Google has reopened Map Maker, the platform that lets users edit and improve Google Maps, with a new structure to better moderate community edits. Google suspended Map Maker in May shortly after the ...

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 ...

There’s no question that Google Maps is one of the most widely used map sites for business and personal use. Not only is it useful for finding directions to a specific place, but over the years more ...

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 ...

Google is getting increasingly good at getting its community to do its work for them with Google Maps. Today’s example is a new service called Google Map Maker, which, as you might expect, allows ...

Google has announced that it will be integrating its Google Map Maker into Google Maps. The project started back in 2008, and the service has been suspended due to people adding stuff to the maps ...

Google is no stranger to controversial products. The Google Glass was criticized for being a privacy nightmare made real and Google's self-driving cars still continue to be a topic for lawmakers and ...

Google bid adieu to its Map Maker on March 31, pulling the plug on the map editing app. Google's support page shared that some Map Maker's features will be integrated into Google Maps. The decision of ...

Zooming in on the map, the Web giant introduces a new tool for its crowd-sourced mapping app that lets users share and learn more information about their neighborhoods. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter ...

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 ...

Google’s map offerings build in the human intelligence on the front end, and that’s what allows its computers to tell you the best route from San Francisco to Boston. In an exclusive story by the ...

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 ...