MAIIA (Mapping with AI for Informal Areas) is an algorithm that harnesses satellite imagery to map informal settlements, organic urban landscapes of improvised architecture and grassroots resilience. By charting these areas across vast territories, MAIIA helps assess and guide efforts to bring essential services like clean water, health, and education.
Participants
ANTONIO VAZQUEZ BRUST, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980. Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Technical Collaborators
Paula Videla, Ángeles Scetta, Patricio Xavier Zambrano-Barragan, Dymaxion Labs
Thanks
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); European Space Agency (ESA)
