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Celebrating top Geo contributors in the Asia Pacific region
April 22, 2011
In countries like India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Kazakhstan, a community of passionate users is helping to bring geographic content online—in many cases for the first time. Using products like
Google Map Maker
,
Google SketchUp
&
Building Maker
, and
Panoramio
, these users are adding geographic information for millions of users to explore in Google Maps and Google Earth.
Recently some of the most active Map Maker mappers, 3D modelers and Panoramio photo contributors from around the region gathered in Singapore to attend the first ever
Asia Pacific regional Geo Community Summit
.
Map Maker Software Engineer Robin Anil answers questions during a Q & A session.
The summit celebrated top mappers, modelers and photo contributors by asking individuals to tell their stories, brainstorm potential new product features directly with Google engineers during the
unconference sessions
, as well as make plans for events in the forthcoming year. We learned that India mapper
CNR
wakes up at 4:30am every morning to map. Pakistan mappers
Faraz, Jabran and Omer
worked together over the course of two years to
map the roads
of their country. They even turned
Google Calendar
into a way to track who was mapping what, and when! Thanks to the efforts of Map Maker contributors throughout the Asia Pacific region, more than a quarter of a billion people now have detailed online maps of the places they live.
Unconference session discussions
To learn more about this recent summit, you check out
photos and videos
or see detailed
session notes and presentations
on the event website page. If you’re interested in attending future events, please see the
Map Maker Events Calendar
,
3D Events Calendar
, and
Panoramio Events Calendar
for upcoming activities. We look forward to celebrating more great achievements from our community of mappers, modelers, and photo contributors in the region.
Posted by Jessica Pfund, Program Manager, Google Map Maker
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