HUGSI 2019 - Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index

An exploration of Durban, South Africa. 2019 winner of the HUSGI Greenest city award. HUGSI stands for Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index. The ambition is to help safeguard and improve maintenance of green spaces in urban areas. By applying computer vision and deep learning techniques on satellite images, HUGSI unveils insights about the size, proportion, distribution, and health of green space in urban areas.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - 2019 GREENEST CITY ON EARTH

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CLIENT : HUSQVARNA GROUP

DIRECTOR : MARK EDWARDS

DRONE : LUKE PALLETT

LOCATION SOUND : STEVE JONES

EDIT : MARK EDWARDS

PRODUCER : TATUM HAMILTON

HUGSI stands for Husqvarna Urban Green Space Index — a digital innovation initiative developed by Husqvarna in collaboration with Overstory. The ambition is to help safeguard and improve maintenance of green spaces in urban areas. By applying computer vision and deep learning techniques on satellite images, HUGSI unveils insights about the size, proportion, distribution, and health of green space in urban areas.

Satellite image data is acquired from the Copernicus project, and it has been modified in order to establish this report. For the avoidance of doubt, it should be clarified that HUGSI is not officially endorsed or affiliated with any European Union institution

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