Facebook maps populations in 23 countries to expand internet 

In a bid to expand the reach of internet to every corner of the world, Facebook said that it has created a data map of the human population of 23 countries by combining government census numbers with information obtained from satellites.

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• Citing Janna Lewis, Facebook’s head of strategic innovation partnerships and sourcing.
•  Reported that the mapping technology can pinpoint any man-made structures in any country on Earth to a resolution of five metres.
• Facebook used the data to understand the precise distribution of humans around the planet.
• In addition,which would help it determine what types of internet service based either on land, in the air or in space.
• Furthermore,it can use to reach consumers who now have no (or very low quality) internet.
• Satellites are exciting for us.
• Our data showed the best way to connect cities is an internet in the sky,” Lewis was quoted as saying.
• In addition,at a Space Technology and Investment Forum sponsored by the Space Foundation in San Francisco this week.
• We are trying to connect people from the stratosphere and from space.
• Furthermore, using high-altitude drone aircraft and satellites, to supplement Earth-based networks,” Lewis added.
• The data is used “to know the population distribution” of Earth to figure out “the best connectivity technologies” in different locales.
• “We see these as a viable option for serving these populations” that are “unconnected or under-connected,” she said.

  Facebook said that it developed the mapping technology itself.