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 ...

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 ...

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 has decided to retire Map Maker. The company is consolidating map editing in the Google Maps app and through Google Search. Google My Business insiders like Mike Blumenthal and Joy Hawkins were ...

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 ...

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 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 previously announced its intention to close Map Maker back in November 2016. It is replacing the feature by putting more emphasis on its Local Guides program, a scheme designed to reward ...

Google has shut down Google Map Maker. A support page went up over the weekend declaring that Map Maker is closed but that "many of its features are being integrated into Google Maps." Map Maker was a ...

MANILA--Search giant Google on Wednesday unveiled a new Web application that allows users to fill in content such as names of streets and establishments, to help create maps of countries. Company ...

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 ...