Google Maps is the go-to navigation service for millions, but it wasn’t always as good as it is today. Back in 2008, Google launched Map Maker to allow users to help fill in the gaps to by adding ...

So now, in order to address the apparently enormous demand, Google is simply washing its hands of the whole ordeal, instead tasking the Map Maker community with the rather overwhelming responsibility ...

Google has announced that it will be reopening Map Maker for editing in early August, and will rely on the community to moderate edits on the platform. The company suspended the community editing tool ...

Contributor Joy Hawkins warns about the likely unintended consequences of Google's impending shutdown of Map Maker, calling for the search giant to create more transparency. Google’s Map Maker has ...

Google on Tuesday reopened Map Maker access in 45 more countries, including the U.S., with a new moderation system designed to prevent a repeat of the offensive Google Maps edits that forced it to ...

Pavithra Kanakarajan, Product Manager at Google Map Maker, explains: As some of you know already, we have been experiencing escalated attacks to spam Google Maps over the past few months. The most ...

Google has been forced to temporarily disable the ability to edit Google Maps through the Map Maker, following a recent rise in vandalism and fake edits. The service will be unavailable from today ...

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