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Planet, Microsoft and IHME launch continuously updated global population map

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Planet has introduced a continuously updated map of the world’s population, developed with the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab. The collaboration brings Planet’s mapping capabilities together with health research and AI expertise, though the announcement summary provides no further detail on the map’s data or applications.

Discovered 2026-10-12T13:05:25.614620-07:00 | 2026-10-12T13:05:25.614620-07:00

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  • The project demonstrates a collaboration linking Planet’s mapping work with Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab and IHME’s health research, applying those capabilities to global population mapping.
  • A continuously updated population map could offer a useful data layer for analysis across health and other sectors; the article summary does not specify its methodology, coverage metrics or intended users.

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