Automatic Detection of Solar Photovoltaic Arrays in High Resolution Aerial Imagery · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1607.06029/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTAutomatic Detection of Solar Photovoltaic Arrays in High Resolution Aerial Imagery — mentioned by solardevhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41095805urn:hackerpapers:mention:1607.06029:41095805Sun, 28 Jul 2024 20:40:41 GMT<p>(Not an expert at any of this, just someone with a bit of amateur experience): Regular graphic design is a more artistic than engineering/scientific discipline. But any digital camera is basically a, err, &quot;image microphone&quot;. You just capture and edit frequencies of light instead of sound. If you get one that shoots RAW (basically any prosumer mirrorless, SLR, or compact would do that, as will many cell phones), you can bypass much of the on-board processing and tinker with it yourself in Lightroom or Photoshop or the manufacturer&#x27;s own software. You set your own exposure levels (gain)…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1607.06029/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CV