Open Buildings: Using AI to put everyone on the map
As populations swell and shift in the Global South, millions of buildings aren’t represented on any map, and their occupants risk missing out on basics like electricity, healthcare, and mail delivery. So Google Research in Africa has used AI to massively uplevel the Open Buildings dataset – transforming blurry, low-res satellite imagery into useful, high-res, temporal building and height data from 2016 to 2023 – so impactful partners from NGOs to crisis response organizations can see how the areas they serve are changing over time, and use this information to ensure that global development includes everyone.
Learn more and explore the data yourself at https://goo.gle/3MSHdom
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