Mapping Party Comes to Trivandrum. The Google sponsored Event will be conducted on the 5th of February 2010 at the Residency Towers, Government Press Road, Thiruvananthapuram. Only 100 registered participants are allowed to participate in the event and we are sorry to say that the registrations are already closed

As per the mapping party website : “ The Mapping party is aimed at increasing awareness of Google’s Mapmaker service with the popular tagline ‘Map Your World’ “. Google’s Mapmaker service lets Google Users become citizen cartographers and improve the quality of maps and local information. The event hopes to make Kerala, particularly Trivandrum a better mapped place with relevant local information such as roads, schools, hospitals, banks and such other important places entered by users, having local knowledge.

Presently, a handful of users have started mapping different parts of Kerala. The event aims to increase the user community to a higher figure thus making Kerala, particularly Trivandrm a completely mapped and popular destination in Google Maps.

The event will show participants how to map different places, draw roads, add categories and discuss other features. Experts in Google Mapmaker will present and enlighten the gathering. Cartographers from Google are also expected at the event.