Google Mapathon

Google Mapathon was an annual mapathon event organized by Google that invited the public to make improvements to Google Maps, through the Google Map Maker. It was permanently discontinued in 2016 because Google Map Maker was discontinued.[1]

The event was held for the first time in 2013 in India, and subsequently in 2014 in Australia. The program ran into trouble waters in India as it was accused of including critical military-sensitive areas.[2]

  1. ^ "Google Map Maker Discontinued March 2017". Google. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Why is Google's Mapathon in hot waters in India? All you need to know". Tech2News. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2016.