First Automated Mass Crowd Count

Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 11:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Computers have scanned aerial photographs and conducted the first automated mass-crowd count in the world, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Central Florida. Counting large-scale crowds has been a long, tedious process involving people examining aerial photographs one at a time - and it has been termed accurate, with organizers often claiming results 1000% greater than police and journalists. They are able to make claims and stick to them because the traditional method involves dividing photographs into sections and counting the number of heads per inch.  read more

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