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Google Maps Platform allows developers to create unique location-based experiences using our APIs & SDKs. Now is your chance to build or expand an existing app to incorporate rich location experiences

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In this hackathon we invite you to use Google Maps Platform APIs and SDKs. </Code> with Maps Hackathon - an exhilarating hackathon brought to you by the dynamic partnership of Google Maps Platform & Hack2skill.

At </Code> with Maps Hackathon, we believe in the potential of coding to bridge gaps, connect people, and shape a better future. This hackathon is not just about writing lines of code; it's about creating solutions that foster connections, streamline experiences, and revolutionize the way we interact with maps & location data.

The </Code> with Maps Hackathon is your chance to be part of a transformative event that fuses coding prowess with the potential of Google Maps Platform. Together, we'll reshape how the world perceives and interacts with location data. Register now and embark on a journey where innovation knows no bounds. Let's code to connect!

Winners of the </Code> with Maps Hackathon

Explore Google Maps Platform APIs

Mobile Native SDKs for Android and iOS

Rapido, a two-wheeler taxi service in 100 cities in India, integrates Google Maps Platform‘s Mobile Native SDKs into their Android and iOS apps. This integration allows Rapido to offer interactive maps for a better end-user experience. Paired with the Directions API and Distance Matrix API, Rapido is able to deliver a seamless in-app navigation to their riders and drivers, ensuring accurate pickups, drop-offs, optimal routes, and estimated trip prices. The native SDKs provide a user-friendly and reliable navigation experience within the Rapido app, enhancing the overall quality of service. Read more about Rapido and how they use Google Maps Platform here.

Customization on Maps

Oyo Hotels, a travel and hospitality brand, leverages Google Maps Platform maps styling and customization options to deliver the best user experience to their website visitors to find the right hotel for their needs. With Google Maps Platform, Oyo Hotels was able to efficiently deliver a visual display of closely clustered hotels in a zoomed-out view. This helped reduce the visual load for visitors, and makes the page look more presentable. Read more about Oyo Hotels and how they use Google Maps Platform here.

Immersive & Engaging Experiences such as Street View Imagery

Recently launched immersive product offerings in India like Street View have been used as the latest novel innovation to improve user experience by many companies worldwide. For example, Glitnir Ticketing, a ticketing software company, used the 360-degree feature from Street View to help their end-users view what it would look like from any seat in the house. This allows fans to visualize how their experience will look and get a truer sense of their view from different seats before purchasing a ticket, allowing them to make a more informed decision. Read more about interactive experiences with Google Maps Platform and how it can help build for India here

Places API with information on 30 million places in India

Today, you can find information for over 30 million businesses and places in India along with rich info like ratings, reviews and photos in Google Maps Platform’s Places API. Companies like Licious, a food delivery service, are using Places API to ensure the customer’s location is registered accurately. CTO of Licious said that this has “reduced our missed deliveries by 30%, and our customer satisfaction has grown by 30%”. Read more about Licious and how they use Google Maps Platform here

2W Navigation with Routes API

For over a decade, Google Maps Platform’s Directions and Distance Matrix APIs have helped you quickly and efficiently route people and goods from A to B. Chalo, a transportation platform, has used these APis to provide accurate directions for their users (learn more). Now, Google Maps Platform has launched a new Routes API, enhanced version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs that combines both of these into a single service, and enables you to provide more informative and flexible routes for your users. The API’s 2W navigation, toll prices calculation, and eco-friendly routes (in beta) are great new features to help with any transportation or mobility use cases. Read more about the new API and how it can help build for India here.

Mobile Native SDKs for Android and iOS

Customization on Maps

Immersive & Engaging Experiences such as Street View Imagery

Places API with information on 30 million places in India

2W Navigation with Routes API

Hackathon Mentors

Vijetha Shastry

Associate Director,

Standard Chartered Bank

Vipul Saini

Lead - Innovation & Collaboration,

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Raj Kumar

Portfolio & Investment Manager,

Yunus Social Business

Vijetha Shastry

Associate Director,

Standard Chartered Bank

Vipul Saini

Lead - Innovation & Collaboration,

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Raj Kumar

Portfolio & Investment Manager,

Yunus Social Business