Research project aims to build geospatial artificial intelligence for landform detection

Earth is enormous, and while humans have done a decent job of being able to map out the boundaries of countries and states, the roads in our cities and the location of geological sightseeing destinations, there remains a lot of the world that isn't precisely figured out. But a new project from Wenwen Li, associate professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, aims to learn more about our world and its varying terrain by applying artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence, or AI, has already made an indelible impact in daily life. From knowing our commutes or being able to suggest new shoes, what we divulge about ourselves and our habits has created a framework of information as it reveals hidden patterns in how we conduct our lives. The same can be true for our natural world as AI can help to reveal the patterns we haven't yet discovered.