Drishtie Patel
Facebook
Program Manager for Maps and Location
Drishtie currently leads the Maps Data Team at Facebook, that powers most Maps Products for the Facebook family of apps. She focuses on bridging the gap between community and technology by bringing AI and other technologies such as OCR, vandalism detection and enhanced editing tools to the open mapping community to improve the coverage and accuracy of map data in the open. Prior to joining Facebook Drishtie co-founded the Missing Maps Project at the American Red Cross to focus on mapping the most vulnerable places in the developing world to help NGO's better respond to disasters and crises.