# Hyperspectral Imaging Is Transforming How Cities Understand Infrastructure

**Source**: https://engineering.nyu.edu/news/hyperspectral-imaging-transforming-how-cities-understand-infrastructure
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# Hyperspectral Imaging Is Transforming How Cities Understand Infrastructure

Published:

February 17, 2026

From

Highways Today

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Professor [Debra Laefer](https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/debra-laefer) and doctoral researcher Jessica Salcido showed that airborne hyperspectral imaging can detect pavement age and repair history remotely from light reflectance patterns.

[Read the article](https://highways.today/2026/02/17/hyperspectral-imaging-infrastructure/)

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