In order to provide people with the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps of India, Google has announced a mapping competition in India - Mapathon 2013.
Mapathon 2013, which will start on February 12 and will conclude on March 25, 2013, is an India-wide mapping contest open to just about anybody who lives in India. Google is inviting amateur mappers and mapping enthusiasts from all over the country to help the company to create better maps for India by adding their knowledge of local places through Google Map Maker.
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The registrations for the competition have just opened, and Google is inviting everyone to join them and get mapping at: http://g.co/mapindia2013.
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Jayanth Mysore, Product Manager, Google India, says, “It has always been our endeavour at Google to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. One way we hope to achieve this is by mapping the world and what better way to do this than by asking users to map their neighbourhood. Google aims to provide better maps for India by building better maps for the users, by the users. What started off as an initiative by a few Google engineers is now used across the world and today, citizens across India can participate in this great project through Mapathon 2013.”
