Google rewards Indian teenager for service that helps local fishermen navigate

A 14-year-old Indian student has won Google's Community Impact Award for a GPS-powered app that aims at keeping local fishermen safe and enhancing their productivity. The award, which got him $10,000, focuses on projects that make a practical difference to communities by addressing challenges surrounding the environment, health and resources.

A class 10 student in the southern city of Chennai, Advay Ramesh is among the 20 finalists shortlisted to compete for the $50,000 scholarship at the Google Science Fair 2016. 

Ramesh eventually hopes to develop his app into a hand-held device, which he calls the FishErmen Lifeline Terminal (FELT). While it has been tested with Google Maps, it will eventually use the Standard Position System, an open navigation service provided by the country's Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for greater accuracy at sea. Read more...