MapmyIndia releases features to help you locate corona vaccination centres

Digital mapping and location-based deep-tech platform MapmyIndia today announced the launch of maps and nearby search features as a part of its mobile application and official website, to help Indians find coronavirus vaccination centres across the country. The Government of India has also integrated these features into cowin.gov.in, their official corona vaccination registration portal to guide the people and connect them to their nearby vaccination centres.

“In the fight against Covid, each one of us has a role to play. Since the pandemic entered India, MapmyIndia took upon the task of real-time geospatially mapping all corona-related places – testing, treatment and isolation centres as well as containment zones. To make the critical vaccination effort seamless, MapmyIndia has put all the vaccination centres across India on MapmyIndia’s maps. Users can use the MapmyIndia app (mapmyindia.com/move) and Maps portal (maps.mapmyindia.com) to search and find nearby vaccine centres and get directions to them. They can also write reviews and report issues they face there – to help authorities get feedback and take corrective action, where required,” said Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director, MapmyIndia.

He further said, “We are additionally so excited and thankful to the Government of India for integrating MapmyIndia’s Maps APIs and technologies into the official corona vaccine registration website and app, cowin.gov.in, to enable the crores of citizens, who will log in, to be able to find nearby vaccine centres. This represents the best of Atmanirbhar Bharat – a partnership between the indigenous public and private sector organisations – to leverage world-class, indigenous technologies to enable ease of living and enhance efficiencies for the country.”

People can search nearby vaccine centres across any city, town or village in India using MapmyIndia Maps – be it Siwan in Bihar or Panaji in Goa or a house address such as S386, Greater Kailash 2, New Delhi – making this the most comprehensive and hyper-local search useful to all Indians across urban and rural India.

Steps to find nearby Corona vaccination centres:

1. Download mapmyindia.com/move app or visit maps.mapmyindia.com or cowin.gov.in
2. In the search box, press current location or enter your address or place name or eLoc of interest. eLoc is the 6-character digital address for any place across India, a precise pin code representing the doorstep of any place (more information at mapmyindia.com/eloc)
3. Click search / vaccination centres. You will see the nearest vaccination centres to you or the location of your interest. You can click on Get Directions to further get exact turn-by-turn directions and real-time navigation (based on live traffic congestion and road safety hazards) to that vaccine centre.