The Second Monday Program as on 12 Th December 2011 under ‘Friends On Same Wave Length’ at India community center, Cupertino CA
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M K Rao presided over the program which was addressed by Vikram Grover,Senior Manger,(SPD), Google, San Jose CA. M Santhnam welcomed the Chief Guest and Dinesh Bajaj introduced him.
The program started with prayer. Thereafter Vikram Grover made power point presentations on’ The creation of maps in India and its Associated challenges’.
Vikram Grover pointed out the general difficulties faced by Google to prepare the Maps India as
1)The Cities are generally not planed
2)The Addresses are Vague
3)The Names of the streets are also not clear
4)They have to face difficulties from the Government on Security Ground
5) The General mapping also become Controversial due to Border Disputes
He further added that in spite of all those problems we have been able make very good progress. We achieved that with the help of Local Authorities, Yellow Pages, Business Circle, and Local people. The satellite technology has been also very helpful in this matter.
He also briefed regarding the advantage of mapping technology as under
1) It guides Regarding Roads and Address of the destination. It also saves the waste of time
2) It can also show the time consumption during the journey
3) It also provides Telepone nos,Bus and Train Timings
4) It can guide you regarding the points of interest.
5) Some time business people can supervise the activities of their employees in the field.
6) It indicates Hotels, Restaurants and Petrol Pumps etc of the Area.
The information available is upgraded through feedback on our website or through our people in the field. Besides that all information is being supervised by google. He added that technology is meant for general use of the people.
He also briefed regrading the latest projects of google.i.e.The Introduction of fast Internet Engine and, Free wireless facilities,
Hari Varma suggested to take help of the Indian postal department’s in the Mapping efforts in India. Manisha Shah pointed out the misuse of such technology by certain elements. Dinesh Bajaj and PK Banga also took part in the discussions.
A Narayanaswami proposed vote of Thanks.
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