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 has brought its Map Maker tool to the United Kingdom, letting ordinary people contribute mapping data to the widely used Google Maps service. The company announced the move today on its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Google’s Map Maker has been available since 2008 and is now in more than 180 countries and regions all around the world. For the first time, that list includes the U.S. Google has just announced that ...

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 ...

Those of you who build and tweak your own maps via Google’s Map Maker can now share them with your circles on Google+. Any maps that you share via a post pop up on your Google+ profile, visible to the ...