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May 19, 2021 Scientists are using data from Google Maps and satellite images to power artificial intelligence applications that can automatically identify characteristics of city’s buildings that would be vulnerable in an earthquake, hurricane or tsunami. Researchers from the National Science Foundation’s SimCenter, an engineering community focused on modeling the impact of natural hazards, built the Building Recognition using AI at Large-Scale suite of tools. BRAILS creates enhanced building databases for cities by running artificial intelligence-powered simulations on high-performance c...