In an announcement made via a blog post published in Monday, Facebook social network has revealed that it has efforts underway to use its photo-tagging technology to create detailed maps of the area in which the Facebook users live.

Announcing the new effort which is being undertaken by Facebook's Connectivity Labs, Facebook said that the comprehensive maps created by the company for Facebook users' area of residence will use the same image-analysis technology which Facebook already uses for offering photo-tagging features to its users.

Facebook said that the detailed maps created with the help of photo-tagging technology will also unfold information to Facebook users about how their ability to connect to the Internet is affected by different factors, like population density.

According to Facebook, the company has already created detailed maps of 20 countries using the photo-tagging technology. These countries are Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

With regard to the highly-detailed maps created for the mentioned countries, Facebook said that the key focus of the maps is on identifying buildings and other man-made structures in rural and remote areas. The company also added that the maps can also potentially be used for other purposes, such as improving responses to natural calamities.