In 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar. Millions of people were in severe need of help. The U.N. wanted to rush people and supplies to the area. But there were no maps, no maps of roads, no maps showing hospitals, no way for help to reach the cyclone victims.
V letu 2008 je ciklon Nargis opustošil Mjanmar. Milijoni ljudi so nujno potrebovali pomoč. Združeni narodi so želeli na območje naglo poslati ljudi in zaloge pomoči. Vendar ni bilo nobenih zemljevidov, nobenih zemljevidov cest, nobenih zemljevidov z označenimi bolnišnicami, nobenega načina za dosego žrtev ciklona.
When we look at a map of Los Angeles or London, it is hard to believe that as of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped to a geo-codable level of detail. The U.N. ran headfirst into a problem that the majority of the world's populous faces: not having detailed maps.
Če pogledamo zemljevid Los Angelesa ali Londona, težko verjamemo, da je do leta 2005 bilo samo 15 odstotkov sveta kartografiranega s stopnjo podrobnosti na nivoju geokod. Združeni narodi so zadeli ob težavo, s katero se sooča večina svetovnih gosto naseljenih območij: manko podrobnih zemljevidov.
But help was coming. At Google, 40 volunteers used a new software to map 120,000 kilometers of roads, 3,000 hospitals, logistics and relief points. And it took them four days. The new software they used? Google Mapmaker.
Vendar je pomoč prihajala. Pri Googlu je 40 prostovoljcev uporabilo novo programsko opremo, da je kartografiralo 120.000 kilometrov cest, 3.000 bolnišnic, logističnih točk in točk s pomočjo. Za kar so potrebovali štiri dni. Nova programska oprema, ki so jo uporabili? Googlov Izdelovalec zemljevidov.
Google Mapmaker is a technology that empowers each of us to map what we know locally. People have used this software to map everything from roads to rivers, from schools to local businesses, and video stores to the corner store.
Googlov Izdelovalec zemljevidov je tehnologija, ki vsakemu od nas omogoča, da kartografira, kar poznamo lokalno. Ljudje so uporabili ta program za kartografiranje vsega od cest do rek, od šol do lokalnih podjetij in od videotek do majhnih trgovin.
Maps matter. Nobel Prize nominee Hernando De Soto recognized that the key to economic liftoff for most developing countries is to tap the vast amounts of uncapitalized land. For example, a trillion dollars of real estate remains uncapitalized in India alone.
Zemljevidi štejejo. Nominiranec za Nobelovo nagrado, Hernando De Soto, je ugotovil, da je ključ za ekonomski vzpon za večino razvijajočih držav izraba ogromnih količin neizkoriščene zemlje. Na primer, samo v Indiji je za bilijon dolarjev neizkoriščenih nepremičnin.
In the last year alone, thousands of users in 170 countries have mapped millions of pieces of information, and created a map of a level of detail never thought viable. And this was made possible by the power of passionate users everywhere.
Samo lani je tisoče uporabnikov v 170-ih državah kartografiralo milijone koščkov informacij in ustvarilo zemljevid z neverjetno stopnjo podrobnosti. In to so omogočili vneti uporabniki od vsepovsod.
Let's look at some of the maps being created by users right now. So, as we speak, people are mapping the world in these 170 countries. You can see Bridget in Africa who just mapped a road in Senegal. And, closer to home, Chalua, an N.G. road in Bangalore.
Poglejmo nekaj zemljevidov, ki jih uporabniki pravkar ustvarjajo. Torej, v tem trenutku ljudje kartografirajo svet v teh 170-ih državah. Lahko vidite Bridget iz Afrike, ki je pravkar kartografirala cesto v Senegalu. In, bližje domu, Chalua, ozkotirno cesto v Bangaloru.
This is the result of computational geometry, gesture recognition, and machine learning. This is a victory of thousands of users, in hundreds of cities, one user, one edit at a time.
To je rezultat računske geometrije, prepoznave gibov in strojnega učenja. To je zmaga tisočev uporabnikov v stotinah mest, en uporabnik, eno urejanje naenkrat.
This is an invitation to the 70 percent of our unmapped planet. Welcome to the new world. (Applause)
To je povabilo 70-im odstotkom našega planeta, ki še niso kartografirani. Dobrodošli v novem svetu. (aplavz)