Build with AI (Virtual): Interactive Geospatial Apps with Google Maps & Gemini

Name: Build with AI (Virtual): Interactive Geospatial Apps with Google Maps & Gemini
Start: 2026-10-07T19:30:00+03:00
End: 2026-10-07T20:30:00+03:00

GDG on Campus University of Nairobi - Nairobi, Kenya

Learn how to build "Block Explorer"—an interactive web app combining Google Maps Platform with Gemini generative AI—and earn your Google for Developers learning badge.

Oct 7, 4:30 – 5:30 PM (UTC)

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Key themes

AI - AI StudioBuild with AIGoogle Maps PlatformWorkshop / hands-on session

About this event

Join us online for an interactive, code-along workshop where we explore the intersection of Google Maps Platform and the Gemini API.
In this virtual session, you will build a geospatial discovery app called Block Explorer entirely in your browser using Google AI Studio.
What we will cover:
Integrating dynamic, interactive maps and geocoding without credit card or billing setups.
Prompting and grounding the Gemini API to surface localized cultural, historical, and geographical insights.
Exporting your clean codebase and claiming your official Build with Google Maps Platform and AI Google Developer profile badge.
This is Part 1 of our two-part hands-on series. Next week in Part 2, we will take the code you built, learn Git version control and secret hygiene, and publish it live on GitHub!