Advancing unpaved road assessment in africa: Leveraging multimodal machine learning and large language-and-vision assistants across satellite imagery resolutions

Zhao Wang, Chunlei Xin, Robin Workman, Hang Hu, Xinyuan Yu, Yuxin Tian, Robin Lovelace, Jiupeng Zhang, and Haibo Chen (2026). Advancing unpaved road assessment in africa: Leveraging multimodal machine learning and large language-and-vision assistants across satellite imagery resolutions. Journal of Transport Geography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104525
Authors

Zhao Wang

Chunlei Xin

Robin Workman

Hang Hu

Xinyuan Yu

Yuxin Tian

Robin Lovelace

Jiupeng Zhang

Haibo Chen

Published

January 1, 2026

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Type: Journal Article Venue: Journal of Transport Geography Year: 2026

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Zhao Wang, Chunlei Xin, Robin Workman, Hang Hu, Xinyuan Yu, Yuxin Tian, Robin Lovelace, Jiupeng Zhang, and Haibo Chen (2026). Advancing unpaved road assessment in africa: Leveraging multimodal machine learning and large language-and-vision assistants across satellite imagery resolutions. Journal of Transport Geography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104525

BibTeX

@article{wang_unpaved_2026,
 author = {Wang, Zhao and Xin, Chunlei and Workman, Robin and Hu, Hang and Yu, Xinyuan and Tian, Yuxin and Lovelace, Robin and Zhang, Jiupeng and Chen, Haibo},
 year = {2026},
 doi = {10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104525},
 issn = {0966-6923},
 journal = {Journal of Transport Geography},
 language = {english},
 pages = {104525},
 title = {Advancing unpaved road assessment in Africa: Leveraging multimodal machine learning and large language-and-vision assistants across satellite imagery resolutions},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104525},
 volume = {131}
}

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