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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 recently released its Map Maker tool for Google Maps in the US and the tool promises to further improve Google’s already impressive location-based services. Mapmaker gives users the ability ...

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.

If you've ever found Google Maps lacking, you can now add your own input using Google's Map Maker tool, available in Australia from today. Using the tool, Aussies can now add information to Google ...

Google’s Map Maker has been getting hit hard with spam over the last few months, with one of the most recent and widely publicized incidents involving an Android logo urinating on an Apple logo in the ...

Those of you who build and tweak your own maps via Google’s Map Maker can now share them with your circles on Google+. Any maps that you share via a post pop up on your Google+ profile, visible to the ...