‘Google didn’t take permission for Mapathon’ Google India failed to get approvals from any agency before going ahead with its Mapathon contest in February-March, asking citizens to map their neighbourhoods, the Union government said on Tuesday. The case is now being probed by the Delhi Police after the Survey of India charged the Internet giant with jeopardising “national security interest” and violating the National Map Policy. “M/s Google, without any approval from any agency of the Government of India, conducted the Mapathon 2013 Competition to encourage participants to map their neighbourhood and places they ‘care about’ within the geographical boundaries of India... From national security point of view, civil and military Vital Areas (VAs)/Vital Points (VPs) cannot be shown in the map/data published in [the] public domain,” Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. Mr. In his letter to Google’s India office on March 21, Additional Surveyor-General of India R.C.
Google Maps' contest 'Mapathon 2013' worries defence establishment. Google defends 'Mapathon' amid Indian security complaint. Google has defended its Map Maker technology which has provoked a police complaint by the Survey of India mapping department. In a statement provided to ZDNet, a Google spokesperson said the application, and its use in last month's Mapathon contest, complied with all applicable laws. SOI had reportedly claimed the competition was illegal partly due to security concerns. A spokesperson said Google has briefed the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Survey General of India, the national cartographer.
"The Survey of India (SOI) contacted Google regarding the Mapathon contest on March 22, and--as requested by them--we responded to them on March 25 and offered to meet them to discuss their concerns," the spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement. "We take security and national regulations very seriously," said the spokesperson. "We have not heard back from them further, and are always available to discuss any concerns that they or other agencies might have regarding our programmes.
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