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A solar panel dataset of very high resolution satellite imagery to support the Sustainable Development Goals.

ABSTRACT: Effectively supporting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals requires reliable, substantial, and timely data. For solar panel installation monitoring, where accurate reporting is crucial in tracking green energy production and sustainable energy access, official and regulated documentation remains inconsistent. Reports of solar panel installations have been supplemented with object detection models developed and used on openly available aerial imagery, a type of imagery collected by aircraft or drones and limited by cost, extent, and geographic location. We address these limitations by providing a solar panel dataset derived from 31 cm resolution satellite imagery to support rapid and accurate detection at regional and international scales. We also include complementary satellite imagery at 15.5 cm resolution with the aim of further improving solar panel detection accuracy. The dataset of 2,542 annotated solar panels may be used independently to develop detection models uniquely applicable to satellite imagery or in conjunction with existing solar panel aerial imagery datasets to support generalized detection models.

SUBMITTER: Clark CN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10509230 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A solar panel dataset of very high resolution satellite imagery to support the Sustainable Development Goals.

Clark Cecilia N CN Pacifici Fabio F

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Effectively supporting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals requires reliable, substantial, and timely data. For solar panel installation monitoring, where accurate reporting is crucial in tracking green energy production and sustainable energy access, official and regulated documentation remains inconsistent. Reports of solar panel installations have been supplemented with object detection models developed and used on openly available aerial imagery, a type of imagery collected by ...[more]

PMID: 37726296

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A solar panel dataset of very high resolution satellite imagery to support the Sustainable Development Goals.

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A solar panel dataset of very high resolution satellite imagery to support the Sustainable Development Goals.

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