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 ...

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 ...

Company says that new process, using Google Maps app and Google Search, will expedite publication of changes and additions. Google has decided to retire Map Maker. The company is consolidating map ...

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 ...

After a series of spam attacks and other obscene edits, Google has temporarily taken its crowdsourced map editing tool Map Maker offline. The online tool has, for years, allowed those in countries ...

You have a choice when it comes to maps, and the answer isn’t as clear as it used to be. Google’s maps are still king, but OpenStreetMap is making a name for itself, gaining favor among many apps and ...

Google today announced that it will stop providing the standalone Google Map Maker service in March 2017. At that time, the service’s capabilities — which include adding new places and editing ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you've ever found Google Maps lacking, you can now add your own input using Google's Map Maker tool, available in Australia from today. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's ...

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Google has announced that it will retire Map Maker and bundle its features into Maps by March 2017. Google had announced Map Maker tool as a parallel version to official Maps app in April 2011. Google ...