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Local students ask Mill Creek to pilot AI mapping of invasive plants in Mill Creek natural areas
Summary
Two local residents presented a prototype combining Sentinel‑2 satellite imagery, QGIS tools and an AI classifier to map likely patches of Japanese knotweed, Himalayan blackberry and other invasives in Mill Creek and asked the city to collaborate on field verification and volunteer engagement.
Two residents speaking during the audience‑comment portion of the Feb. 3 Mill Creek City Council meeting urged the city to collaborate on a pilot that would use satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to detect invasive vegetation in the Mill Creek urban growth area.
The presenters, identified in the record only as speakers 6 and 8, described a five‑step process that begins with acquiring free Sentinel‑2 imagery, converting images into analytic indicators in QGIS and Orfeo…
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