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MapmyIndia integrated with Co-WIN portal to Locate COVID-19 Vaccination Centres

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Govt integrates MapMyIndia’s map features to locate vaccination centresMapmyIndia has been integrated with India’s official vaccination registration portal – ‘Co-WIN’ (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) to enable users to locate nearby COVID-19 vaccine centres.

  • Using the portal, Users can insert their current location or enter their address, pin code, or elocation of interest to check nearby vaccination centres.
  • The feature will be available on MapmyIndia’s app & also Co-WIN portal.
  • The 2nd Phase of COVID-19 Vaccinations started on March 1, 2021, in order to make the vaccination effort easier MapmyIndia has put all COVID-19 vaccine centres across India on MapmyIndia’s maps.

Integration of ‘Aarogya Setu’ & Co-WIN Portal

In February, 2021 India had integrated COVID-19 Tracing App ‘Aarogya Setu’ & Co-WIN portal to enable users to download Vaccination certificates after they have received at least one dose of COVID-19 Vaccination.

MapmyIndia

  • MapmyIndia’s App powered by MapmyIndia Maps & APIs (Application Programming Interface) was the winner of Atma Nirbhar App Challenge organized by Government of India in 2020.
  • It is seen as an Indian alternative of Google Maps and other global tech & navigation companies.
  • It has built several location-based solutions using technologies like geo-spatial analytics, big data, Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), computer vision, cloud computing, edge computing and Internet of Things (IoT).

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i.On 11th February, 2021, Department of Space (DoS) & CE Info Systems Pvt Ltd (owned by MapmyIndia) entered into a MoU. According to which ISRO & MapmyIndia will partner to build an Indigenous, mapping portal and geospatial services which could become an alternative to GoogleMaps & GoogleEarth services.

About MapmyIndia:
MD, Chairman – Rakesh Verma
Headquarters – New Delhi