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Special issue on Geospatial AI to advance the United Nations SDGs

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The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, combined with the surge in geospatial data availability and massive computational power, has unveiled new avenues for addressing real-world challenges from a spatial perspective. Recognizing the transformative potential of this synergy, the ITU launched the GeoAI Discovery webinar series and the GeoAI Challenge in 2022. Now in its second year this challenge stands as a beacon, motivating intellects globally to collaboratively tackle geospatial problems by leveraging the progress of AI/ML, with the ultim​​​​​​ate vision of furthering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) development.​

Building on the ongoing discussions on Geospatial AI (GeoAI) in the ITU Discovery track and the achievements of the GeoAI Challenge's second edition, this special issue aspires to spotlight and amplify the groundbreaking approaches and insights from the challenge. We invite GeoAI Challenge participants and experts from the broad GeoAI community to share their novel solutions, techniques, and visions.

Keyw​​​ords

Artificial Intelligence (AI), geospatial, Machine Learning (ML), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI), geospatial foundation models, geospatial generative AI

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Applications and case studies: Methodologies and techniques Education and society:

​Download the FULL call for papers here​.

Leading Guest Editor

​​​ Maria Antonia Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy  

​Guest Editors

Songnian Li, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
​​​ Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria, South Africa 
​​​ Gordana Jakovljevic​, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina​ 
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