this summer after apparently being downed by high winds.
“What is not easy is to have enough cameras that cover enough places,” he said, pointing to vast, remote areas in northern Canada that have burned this summer.to predict where fires are likely to start. They have fed the model with maps of areas that burned previously, along with climate and geospatial data.
The technology, which Microsoft plans to offer as an open source tool, can help first responders trying to figure out where to focus their limited resources, Ferres said.