Snagging Parking Spaces with Mask R-CNN and Python

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I live in a great city. But like in most cities, finding a parking space here is always frustrating. Spots get snapped up quickly and even if you have a dedicated parking space for yourself, it’s hard for friends to drop by since they can’t find a place to park.

My solution was to point a camera out the window and use deep learning to have my computer text me when a new parking spot opens up:

https://medium.com/@ageitgey/snagging-parking-spaces-with-mask-r-cnn-and-python-955f2231c400

https://github.com/matterport/Mask_RCNN

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