Filipino volunteers help plot voting centers on Google Maps

<p>As election day draws near&comma; Google Philippines calls out for Filipino volunteers to contribute their knowledge on the location of voting centers in their city or province through the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sites&period;google&period;com&sol;site&sol;mapphilippines&sol;project-updates&sol;2013mapyourprecinct" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">2013 Map Your Precinct<&sol;a>&period; This effort is to populate Google Maps with information on where Filipinos can vote based on their city or region and their precinct number&period;<&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Having the right information is crucial during the elections&period; We want to reach millions of Filipinos online and equip them with accurate information in time for the May elections&comma;” said Aileen Apolo&comma; Google Head of Outreach for Southeast Asia&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There are still a lot of areas that need to be mapped so we encourage Filipinos to help make the maps better&period; They will be helping fellow citizens find their voting centers&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Filipino volunteers are not required to be familiar with Google MapMaker&period; Volunteers can simply enter the city or region they are familiar with and see a list of unmapped voting centers&period; The contributor simply needs to drop the placemark on the right place on Google Maps to identify the location of the voting center&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Google will assist Filipinos in holding their own mapUps or a meeting with several Google map makers who will contribute in mapping the community&period; MapUps&comma; which require to have up to 10 mapper volunteers&comma; can be conducted at universities or computer laboratories&semi; Internet cafes&comma; or basically anywhere with strong Internet connection&period; Details can be found in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sites&period;google&period;com&sol;site&sol;mapphilippines&sol;project-updates&sol;2013mapyourprecinct" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">2013 Map Your Precinct website<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;