Marcus, Hannah Kerner