Aakash Gupta

Conf42: Python 2021

Using Open Earth Observations for measuring economic indicators

Economists generally struggle to quantify the impact of policies at the ground level. We illustrate how open Earth Observation data (or satellite imagery) can be used to measure economic activity. The alarming speed with which the COVID19 global pandemic spread across the world and the subsequent quarantine & work-from-home (WFH) measures initiated by various governments has created an...