1. To our dear readers
It is more than two years since our first monthly newsletter. Thank you for showing interest in our work. This means a lot to us. In order to serve our readers more efficiently we have a request for you. Please write to jurgen.lina@kappazeta.ee and let us know what would make our newsletter more useful and interesting for you. Your feedback is very much appreciated.
Jürgen Lina, business development manager
2. Global KappaMask
Anyone who has ever worked with optical satellite imagery knows that clouds can be quite unpleasant, significantly decreasing the usability of the data. Previously, KappaZeta addressed the problem by developing KappaMask, an AI-based cloud and cloud shadow masking processor, for terrestrial North European summer conditions. Its accurate performance motivated us to extend it to global conditions.
A year later, we are happy to announce that KappaMask v2 is finally out! Now, KappaMask v2 can detect clouds all over the globe in any season. It was trained on KappaSet, a large and diverse cloud and cloud shadow dataset developed with the help of active learning. We believe KappaSet will benefit the research community and boost cloud masking development. KappaSet is available here: https://zenodo.org/record/7100327
KappaMask v2 is free and can be found here: https://github.com/kappazeta/km_predict
Feel free to try it yourself and let us know about your experience!
Tetiana Shtym, machine learning engineer
