Google signs mapping deal with World Bank

The World Bank and Google said they have signed an agreement to help developing countries monitor public services better and improve disaster relief and humanitarian efforts by giving them access to online mapping. Google will provide the World Bank and its partner organizations with access to Google Map Maker's underlying geospatial data, which include maps of over 150 countries. Map Maker uses crowdsourcing and the results are used on Google Maps and Google Earth. World Bank country offices that plan to pilot the Map Maker agreement include Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Zambia, Nigeria, DRC, Moldova, Mozambique, Nepal and Haiti.