Google boils down water data for new UN environment site

View of the polluted shore of the Titicaca lake in Puerto Perez, La Paz department, Bolivia on April 18, 2018. A group of indigenous women from Bolivia and Peru suppported by a NGO, carry out the cleaning of garbage washed along the coast of the Titicaca lake, in an attempt to mitigate the harmful effects of pollution on native fauna and flora. But their work is not enough since the worst contamination comes from the sewage waste dumped by coastal populations of both countries, where only local or national authorities can take action. / AFP PHOTO / AIZAR RALDES

TEPIC, Mexico: Vast quantities of raw satellite imagery and data will be distilled into an online platform showing how water ecosystems have changed, and how countries can manage them to prevent further loss, said Google and the United Nations. 

Focussing initially on fresh water ecosystems such as rivers and forests, Google will produce geospatial maps and data for a publicly available platform to be launched in October in partnership with the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP).