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Google Maps invites its users in

1 Apr. 2008 | Author: AWo | german

The makers of Google Maps have improved their offering by focussing on the cooperation of their users.

GoogleMaps editingAs of mid November 2007, registered members of the local Google sites in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, were able to correct the positioning of local markers in Google Maps.

Now the search engine giant offers members of these countries the option of even more active participation in the Local search arena. Registered members are now able to add new locations, such as service options, companies, and also attractions or POIs (Points of Interest). Existing entries may be augmented with additional information or indeed deleted, such as when an undertaking closes down.

Ramesh Balakrishnan in Google’s LatLong Blog discussed these innovations.  In order to avoid misuse (or misadventure), Google has set up multiple mechanisms – all changes are listed under a “History” section of the specific location, and the original information is always to be retrieved. The FAQs on the Help page of Google Maps also fdetails that certain locations are not freely editable, for example hospitals, governmental buildings or businesses whose proprietor(s) have expressly specified (through registration with the Local Business Center) that their content is not changeable by 3rd parties.

At posting date, the German version of Google Maps does not yet offer this feature.

Google Maps invites its users in
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