Google Map Maker Comes to the USA

Google has added the United States to Google Map Maker. Google Map Maker allows anyone to edit and add information to Google Maps.



Google claims that since the introduction of Google Map Maker the number of the world's population with accurate online maps of their neighbourhoods has doubled from 15% to 30%. Now users in the United States can correct errors on Google Maps with Map Maker and add detail to areas that are lacking proper map data.

In addition to opening Map Maker for the United States Google have added some new features for users globally. You can now get a street-level perspective on places with Street View imagery directly in Map Maker, see and edit all points of interest, and find exactly what you’re looking for with advanced search options such as displaying all railroad tracks.

Map Maker Pulse

You can view real-time edits to Map Maker with this Google Map. The application uses Google Maps and the Google Earth browser to show you in real-time where people are using Google Map Maker to update Google Maps.

Via: The Official Google Blog

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Real-Time Edits to Google Maps

Google Map Maker Pulse

Google have released a map showing in real-time edits being made to Google Maps using Google Map Maker.

Google Map Maker allows anyone to edit or add features such as roads, businesses, parks, schools and more to Google Maps. Contributions on Map Maker are used to improve the accuracy of Google Maps.

This real-time map animates to the latest contributions made on Map Maker, showing the location updated in satellite view. The map also displays the name of the contributor and the type of edit or addition made to the map.

(update: Pulse seems to have quickly become a dead page - hopefully it will be back up soon)

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Map Maker Graduation: Part IV

Seventeen countries and territories have today been given much better map data thanks to Google Map Maker


The new areas with improved maps are:

Brunei, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Kiribati, Kuwait, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Syria, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen.

Hopefully this will lead to some exciting new Google Maps mashups from these areas.

Via: Google LatLong

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Map Maker in Europe

Google have added several Eastern European countries to Map Maker. The new countries are Albania, Belarus, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia.

Map Maker allows anyone with local knowledge to update maps in areas that currently have poor coverage on Google Maps. Below is a timelapse video of the map of Madurai, India showing how the city's map data has been improved over time by user edits.



You can learn more about Google Map Maker on the Map Maker page.

Via: Google LatLong: Map Maker gets a European flair

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