Resources
Inspiration
- Learn about past hackathon winners from 2024, 2023 and 2022. Like the following:
- Daryaft - A visual tour guide to Mount Fuji.
- Terrain Highlighting Modifications - Show large landscapes in a more visually appealing way, inspired by vintage cartography.
- City of Mural Arts - An immersive site mapping Philly’s vibrant murals via Google Maps API, paired with dynamic digital animations, enhancing public engagement with art and spotlighting the city’s cultural heartbeat.
- Review the Demo Gallery full of projects like the following:
- Women Techmakers - See the stories of Women Techmaker Ambassadors
- Recycling trash can AR map - An augmented reality map to guide college students to recycling trash cans on campus.
- AI-powered place summaries - Create AI geospatial experiences with Gemini model capabilities for the Places API.
Categories of Rewards
AI
Showcasing innovative projects that integrate AI or Machine Learning with Google Maps Platform to create intelligent, predictive, or adaptive location-based experiences.
Sustainability
For projects that leverage Google Maps Platform or Google Earth to drive positive environmental or social impact, promote eco-friendly solutions, or help build a more sustainable future
Delivery & Ridesharing
Recognizing solutions that transform logistics, on-demand services, or transportation networks through efficient and innovative uses of Google Maps Platform for routing, dispatch, and tracking.
Immersive
For projects that use Google Maps Platform to create rich, interactive, and immersive 3D experiences using products like 3D Maps, 3D Tiles, and/or Aerial View.
Finance
Highlighting applications that innovate within the financial sector using Google Maps Platform, such as for risk assessment, location-based financial services, market analysis, or enhancing customer experiences.
Travel
Celebrating tools and platforms that enhance the travel experience from planning and booking to navigation and discovery. These projects make journeys more seamless, informed, and exciting.
Developer community
For projects, tools, libraries, or resources built with Google Maps Platform that significantly contribute to, empower, or support the broader Google Maps Platform developer ecosystem.
Art of the Map
Celebrating the most creative, visually stunning, or artistically expressive uses of Google Maps Platform or Google Earth, where the map itself becomes a canvas for unique designs, compelling data visualizations, or imaginative storytelling.
Retail
Focused on projects in the retail space, including enhancing customer experiences (online or in-store), optimizing supply chains, improving store locators, or powering location-based marketing.
Real estate
For applications that revolutionize the way people buy, sell, rent, or interact with properties, utilizing Google Maps Platform for visualization, market analysis, neighborhood insights, or property management.
Tools and Technologies
Learn more about Google Maps Platform.
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- Quick Start
- Getting started with 3D Maps blog post
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FAQ
Can a previous winner of a Google hackathon or event participate in this hackathon?
Yes, a previous winner can submit their showcase along with any other individuals who have had successful projects that utilize Google Maps Platform API or SDK.
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