TEDIndia 2009
Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
Lalitesh Katragadda: Mencipta peta untuk melawan bencana, membangunkan ekonomi
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Sehingga 2005, hanya 15 peratus dari kawasan dunia dipeta. Ini melambatkan penghantaran bantuan selepas bencana berlaku. Kawasan tanah terbiar dan jalan raya yang mempunyai potensi ekonomi tetapi tidak dimanfaatkan kerana tidak diketahui. Dalam bicara ringkas ini, Lalitesh Katragadda dari Google menunjukkan Map Maker, satu perisian pencipta peta yang digunakan oleh orang ramai di seluruh dunia untuk memeta dunia mereka.
Lalitesh Katragadda - Engineer
Lalitesh Katragadda builds tools that help groups of people compile information to build something greater than the sum of its parts. His latest fascination: collaborative maps. Full bio
Lalitesh Katragadda builds tools that help groups of people compile information to build something greater than the sum of its parts. His latest fascination: collaborative maps. Full bio
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In 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar.
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Pada tahun 2008, Puting Beliung Nargis melanda Myanmar.
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Millions of people were in severe need of help.
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Jutaan manusia memerlukan bantuan.
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The U.N. wanted to rush people and supplies to the area.
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Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu mahu segera menghantar penyelamat dan bekalan ke sana.
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But there were no maps, no maps of roads,
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Tetapi tidak terdapat peta, tidak ada peta jalan raya,
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no maps showing hospitals, no way for help to reach the cyclone victims.
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tidak ada peta hospital, tidak ada cara untuk membantu mangsa puting beliung itu.
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When we look at a map of Los Angeles or London,
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Apabila kita melihat pada peta Los Angeles atau London
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it is hard to believe
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sukar untuk mempercayai
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that as of 2005, only 15 percent of the world
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bahawa sejak 2005 hanya 15 peratus kawasan dunia
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was mapped to a geo-codable level of detail.
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yang dipeta ke tahap perincian geokod.
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The U.N. ran headfirst into a problem
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Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu berhadapan dengan masalah
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that the majority of the world's populous faces:
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yang dihadapi oleh kebanyakan negara ramai penduduk:
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not having detailed maps.
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tidak mempunyai peta yang terperinci.
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But help was coming.
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Namun, bantuan sedang tiba.
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At Google, 40 volunteers
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Di Google, 40 orang relawan
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used a new software
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menggunakan satu perisian yang baru
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to map 120,000 kilometers of roads,
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untuk memeta 120,000 kilometer jalan raya,
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3,000 hospitals, logistics and relief points.
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3,000 tapak hospital, logistik dan bantuan.
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And it took them four days.
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Mereka mengambil masa empat hari.
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The new software they used? Google Mapmaker.
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Perisian baru yang mereka gunakan? Google Mapmaker.
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Google Mapmaker is a technology that empowers each of us
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Google Mapmaker ialah satu teknologi yang memperkasakan kita
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to map what we know locally.
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untuk memeta apa yang kita tahu di peringkat tempatan.
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People have used this software
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Orang ramai menggunakan perisian ini
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to map everything from roads to rivers,
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untuk memeta segala-galanya dari jalan raya hingga sungai,
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from schools to local businesses,
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dari sekolah hingga perniagaan tempatan,
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and video stores to the corner store.
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dan kedai video hingga kedai sudut.
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Maps matter.
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Peta adalah penting.
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Nobel Prize nominee Hernando De Soto
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Calon Hadiah Nobel Hernando De Soto
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recognized that the key to economic liftoff
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mengiktiraf bahawa kunci kepada pemacuan ekonomi
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for most developing countries
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bagi kebanyakan negara-negara sedang membangun
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is to tap the vast amounts of uncapitalized land.
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ialah untuk menggunakan kawasan tanah yang luas yang tidak dimanfaatkan.
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For example, a trillion dollars
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Sebagai contoh, di India sahaja
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of real estate remains uncapitalized in India alone.
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hartanah bernilai trilion dolar tidak dipermodalkan.
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In the last year alone,
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Pada tahun lalu,
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thousands of users in 170 countries
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ribuan pengguna di 170 buah negara
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have mapped millions of pieces of information,
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telah memeta jutaan cebisan maklumat,
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and created a map of a level of detail never thought viable.
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dan mencipta sebuah peta dengan tahap perincian yang tidak pernah difikirkan boleh.
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And this was made possible by
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Dan hal ini berlaku dengan
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the power of passionate users everywhere.
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kuasa pengguna yang penuh semangat di mana-mana.
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Let's look at some of the maps
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Mari kita lihat beberapa buah peta
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being created by users right now.
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yang sedang dicipta oleh pengguna sekarang.
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So, as we speak, people are mapping the world
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Jadi, sedang kita berbicara, pengguna sedang memeta dunia
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in these 170 countries.
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di 170 buah negara ini.
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You can see Bridget in Africa who just mapped a road in Senegal.
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Anda boleh lihat Bridget di Afrika yang baru memeta sebatang jalan raya di Senegal.
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And, closer to home, Chalua, an N.G. road in Bangalore.
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Dan, lebih dekat dengan negara kita, Chalua, sebatang jalan raya N.G di Bangalore.
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This is the result of computational geometry,
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Ini adalah hasil daripada geometri perkomputeraan,
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gesture recognition, and machine learning.
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pengenalan gerak isyarat dan pembelajaran mesin.
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This is a victory of thousands of users,
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Ini merupakan kemenangan bagi ribuan pengguna,
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in hundreds of cities,
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di ratusan bandar-bandar,
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one user, one edit at a time.
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seorang pengguna, satu suntingan setiap masa.
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This is an invitation to the 70 percent
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Ini adalah satu pelawaan kepada 70 peratus
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of our unmapped planet.
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daripada kawasan planet kita yang belum dipeta.
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Welcome to the new world.
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Selamat datang ke dunia baru.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lalitesh Katragadda - EngineerLalitesh Katragadda builds tools that help groups of people compile information to build something greater than the sum of its parts. His latest fascination: collaborative maps.
Why you should listen
Lalitesh Katragadda is a software engineer at Google, working on geo-data, machine vision, machine learning and space robotics. Before joining Google, Lalitesh founded a robotics startup that was acquired by Google. At Google, Lalitesh co-founded Google India and was its founding Joint Center Head for two years. He co-started several projects including Google Finance and Hindi Transliteration, and is now working on maps.
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