Detecting Urban Blight in DallasBlogEstimated7 min readByLane GoodmanonJul 29, 2024Machine learning can help city planners predict urban blight - a strongly correlated indicator of violence.Fig. 1: A conceptual diagram of the machine learning workflow utilized in this project. Fig. 2: Heat maps of Class Activation Maps (CAM) to understand where the model gives more attention in an image Your browser does not support the video tag.Fig. 3: The explorer in action at the city level, the block, and the parcel unit level TopicsGeospatial Technology & ProductsData & AI/MLSocietyPreviousJupyter for Modern Geospatial Data ScienceNextBehind the Tech: Meet Daniel Wiesmann, Product ManagerWhat we're doing.Latest