CASE STUDY Each day across the globe, millions of vehicles and individuals are in transit. Crowds form and disperse. Trucks block traffic to make deliveries. Workers search for parking spots. Major and minor accidents occur. Increasingly, data about this seemingly endless movement can be captured for analysis to improve the security and safety of citizens. As the City of Turku, Finland, is finding out, one innovative way of gaining such insight is advanced video analytics, which combines computer vision, machine learning and real-time analysis to interpret video content. Digitalization and analytics underpin the smart city Founded in 1229, Finland’s oldest city, Turku, also is a city of the future pursuing strategic goals as part of its top initiative: Smart and Wise Turku. Focused o

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