Sukanya Randhawa
GeoAI expert advancing open-source geospatial tools. She develops reproducible AI workflows combining satellite imagery and GIS data to generate accessible datasets and actionable insights for humanitarian aid, climate resilience, and global infrastructure intelligence, bridging gaps between societies, research communities, and state-of-the-art technologies.
Session
09-02
16:00
30min
Mapping the Changing Surface of the World’s Roads: Open-Source Geospatial Intelligence for Humanitarian Logistics and Climate Resilience
Sukanya Randhawa
We introduce the first global dataset of road surface type and width for 9 million km of arterial roads using open-source GeoAI workflows. Supporting a Humanitarian Passability Index, it is openly available via HDX (by UN OCHA), enabling scalable infrastructure intelligence for development and climate resilience.
Himawari