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Now You Can Edit Google Maps

It’s hard to believe, but Google Maps users in the US have been missing out on a pretty important feature.

It’s not particularly sexy but I think an important feature for creating accurate information about where you live. Meet Google Map Maker.

The feature is pretty self-explanatory: it allows users to create (or, in the case of the US, edit) Google Maps, and it’s already had a major impact worldwide.

In the United States, they’ve been able to access online maps for years because companies have been plotting and licensing the data to services like MapQuest and Google. But in many countries, there wasn’t any data for online maps to speak of — so Google created a web-based tool so people could create their own. Edits are submitted by users, and after a moderation process, they’re added to Google Maps.

The feature has been used to generate maps for 183 countries and regions wordwide, and Google says that the number of people globally with access to detailed maps of their neighborhoods has jumped from 15% to 30% because of it.

For now the feature is only available via the web interface, but it sounds like it will eventually make its way to mobile platforms as well (it would be easier to make submissions and corrections in the field).

To coincide with the US launch, Map Maker users everywhere are getting a couple new features: Street View can be used from within the editor, and there’s now an advanced search engine with more granular controls.

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