- Big Geodata
Preventing privacy disasters
Whenever disasters occur, it’s important that humanitarian aid gets underway as quickly as possible. With this in mind, geodata is being used on an increasingly large scale for humanitarian DRRM (Disaster Risk Reduction and Management).
Privacy issues
Geodata is indispensable in determining when, where and by whom aid is needed, before, during, a…6 min
- Artificial Intelligence
How can machine learning bias affect GIS applications?
Machine learning can be helpful to society in a number of ways, but it is known to sometimes propagate unwelcome prejudice. This phenomenon is called machine learning bias, and many people are growing increasingly concerned about it. A well-known case involves facial recognition, which tends to identify people of certain colours better than others…
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- UAV
Mapping Slums with UAVs
According to the UN definition, slums are areas characterized by people living in vulnerable conditions. They are areas of a city that are overpopulated, that have lack of access to water and decent sanitation, and/or with a very high building density. These areas are often informal, which means that they that there is no legal tenure to be living…
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