>> ED PARSONS: Today has been really important
for us, talking to the fantastic community
of community cartographers and modelers that
we have working with our products. These people
are driving forward building a very detailed
map of the world. It just wouldn't be possible
without their interaction. And in the past,
this was always a top-down process, big companies,
big organizations creating maps of the world.
Now, through the technology of the Internet
and availability of satellite imagery and
modeling techniques, now the community is
taking over, and they are producing the most
detailed maps of the world.
>> DANIEL MUGABURU: Within Peru, what I did
was I focused on areas that had very little
coverage that were frequented by tourists,
like, for example, the Nazca Lines area around
Cuzco and Machu Picchu--I'm sure you've heard
of it--um, and also slums, uh, because on
many occasions, the government doesn't even
recognize that these people who live in the
slums even exist, let alone provide maps for
them to be able to better their quality of
life.
>> BORIS VILLAGARCIA: I thought that it could
be a great opportunity to put Peru in the
spotlight again, because in the last years,
uh, I noticed that Peru has been going through
a good development.
>> Yes.
>> BORIS VILLAGARCIA: And the economy is doing
better than before. My main goal is to actually,
uh, put Peru in the spotlight.
>> DANIEL MUGABURU: Couldn't believe it. I
couldn't believe it. I was in shock for a
couple of a days. I thought it was a lie.
I thought it was a spam. Uh, and then I saw
emails from, um, uh, the Google peoples, Googlers,
uh, telling me more details about it. And
the prices were coming. I was like, "Whoa,
are you serious?"
>> OLGA SOKALSKA: We had party with, uh, beer,
with good wine.
>> MATTHIEU ABRIBAT: Back home in France,
I used a lot, uh, Google Maps. And, uh, there
were no maps in Peru. And as I'm going quite
definitely to Peru, I wanted to have the opportunity
of using Google Maps in Peru.
>> DANIEL MUGABURU: Users actually know their
place is best. Nobody knows their neighborhood
better than the people who actually live there.
And that is why user-generated content is
important.
>> YEVGENIY KOLESNYK: The guest office is
most impressive place and the people in this
office.
>> BORIS VILLAGARCIA: They're actually the
coolest offices I've ever seen in my life.
>> DANIEL MUGABURU: And the spirit of cooperation
that I've seen between people has been amazing.
And it's very inspiring, actually, to see
so many people with so much passion working
together for a common goal.
>> ED PARSONS: This is the future of our business,
and talking to these people is an amazing
opportunity to understand what motivates them
and to help us build our products.
