Name: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
Uploaded: 2010-01-13T09:11:00Z
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery of aid after a disaster -- and hides the economic potential of unused lands and unknown roads. In this short talk, Google's Lalitesh Katragadda demos Map Maker, a group map-making tool that people around the globe are using to map their world.

As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery of aid after a disaster -- and hides the economic potential of unused lands and unknown roads. In this short talk, Google's Lalitesh Katragadda demos Map Maker, a group map-making tool that people around the globe are using to map their world.

Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

A mere 15% of Earth was mapped in detail by 2005, a barrier to disaster aid and economic development in uncharted areas.

Google Mapmaker's user-driven mapping transformed disaster response, revealing a trillion dollars of uncapitalized land in India.

Community cartographers in 170 countries chart the unknown, empowering economies and aiding disaster relief with local knowledge.