The building that Mamoudou Gassama climbed last May to save a child is now highlighted by Google Maps as a place of interest. 51, rue Marx-Dormoy in Paris is indicated by a special pictogram and presented as the Mamoudou Gassama's hall of fame. It would be an automatic process.
Famous even on Google Maps. The mapping portal lists as notable site the building which Mamoudou Gassama climbed the facade with his bare hands to save a little boy of 4 years hanging on the railing of a balcony, on May 26th.
The video of the scene had become viral and the 22-year-old Malian migrant was then granted French nationality. The building located at 51, rue Marx-Dormoy, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, has also gained notoriety. He is now reported on Google Maps by a pictogram and dubbed "Mamoudou Gassama 's hall of fame" (the Hall of Fame Mamoudou Gassama), spotted Le Parisien .
An automatic referencing?
Google Maps representatives did not want to comment on this classification. SEO experts told the Paris daily newspaper that the highlighting of the building was probably not the result of the decision of a manager. It could be the work of an algorithm that automatically analyzes and crosses news items and geographic data.
Still, the apartment building built in the 1990s had not waited for its highlight on Google Maps to attract the curious. The phenomenon lasted more than a month. "Every day, we saw people taking pictures of the building or taking selfies under the balconies. But since July, there is no one, " says the boss of a restaurant located in front of the famous building. Thanks to Google Maps, tourists may stop there again.