Google is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on the Google Earth platform. These innovations allow users to more easily access and analyze environmental data. This step is part of Google's efforts to integrate AI technologies with geographical information.
Redaksiya reports that Google Earth is making it easier to converse with Google Earth AI models introduced in July. This will help users with issues such as identifying infrastructure vulnerable to an approaching storm or detecting communities at risk of dust storms during drought. Google Earth uses Gemini to combine various Earth AI models, such as weather forecasts, satellite imagery, and population maps, when responding to user queries.
This is an expansion of the geospatial thinking framework available to participants in Google's trusted tester program. Testers can combine their own data with Google's Earth AI models for imagery, population, and environment. Google states that the integrated conversation, which it piloted last year, helps users find objects and patterns in satellite imagery. For example, the company notes that users can monitor drinking water supplies by asking Google Earth to "find algal blooms." Google AI Pro and Ultra users in the US will be able to access this Gemini chat feature in Google Earth with higher, but still undefined, limits. In the coming weeks, Google will open access to Earth AI models with Gemini capabilities for US users with Google Earth's professional or professional advanced plans.