PeakLens, the app developed by the Politecnico di Milano which uses augmented reality to recognise mountains, has won Huawei’s international “HMS App Innovation” contest.
You need only hold the profile of a single mountain or mountain range in frame through your camera, and the app will show you the characteristics of the visible peaks: everything from name to height, and even distance from the observer. PeakLens uses a sophisticated algorithm to analyse images based on artificial intelligence.
The app, which is both free of charge and ad-free, encourages mountain lovers to actively contribute to enhancing Open Street Map. Released in 2017, it has already been downloaded a total of over 800,000 times.
https://www.polimi.it/en/news-details/article/10/in-alta-quota-con-peaklens-lapp-per-riconoscere-le-montagne-9111/
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