Google announced late last year that it would shut down Map Maker, its older, online tool that allowed anyone to contribute updates to Google Maps. The service, which had been around since 2008, let ...

Update (04/02/17): As expected, Google has finally put the kibosh on Map Maker. The company says it'll continue to bring more Map Maker features to Google Maps, but ...

Turns out that sometimes, even the very best filters, algorithms, and moderators can’t prevent the worst elements of humanity from ruining it for the rest of us. At least, that’s the case with ...

A service that allows users to add roads, rivers, buildings, etc. to the map using a dedicated tool is "Google Map Maker"is. It is a completely different service from Google Maps, but maps created by ...

Google has sounded the death knell for its crowdsourced map correction system, Google Map Maker, ending its long-term use at the end of March. Never fear, though, many of those features will make a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Google released Map Maker, a Web application that allows users to add ...

Since 2008, Google has run an online tool called Map Maker that allows anyone worldwide to contribute data to Google Maps. Now, that tool is shutting down. The company announced today in its online ...

People will now have more power to moderate edits on the service, with ‘a community of well-intentioned users’ fending off digital vandalism Google is relaunching its Map Maker tool, which allows ...

After years of fraudulent edits to Google Maps, Google has temporarily suspended Google Maps Maker. Google has temporarily suspended Google Map Maker, a service to allow the community to make edits to ...

Google has recently released its Map Maker tool for Google Maps in the US and the tool promises to further improve Google’s already impressive location-based services. Mapmaker gives users the ability ...