Service: Vegetation detection Friesland - Remote sensing and image recognition to interpret satellite images

The province of Friesland is using remote sensing and image recognition to interpret satellite images. Using AI, the province can gain insights as to the current state of vegetation on the Dutch Waddeneilanden (Frisian Islands). Up until this project was started, this vegetation registration was done once very 6 or 12 years by inspectors who would go to the islands. However, this process was both too labor intensive and at large intervals. So now AI interprets satellite images, and hard-to-judge areas are reviewed manually by inspectors. An additional benefit is that many of the vegetation is very sensitive to nitrogen. This means that keeping an accurate eye on the island vegetation also helps draw up accurate nitrogen models.