Facebook develops new AI maps to improve the location mapping

The new maps will significantly improve the location mapping, which will help the company in boosting internet connectivity.

 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, announced Tuesday that two of the wings of company research analyzed 15.6 million satellite images to create maps Improved AI for mapping precise location.

In a message of Facebook, Zuckerberg said the development of the solar power unit of the social network and the research team of AI aircraft have completed construction advanced maps IA to "create accurate population through maps 21.6 million square kilometers of land. "

He noted that a large number of people living in remote communities and accurate information about their whereabouts is not always feasible. According to Zuckerberg, the new maps will significantly improve the allocation location, which will help the company in "beaming down Internet connectivity".

"We can not beam Internet connectivity to people if they do not know where communities are," he said.

Citing numerous areas of the new maps, Zuckerberg said, "These maps will be shared openly with the community, so that other organizations can use them as well. This should help with the planning of energy, health and transport infrastructure as well as help people who need help in disasters. "

He has also shared a video demonstration of how new maps AI compared with population maps current state of the art.