Playing around with K-means clustering and images¶

I wanted to see what kind of machine learning tools can be used on maps (I like maps). My first thought was "I can't go about labeling each pixel on a map or satellite image, that would take forever". My next though was "I should use an unsupervised algorithm". Of course, this a vast field of study (duh!) and there are tons of applications of unsupervised algorithms to imaging. I'm going to try to see if K-means clustering can distinguish features in images. This should be fun, because unlike many other applications of clustering, the results here will be totally visual.

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