Maya Arulpragasam, a 20-year-old student at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has used artificial intelligence to create a 3D map of her native India that she hopes will one day help people living in poverty there, the Guardian reports.
Arulpragasam's project, called One Pro, is based on the idea that people who live in rural areas often don't have access to basic services such as health care, education, or clean water.
The map, created using Arulpragasam's computer vision and data from her family's wells and other sources, shows what parts of India her family lives in, how far away they are, and even where they live from other parts of the world.
"It's a map of the entire world," Arulpragasam tells the Guardian.
"It's not just India.
It's Africa, it's Latin America, it's all over the world."
The One Pro project hopes to use the map to help people find jobs and affordable housing, as well as connect them to services that help the poor, the BBC reports.
"It's a really exciting time to be working in this field," Arulpragasam says.
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