Facebook AI mapping for humanitarian aid and development

Building on our previous publication of similar high-resolution population maps for 22 countries, we're now releasing new maps of the majority of the African continent, and the project will eventually map nearly the whole world’s population. Using weakly- and semi-supervised learning.
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Facebook AI mapping for humanitarian aid and development
Org. type: For-profit business / social enterprise / B Corp
Project type: Resource
Tags: Facebook

Evidence of impact:

  • In 2016 and 2017, 3,000 Red Cross volunteers in Malawi visited roughly 100,000 houses in just three days to educate people about measles and rubella vaccines. (Source, 2019-10)
Last modified: Nov 12, 2025 Added: Jun 22, 2021
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