ONS is seeking to increase the role of administrative and other evolving data sources to assess how they could be used to improve the production of official statistics. Earth Observation (EO) data includes satellite and aerial imagery and are emerging sources of data relevant to several areas of official statistics.
An article published today describes a small pilot project using freely available aerial images of UK addresses to assess the ability of machine learning techniques to detect residential features of interest, such as caravans and clusters of similar housing. This rich source of information has broad potential to provide geo-spatial intelligence that might improve the information ONS holds about addresses. This information is essential for carrying out surveys and the census. As well as providing experience in handling and analysing satellite imagery data, the pilot assessed the feasibility of using these freely available data to enhance intelligence on addresses currently available to ONS.
The full methodology article is available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/methodologicalpublications/generalmethodology
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