An example of the use of Sat imagery to predict emergency need.
Google Algorithm Helped Direct Financial Aid to Hurricane Ian Victims
Wired, Chris Stokel-Walker, October 10, 2022
A Google algorithm deployed in partnership with nonprofit GiveDirectly notified nearly 3,500 hurricane victims in Florida of $700 in financial aid via their smartphones. The algorithm used satellite imagery to identify residents in severely damaged neighborhoods who qualified for emergency assistance. Google's Delphi mapping software powers the Florida project, highlighting communities in need after disasters such as hurricanes by overlaying live maps of damage with information on poverty from sources including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Google's Skai tool supplies storm-damage data by analyzing satellite images from before and after disasters and estimating the severity of damage. ... '
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