We are excited to kick off our first ever round of competitions for mapping your world with Google Map Maker. Now you can create and improve the maps of places you know and love, and possibly win a prize while you're at it.
From December 15, 2009 to January 31, 2010, you can have a chance at becoming a local hero. Your mapping efforts can win $50,000 benefiting UNICEF's work empowering young people through technology in your homeland. Learn more about this competition.
We recognize our top contributors by displaying their profile names in the lower right corner on Google Map Maker. Once Map Maker contributions are transferred to Google Maps, attribution appears there as well. We've also started featuring the most impressive mappers on the Google Lat Long Blog.
In another effort to show our appreciation, we'll be sending out top contributor certificates to our most active mappers.
Our first ever mapping competition ran in Latin America from November 14 through December 15, 2009. We announced the individual, team and city prize winners on January 8, 2010. See the overview of this competition for more details.