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Google Crowd-Sources Maps

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-adding-moats dept.

Wamoc writes "Google has invited 'citizen cartographers' to refine the US map for Google Maps and Google Earth. 'Today we're opening the map of the United States in Google Map Maker for you to add your expert local knowledge directly. You know your neighborhood or hometown best, and with Google Map Maker you can ensure the places you care about are richly represented on the map. For example, you can fix the name of your local pizza parlor, or add a description of your favorite book store.'"

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  1. This sounds familiar... by Haedrian · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.openstreetmap.org/

    1. Re:This sounds familiar... by CRCulver · · Score: 4, Informative

      Depends where you are. For some places in Europe, OSM is vastly more complete than Google, showing post boxes and rubbish bins. I'm about to leave for Tajikistan, and I see that there's very little detail there, but for how many users is that a problem?