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Panel reports 1,700 events and Google-powered digital map

New York City Council · Sep 30, 2026 · starts 1:47:27 · 1 min 37 sec

Thomas-Henry asks how many events were published and whether the digital map was published. Kreamer says 1,700 events, and Mamana describes a map created by Neuron with Google Maps that was translatable in 50 languages.

Shanel Thomas-Henry

And how many events were ultimately published?

Justin Kreamer

1,700.

Shanel Thomas-Henry

1,700, okay.

Shanel Thomas-Henry

And was the digital map of participating small businesses required by local law 107 ultimately published as well?

Maya Honda

The map and event calendar had lists of small businesses.

Maya Honda

Anyone that was doing a World Cup-related event, or even, I think, an event in that time period, was able to, whether or not they were a member of NYC Tourism, whether or not they were affiliated with anyone, was able to put, kind of enter into their data into the system.

Nancy Mamana

It was really a combination of a navigational tool and a map.

Nancy Mamana

It was created by a company called Neuron in collaboration with Google.

Nancy Mamana

So it was powered by Google Maps, but it allowed the systems to speak to each other.

Nancy Mamana

So if you submitted an event or offer onto our calendar, it would surface in this tool.

Nancy Mamana

And you could also search with real-time transportation inputs.

Nancy Mamana

How long is it going to take you to get to a fan zone?

Nancy Mamana

How long will it take you to get to the match?

Nancy Mamana

Is the subway down?

Nancy Mamana

Is there traffic?

Nancy Mamana

So it was a little bit of a combination, and it was powered by AI only so that we can make sure it was translatable in 50 languages.

Nancy Mamana

So it was sort of a hybrid, not strictly a map, but it did have mapping capabilities in there, but it allowed all the back end.

Nancy Mamana

So as we got signups for the programs for the FIBRO Winter Special, as somebody submitted an event, it would all populate here on the back end.

Nancy Mamana

So it was a useful tool that was piloted during the marathon and was then recreated and expanded for the World Cup.

Shanel Thomas-Henry

Okay.