Thursday, April 11, 2013

UK finally gets access to Google's Map Maker editing tool

UK finally gets access to Google's crowdsourced mapping tool, Map Maker

Those red pins look almost like little hearts, revealing which countries have been showered with the affection of Google's crowdsourced map improvement tool and those -- like the UK -- that have so far been left out. We can now safely ignore the chart, however, as the UK has just received its dose of Map Maker love, taking its rightful place among nations like the US, France, India and even North Korea. Instead of just reporting problems, which has long been possible, Brits can use the browser-based service to contribute additional local knowledge about everything from bus stations to cycle routes, as well as natural features like parks and even bits of shrubbery. (Hopefully, only really amazing bits of shrubbery.) You can watch folks adding these sorts of things, almost in real-time, at the Google link below -- and it's weirdly addictive.

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Via: BBC News

Source: Google Map Maker

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/11/google-map-maker-comes-to-the-uk/

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