The advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery are enabling ESIA practitioners to collate information, and evaluate trends far easier than ever before. Integrating remotely sensed information and collecting field data using ESRIs new field collection tools, is expanding our ability to collect extensive environmental and social data. Enabling us to analyse this data using cloud analytics, making us significantly more efficient. Allowing us more time in the field collecting quality data.

Examples of AI and the advances in satellite imagery includes:

Air pollution tracking of every power station in the world

Evaluating trends in development (Lusaka South MFEZ and Lusaka Forest Reserve)