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Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
Lalitesh Katragadda: Ndertimi i hartave per te luftuar fatkeqesit, ndertimi i ekonomive
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Sipas 2005 vetem 15 perqind e botes ishte e hartuar. Kjo ngadalsonte shprendarjen e ndihmave pas ndonje fatkeqsie -- dhe fshihte potencialin ekonomik te tokave te pashfrytezuara dhe rrugeve te paditura. Ne kete prezantim te shkurter Lalitesh Katragadda nga google paraqet nje grup veglash hartimi qe njerezit rreth botes jane duke i perdorur per te bere harta.
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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Ne 2008, Cikloni Nargis shkaterroi Myanmanr.
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Millions of people were in severe need of help.
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Miliona njerez ishin ne nevoja te renda per ndihme.
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The U.N. wanted to rush people and supplies to the area.
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U.N deshironte t'ju sherbente njerezve dhe ti furnizonte ata.
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But there were no maps, no maps of roads,
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Po nuk kishte harta, nuk kishte harta te rrugeve,
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no maps showing hospitals, no way for help to reach the cyclone victims.
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nuk kishte harta per te treguar spitalet, s'kishte harta per te ndihmuar viktimat e ciklonit.
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When we look at a map of Los Angeles or London,
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Kur ne morem harten e Los Angelos apo Londres,
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it is hard to believe
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ishte e veshtir te besohej
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that as of 2005, only 15 percent of the world
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se deri ne 2005, vetem 15 perqind e botes
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was mapped to a geo-codable level of detail.
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ishte ne hartat geo-kodues te nivelit te detajeve.
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The U.N. ran headfirst into a problem
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Kryesuesi i U.N hasi nje problem
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that the majority of the world's populous faces:
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qe shumica e popullsis se botes hasi:
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not having detailed maps.
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ne munges te hartave te detajuara.
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But help was coming.
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Por ndihma ishte duke ardhur.
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At Google, 40 volunteers
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Tek google, 40 vullnetar
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used a new software
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perdoren nje program
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to map 120,000 kilometers of roads,
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per te bere harta te 120,000 kilometrave rrugore,
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3,000 hospitals, logistics and relief points.
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3,000 spitaleve, logjistikes dhe pikave te besimeve.
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And it took them four days.
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Dhe i'u desh atyre kater dite.
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The new software they used? Google Mapmaker.
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Programi qe ata perdoren? Google mapmaker.
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Google Mapmaker is a technology that empowers each of us
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Google Mapmaker eshte nje teknologji e cila na lejon te gjitheve ne
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to map what we know locally.
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per te hartuar ate qe ne e dim me logjik.
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People have used this software
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Njerezit e kan perdorur kete program
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to map everything from roads to rivers,
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per te bere harta prej rrugeve deri tek lumenjte,
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from schools to local businesses,
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prej shkollave deri te bizneset lokale,
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and video stores to the corner store.
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nga dyqanet e vidiove deri tek dyqanet neper cepe.
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Maps matter.
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Hartat kane rendesi.
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Nobel Prize nominee Hernando De Soto
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Cmimi nobel nominoi Hernando de Soto
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recognized that the key to economic liftoff
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duke njohur se elementi kyc ekonomik
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for most developing countries
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per shumicen e shteteve ne zhvillim
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is to tap the vast amounts of uncapitalized land.
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eshte per te nxjerr shumen e tokes se pa-kapitalizuar.
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For example, a trillion dollars
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Pershembull, nje trilione dollar
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of real estate remains uncapitalized in India alone.
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e kapitalit rri e pa-kapitalizuar ne Indi.
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In the last year alone,
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Vetem ne vitin e fundit,
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thousands of users in 170 countries
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mijera shfrytezues ne 170 shtetet
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have mapped millions of pieces of information,
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kane hartuar miliona pjese te informacioneve,
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and created a map of a level of detail never thought viable.
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dhe krijuan nje harte te detajuar qe kurre nuk ishte menduar per te qene e mundur.
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And this was made possible by
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Dhe kjo ishte mundesuar nga
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the power of passionate users everywhere.
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fuqia e shfrytezuesve te pasionuar qe gjenden kudo.
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Let's look at some of the maps
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Le te shikojme disa nga hartat
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being created by users right now.
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te cilat ishin krijuar nga shfytzuesit e sotem.
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So, as we speak, people are mapping the world
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Keshtu qe, nderkohe qe flasim, njerezit jane duke krijuar harta te botes
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in these 170 countries.
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ne keto 170 shtete.
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You can see Bridget in Africa who just mapped a road in Senegal.
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Ju mund te shihni ura ne Afrik te cilat sapo jane vendosur ne harta apo ne nje rrug ne Senegal.
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And, closer to home, Chalua, an N.G. road in Bangalore.
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Dhe afer shtepis, Chalua, rruge ne Bangalore.
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This is the result of computational geometry,
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Ky eshe rezultati i gjeometris se kompjuterizuar,
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gesture recognition, and machine learning.
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xhesteve te njohes dhe makinerive te mesimit.
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This is a victory of thousands of users,
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Kjo eshte nje fitore e mijera shfrytezuesve,
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in hundreds of cities,
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ne qindra qytete,
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one user, one edit at a time.
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nje shfrytezues, nje editim ne kohe.
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This is an invitation to the 70 percent
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Kjo eshe nje ftese per 70 perqind
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of our unmapped planet.
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te planetit tone te paperfshire ne harte.
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Welcome to the new world.
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Miresevini ne boten e re.
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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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