GeoVation award to MaxiMap

The Wales-based entrepreneurs, Rowena Wells and Ann Jones won the GeoVation Award at London’s Royal Geographical Society. They were presented the main prize of £11,000 for their venture called MaxiMap, a giant floor map to help get schoolchildren excited about learning geography. Ventures like, Mission: Explore London and London Blue Plaques were also recognised as the runner-up and second runner-up with £7,000 and £3,000 respectively. This Awards Programme was launched in October 2009 with the aim of helping people, communities and businesses bring their map-based ideas to life for the benefit of society. Since then, the scheme has attracted over 300 members and generated more than 220 ideas or ventures.

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