User:Timothy McC./sandbox

Target article: Satellite imagery

The first thing that strikes me is that there are no citations in the 'uses' section. It links 13 different articles that Satellite Imagery(S.I.) is used for but gives zero evidence for any of them. A simple citation would back up the claim that they use S.I. without making me click the link to another article to find out how S.I. is used for that topic. The most information on the page is about earth observing satellites, which has its own article. Military usage gets two mention in the entire article and neither covers anything of significance. The disadvantages section lists four separate claims without any supporting evidence. It also lists privacy concerns as a only once as a one-off disadvantage; there must be more than that when it comes to S.I. and privacy concerns.The talk section hasn't been updated since 2015, nothing of significance is discussed in it.The references leave a lot to be desired.

Last Citation was retrieved in 2015.

Not one citation from an academic source. Not one reference to the affects of S.I.

Citation 4: Not cited properly. Doesn't include page numbers for the referenced book.

Citation 10: Doesn't work anymore.

I am going to add a few academic sources to the article. The last references were pulled over 3 years ago. One of the links no longer works. I'm going to re-pull some of the sites and articles as well.

[Below section to be added to article]

Imagery Analysis using Artificial Intelligence
Advancements in artificial intelligence have made autonomous, large scale analysis of imagery possible. AI has been taught to process Satellite Imagery with a small degree of error. Studies have used AI to differentiate between different forest types and AI can tell the difference between certain soil and vegetation types. Researchers are using AI to monitor Satellite Imagery for vineyard and grape health as well as having AI estimate wheat harvest size. Projects like SpaceKnow uses AI to conduct case studies in near real-time of deforestation due to wildfires in California and manufacturing activity in China.

As the technology advances, clearer imagery and faster neural networks has allowed for the study of Above Ground Biomass (AGB). This ABG index can describe the size and density of vegetation which scientists use to estimate carbon output and footprints in certain areas. Scientists are eager to apply this data to the study of global warming and climate change. Researchers are developing AI that can monitor refugee movements in war-torn countries, monitor deforestation in the Amazon rain-forest, and show algae blooms in places like the Gulf of Mexico and the Red Sea. Upcoming studies of contaminated surface water and chemical runoff from Fracking are also being planned.

Wenqi's Feedback about the draft
Your additions are interesting and important to the Wiki article on Satellite imagery. Your writing is good and consistent with Wiki writing style. Good job.

Are you going to add a new section in your Wiki article?

Wenqi's Feedback
Good! Tim, you have decided which part of the article you will edit and you have got academic sources. That's great.

Nyja's Feedback
The section that you added is comprehensive and I believe this is useful information being added to the Wikipedia article. I believe that implementing Artificial intelligence is great way to strengthen the article. Grammar usage is perfect throughout your paraphrase edited version of your Wikipedia article. The flow of the article and sentence structure is good. Also your sources are relevant and reliable to Satellite Imagery. Overall this is a very good edit and addition to the Wikipedia article that you will be making adjustments to.