Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

By June 28, 2012Articles, Technology

TED Talks 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.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/lalitesh_katragadda_making_maps_to_fight_disaster_build_economies.html

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