Analyzing Satellite Imagery for Change Detection
CNN’s recent article on changes in the West Bank highlighted RAIC’s cutting-edge ability to detect changes in geospatial data.
CNN reporters compared Planet Satellite imagery of the West Bank captured at two different times: October, 2023 and September, 2024.
Rather than manually combing through the data to spot differences like new road construction or new structures, CNN used RAIC Labs’ proprietary AI to rapidly compare the images.
RAIC Labs' AI Identifies Key Changes
RAIC quickly spotted changes at 49 locations.
In the article, which you can read in full here, reporters Allegra Goodwin, Nada Bashir, and Gianluca Mezzofiore wrote:
"RAIC Labs used its AI-powered platform to analyze and compare satellite imagery of the West Bank captured by Planet Labs in October 2023 and September 2024, identifying changes in the 49 outposts such as newly constructed structures, recently cleared areas, and emerging roads, which were manually verified by CNN.”
RAIC Labs Streamlines CNN's Workflow
RAIC eliminated the most tedious aspect of CNN’s workflow on this story, by rapidly carrying out the initial search and detecting changes. RAIC pointed CNN’s news team in the right direction of potential changes, meaning they just had to verify the insights already summarized in the Planet data.
A Scalable Solution for Geospatial Analysis
While CNN/Planet provided all the imagery, RAIC provided the fast and accurate analysis. The process is easy to replicate across any large data set of geospatial imagery.