Project Website http://www.media.mit.edu/projects/visible-communities/overview/
Better maps and local knowledge increase efficiency and effectiveness of community health workers (CHW) in developing countries. In a post-Ebola world, the WHO and UN have elevated the priority of developing such CHW systems. However, commercial map services do not reach these regions of the world. We are developing mapping based on satellite analytics of household and road level data in rural areas coupled with a mobile app with a navigation interface specifically designed for CHWs to help them work better. Their bottom-up annotations will continuously improve the machine learning analytics of the top-down satellite maps.