The View from Above: Applications of Satellite Data in Economics.

The past decade or so has seen a dramatic change in the way that economists can learn by watching our planet from above. A revolution has taken place in remote sensing and allied fields such as computer science, engineering, and geography. Petabytes of satellite imagery have become publicly accessib...

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Published in:	Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 171 - 199
Main Authors:	Donaldson, Dave, Storeygard, Adam
Format:	Article
Published:	American Economic Association Fall2016
Subjects:	Economists Remote-sensing images Artificial satellites Computer science Algorithms Imaging systems
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost