Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

Prevodilac: Stevan Radanovic Lektor: Ivana Korom

In 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar.

Ciklon Nargis je 2008. godine opustošio Mjanmar.

Millions of people were in severe need of help.

Milionima ljudi je trebalo puno pomoći.

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

UN su htele da što pre pošalju ljude i namirnice u oblast,

But there were no maps, no maps of roads,

ali nije bilo mapa, mapa puteva,

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

mapa sa položajima bolnica, nije bilo načina da pomoć stigne žrtvama ciklona.

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

Kada pogledamo mape Los Anđelesa ili Londona

it is hard to believe

teško je poverovati da je do 2005.

that as of 2005, only 15 percent of the world

samo 15% površine sveta mapirano

was mapped to a geo-codable level of detail.

sa geokodabilnim nivoom detalja.

The U.N. ran headfirst into a problem

UN su uletele pravo u problem sa kojim se

that the majority of the world's populous faces:

većina svetske populacije sreće:

not having detailed maps.

nepostojanje detaljnih mapa.

But help was coming.

Ipak, pomoć je bila na putu.

At Google, 40 volunteers

U Google-u je 40 dobrovoljaca

used a new software

koristeći novi softver

to map 120,000 kilometers of roads,

mapiralo 120 000 kilometara puteva,

3,000 hospitals, logistics and relief points.

3 000 bolnica, logističke i centre za pomoć žrtvama.

And it took them four days.

Trebalo im je četiri dana.

The new software they used? Google Mapmaker.

Novi softver koji su koristili? Google Map Maker.

Google Mapmaker is a technology that empowers each of us

Google Map Maker je tehnologija koja omogućava svakome

to map what we know locally.

da mapira lokalno područje koje poznaje.

People have used this software

Ljudi su koristili ovaj softver

to map everything from roads to rivers,

za mapiranje svega, od puteva do reka,

from schools to local businesses,

od škola do lokalnih poslovnih objekata,

and video stores to the corner store.

od videoteka do prodavnica na ćošku.

Maps matter.

Mape su bitne.

Nobel Prize nominee Hernando De Soto

Ernando De Soto, nominovan za Nobelovu nagradu,

recognized that the key to economic liftoff

ističe da je ključ ekonomskog razvoja

for most developing countries

za većinu zemalja u razvoju

is to tap the vast amounts of uncapitalized land.

upotreba ogromnih prostranstava neiskorišćene zemlje.

For example, a trillion dollars

Na primer, trilion dolara (hiljadu milijardi)

of real estate remains uncapitalized in India alone.

vredne nekretnine ostaju neiskorišćene, samo u Indiji.

In the last year alone,

Samo tokom prethodne godine

thousands of users in 170 countries

hiljade korisnika iz 170 zemalja

have mapped millions of pieces of information,

je mapiralo milione informacija i stvorilo mapu

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

toliko detaljnu da je to ranije bilo nezamislivo.

And this was made possible by

To je postalo moguće

the power of passionate users everywhere.

zahvaljujući strastvenim ljudima iz celog sveta.

Let's look at some of the maps

Pogledajmo neke mape

being created by users right now.

koje korisnici stvaraju upravo u ovom trenutku.

So, as we speak, people are mapping the world

Dakle, dok govorimo ljudi mapiraju svet

in these 170 countries.

u pomenutih 170 zemalja.

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

Vidite, Bridžet iz Afrike je upravo mapirala put u Senegalu.

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

Bliže kući, Čalua je mapirao N.G. put u Bangaloru.

This is the result of computational geometry,

Ovo je rezultat algoritama komputacione geometrije,

gesture recognition, and machine learning.

prepoznavanja pokreta i mašinskog učenja.

This is a victory of thousands of users,

Ovo je pobeda hiljada korisnika

in hundreds of cities,

u stotinama gradova,

one user, one edit at a time.

jedan korisnik, jedna po jedna izmena.

This is an invitation to the 70 percent

Ovo je poziv upućen ka 70% planete

of our unmapped planet.

koji još nisu mapirani.

Welcome to the new world.

Dobrodošli u novi svet.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)