Google will retire Map Maker, the tool that let anyone update Maps
Most of its features will be rolled into Maps by March 2017.
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. Ideally, moderators would check the
edits and roll them into the official versions once confirmed, though some
trolling vandalism has squeaked through in the past. But it
seems the dream to trust everyone with public maps is dead. Yesterday, the
search giant announced that they will retire Map Maker and fold
it wholly into Maps by March 2017.
Starting
today, edits made in Map Maker won't be up for moderation, Google stated in a
blog post. Instead, they'll be fully moved into Maps, .
This begins a slow process for the search giant to transfer most, but probably
not all of, the tools from Map Maker over to Maps leading up to and after its
transition date next spring. What aspects won't make the jump are unclear, but
restricting edits and suggestions to its Local Guides program might prevent another vulgar
joke edit from shutting down the public-facing site for a few weeks.
Source | https://www.engadget.com
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