Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

Translator: Matej Divjak Reviewer: Borut Semolic

In 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar.

V letu 2008 je ciklon Nargis opustošil Mjanmar.

Millions of people were in severe need of help.

Milijoni ljudi so nujno potrebovali pomoč.

The U.N. wanted to rush people and supplies to the area.

Združeni narodi so želeli na območje naglo poslati ljudi in zaloge pomoči.

But there were no maps, no maps of roads,

Vendar ni bilo nobenih zemljevidov, nobenih zemljevidov cest,

no maps showing hospitals, no way for help to reach the cyclone victims.

nobenih zemljevidov z označenimi bolnišnicami, nobenega načina za dosego žrtev ciklona.

When we look at a map of Los Angeles or London,

Če pogledamo zemljevid Los Angelesa ali Londona,

it is hard to believe

težko verjamemo,

that as of 2005, only 15 percent of the world

da je do leta 2005 bilo samo 15 odstotkov sveta

was mapped to a geo-codable level of detail.

kartografiranega s stopnjo podrobnosti na nivoju geokod.

The U.N. ran headfirst into a problem

Združeni narodi so zadeli ob težavo,

that the majority of the world's populous faces:

s katero se sooča večina svetovnih gosto naseljenih območij:

not having detailed maps.

manko podrobnih zemljevidov.

But help was coming.

Vendar je pomoč prihajala.

At Google, 40 volunteers

Pri Googlu je 40 prostovoljcev

used a new software

uporabilo novo programsko opremo,

to map 120,000 kilometers of roads,

da je kartografiralo 120.000 kilometrov cest,

3,000 hospitals, logistics and relief points.

3.000 bolnišnic, logističnih točk in točk s pomočjo.

And it took them four days.

Za kar so potrebovali štiri dni.

The new software they used? Google Mapmaker.

Nova programska oprema, ki so jo uporabili? Googlov Izdelovalec zemljevidov.

Google Mapmaker is a technology that empowers each of us

Googlov Izdelovalec zemljevidov je tehnologija, ki vsakemu od nas omogoča,

to map what we know locally.

da kartografira, kar poznamo lokalno.

People have used this software

Ljudje so uporabili ta program

to map everything from roads to rivers,

za kartografiranje vsega od cest do rek,

from schools to local businesses,

od šol do lokalnih podjetij

and video stores to the corner store.

in od videotek do majhnih trgovin.

Maps matter.

Zemljevidi štejejo.

Nobel Prize nominee Hernando De Soto

Nominiranec za Nobelovo nagrado, Hernando De Soto,

recognized that the key to economic liftoff

je ugotovil, da je ključ za ekonomski vzpon

for most developing countries

za večino razvijajočih držav

is to tap the vast amounts of uncapitalized land.

izraba ogromnih količin neizkoriščene zemlje.

For example, a trillion dollars

Na primer, samo v Indiji je za bilijon dolarjev

of real estate remains uncapitalized in India alone.

neizkoriščenih nepremičnin.

In the last year alone,

Samo lani

thousands of users in 170 countries

je tisoče uporabnikov v 170-ih državah

have mapped millions of pieces of information,

kartografiralo milijone koščkov informacij

and created a map of a level of detail never thought viable.

in ustvarilo zemljevid z neverjetno stopnjo podrobnosti.

And this was made possible by

In to so omogočili

the power of passionate users everywhere.

vneti uporabniki od vsepovsod.

Let's look at some of the maps

Poglejmo nekaj zemljevidov,

being created by users right now.

ki jih uporabniki pravkar ustvarjajo.

So, as we speak, people are mapping the world

Torej, v tem trenutku ljudje kartografirajo svet

in these 170 countries.

v teh 170-ih državah.

You can see Bridget in Africa who just mapped a road in Senegal.

Lahko vidite Bridget iz Afrike, ki je pravkar kartografirala cesto v Senegalu.

And, closer to home, Chalua, an N.G. road in Bangalore.

In, bližje domu, Chalua, ozkotirno cesto v Bangaloru.

This is the result of computational geometry,

To je rezultat računske geometrije,

gesture recognition, and machine learning.

prepoznave gibov in strojnega učenja.

This is a victory of thousands of users,

To je zmaga tisočev uporabnikov

in hundreds of cities,

v stotinah mest,

one user, one edit at a time.

en uporabnik, eno urejanje naenkrat.

This is an invitation to the 70 percent

To je povabilo 70-im odstotkom

of our unmapped planet.

našega planeta, ki še niso kartografirani.

Welcome to the new world.

Dobrodošli v novem svetu.

(Applause)

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