Photos in social media reveal socio-cultural value of landscapes
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 13:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Every day, users upload millions of photos on platforms, such as Flickr, Instagram or Facebook. A study now shows that these photos can be used to assess the social importance of certain landscapes. For this purpose, they developed a new image analysis method based on artificial intelligence. The results might be of particular importance for landscape management and presentation.