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2. Google Map Maker - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_map_maker

   Google Map Maker was a map editing service launched by Google in June 2008. [2] In geographies where it is hard to find providers of good map data, user contributions were used to increase map quality. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps only after sufficient review by

3. Google to shut down Map Maker, its crowdsourced map editing ...

   techcrunch.com/2016/11/08/google-to-shut-down...

   For example, in 2015, Map Maker was used to vandalize Google Maps with an image of Google’s Android character urinating on the Apple logo. The company had to shut down Map Maker temporarily, ...

4. Google Map Maker is now dead | TechCrunch

   techcrunch.com/2017/04/03/google-map-maker-is...

   The company had said that Map Maker would retire in March 2017. According to a on Google’s Help site for the service, Map Maker officially closed on Friday, March 31, 2017. Over the years, the ...

5. Google's 'Map Maker' Now Lets You Edit Google Maps In The ...

   techcrunch.com/2011/04/19/googles-map-maker-now...

   Meet Google Map Maker. The feature is pretty self-explanatory: it allows users to create (or, in the case of the US, edit) Google Maps, and it's already had a major impact worldwide.

6. Google Maps - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps

   In areas where Google Map Maker was available, for example, much of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe as well as the United States and Canada, anyone who logged into their Google account could directly improve the map by fixing incorrect driving directions, adding biking trails, or adding a missing building or road.

7. Google will retire Map Maker, the tool that let ... - Engadget

   www.engadget.com/2016-11-09-google-will-retire...

   Google's Map Maker tool was released in April 2011 as a parallel version of its official Maps app that encouraged user-submitted geographical and business changes, essentially crowdsourcing updates.

8. Google's Map Maker is a clone of Maps, except you can ...

   www.engadget.com/2011-04-19-googles-map-maker-is...

   Google may have stashed the locations of every WiFi access point and convenience store goodie the world over, but there are things that even 360-degree cameras, massive algorithms and self-driving ...

9. Google reopens Map Maker edits after digital vandalism - Engadget

   www.engadget.com/2015-08-13-map-maker-slowly...

   Google is ever so slowly reintroducing Map Maker, the service that allows anyone to contribute to Google Maps. The company was left a little red-faced in May when a prank submission was discovered ...