EMBED2Social

Embeddings for the rest of us

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This workshop is part of the project Embedding embeddings across social research and policy (EMBED2Social). The aim of EMBED2Social is to accelerate and widen the adoption of image embedding technology in applied contexts, in order to unlock the potential of satellite data for research, policy, and decision-making.

This is a hands-on workshop introducing satellite (geo-)embeddings and their practical applications, co-organised by Imago and MHCLG. The workshop focuses on how satellite embeddings can be used in real-world tasks such as semantic search, unsupervised learning, and predictive modelling, with live coding sessions in Python.

Workshop Details

Date: Tuesday 27th January 2026
Time: 10:00 – 16:30
Location:
2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
Room FG46

Key highlights include:

  • What geo-embeddings are and why they matter
  • How to work with embeddings in practical, real-world scenarios
  • Techniques for semantic search and predictive modelling
  • Hands-on Python labs using satellite data

Schedule

Time Session
10:00 – 11:00 Lecture I: What are geo-embeddings and why should I care
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:30 Lab I: Exploring geo-embeddings in the real world
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Lecture II: Where and how can I use geo-embeddings?
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee break
14:45 – 16:30 Lab II: Zero to hero on geo-embeddings

Requirements

To get the most out of the workshop, participants should:

  • Bring a laptop
  • Have Python installed (Anaconda recommended)
  • Be comfortable with basic Python (no prior experience with embeddings required)

🛠️ Contributing

We welcome contributions of all kinds—code, documentation, ideas, and more!
Please read our Contributing Guidelines for step-by-step instructions on how to:

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  • Create a new branch for your changes
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  • Resolve merge conflicts

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🙋 License

This repository uses a dual-licensing approach:

  • MIT License for all software code (see LICENSE)
  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) for documentation, data, and non-code content

See the LICENSE file for full details.

🗂️ Repository Structure

  • assets/ — Images, diagrams, and other media files
  • .github/ — Community health files (issue/PR templates, workflows)
  • CONTRIBUTING.md — How to contribute to this project
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md — Community standards and expectations
  • LICENSE — Licensing information
  • README.md — Project overview and instructions

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