Google is finally releasing Map Maker in the US, making it the 184th country to be supported. But it's not because the country's been ignored so far, Google Map Maker was initially intended for places ...

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 ...

This map of a fantasy world was made by the automated map generator @unchartedatlas on Twitter. The striking fjords are reminiscent of Norway. As you travel northeast along the shore of southern ...

Update (04/02/17): As expected, Google has finally put the kibosh on Map Maker. The company says it'll continue to bring more Map Maker features to Google Maps, but ...

You have a choice when it comes to maps, and the answer isn’t as clear as it used to be. Google’s maps are still king, but OpenStreetMap is making a name for itself, gaining favor among many apps and ...

Company says that new process, using Google Maps app and Google Search, will expedite publication of changes and additions. Google has decided to retire Map Maker. The company is consolidating map ...

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's Map Maker tool was released in April 2011 as a parallel version of its official Maps app that encouraged user-submitted geographical and business changes, essentially crowdsourcing updates.

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 ...