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Google Map Maker

Type: Product

Name: Google Map Maker

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

I-5 bridge that collapsed into river is already gone from Google Maps

If you?re traveling on Interstate 5 this Memorial Day Weekend and need directions, Google Maps is going to be your best bet.Why? Well, Google has already updated its map to show Thursday night?s collapse of the 58-year-old bridge spanning the Skagit ... [Published King5.com - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Google Maps, Google Map Maker, Seattle, Bing Maps, Mount Vernon (Washington, United States)

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Collapsed I-5 bridge gone from Google Maps — almost as quickly as it fell

Facebook Share on FacebookTwitterLinkedInGooglePlusEmail6 minutes agoOn Thursday evening, a bridge along Interstate 5 in Washington State collapsed. Early on Friday, Google Maps already reflected the incident. Google's secret for such a speedy update? ... [Published NBCNews.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Google Maps, Google Inc, Google Map Maker, Facebook Inc, Level of Detail

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

The power mappers

Last November, chemical engineer Argha and his twin brother Arka, 24, were riding down a main road in Vadodara, looking for some fish to fry for Diwali night.Originally from Kolkata, they were missing their traditional feast and were swapping tales of ... [Published Hindustan Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Google Maps, Vadodara, India, Google Map Maker, Gasoline

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Cartography’s new golden age

No Diakubama, an emigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo who now lives in Paris, is one of this centurys intrepid pioneers. Using online mapmaking tools, he created the first map of his village, Mbandaka, which he and his wife have modified more ... [Published Jordan Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Cartography, Mbandaka (Congo (Dem. Rep.)), Adventurer, Ferdinand Magellan, Google Map Maker

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Bent on breaking barriers on the net

Lalitesh Katragadda has worked on some of the world’s most important online tools from Google. He wrote Google Map Maker, a collaborative community tool that lets users fill gaps in Google Maps. He also co-founded Hindi Transliteration, Google’s transliteration ... [Published New Indian Express - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Robotics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Google Map Maker, Google Finance

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Satellite Imagery Company Skybox Teams Up With MapBox For Analysis And Annotation Of Data

Google isn’t the only company working on mapping out the entire world with satellite imagery and detailed information about every nook and cranny in the universe. Two companies are teaming up to create publishable information on your site or news article ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Annotation, OpenStreetMap, PDF, Google Map Maker

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Google Inc

Google Map Maker Tool Application

By Ika Now you can create your own maps according to your area with an app from Google called . Inform your local map changes to people throughout the world with this app. ... [Published Good Magazine - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Google Map Maker, Google Inc

First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

Google Map Maker finally hits the UK

Crowd-sourced mapping tool arrives on British shores Long absent from the country, Google's crowd-sourced mapping tool Google Map Maker has finally arrived in the UK today. The tool allow Brits to improve the mapping data provided through Google's web ... [Published Androiiid - Apr 11 2013]

Entities: Google Map Maker, United Kingdom, Crowdsourcing

First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

Google Map Maker arrives in UK

The United Kingdom's denizens now can add detail such as paths and businesses to Google's online maps service. But remember: it's free labor for Google. [Read more] ... [Published CNET News.com - Apr 11 2013]

Entities: Google Map Maker, United Kingdom, Google Inc

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 2 reports

Google Runs Afoul of Indian Agency over Mapping Contest

Google, who is no stranger to international dustups over its maps and street view service, has run afoul of India’s federal mapping agency over a recent project to improve upon the country’s maps.Google first announced the Mapathon back in February , ... [Published WebProNews - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, Roy Chowdhury, India, Google Map Maker, Security Interest

First reported Feb 07 2013 - Updated Feb 08 2013 - 2 reports

Google announces Mapathon 2013 in India, offers prize incentives

Google is trying to ramp up Maps in India by holding its first mapping competition in the country – Mapathon 2013. The mission? For users to add destinations and more to Maps via Google Map Maker. Those who participate could end up being awarded with ... [Published SlashGear - Feb 08 2013]

Entities: Google Inc, India, Google Map Maker, Google Android

First reported Jan 29 2013 - Updated Jan 30 2013 - 11 reports

Google Debuts Crowd Sourced Map on North Korea

Through Google Maps, with the click of a mouse, you can travel the world; see the most remote places on earth, and even explore Antartica with panoramic imagery . But one place that has always been unavailable, even through Google Maps, is the hermit ... [Published Global Voices Online - Jan 29 2013]

Entities: North Korea, Google Maps, Google Inc, Crowdsourcing

Quotes

...the Map Maker tool to go into Google Maps to edit it to reflect the bridge collapse," Google spokesperson Sierra Lovelace explained toNBC News. "The community that reviews the edits was able to push the change live to Google Maps quickly."

Collapsed I-5 bridge gone from Google Maps — almost as quickly as it fell [Published NBCNews.com - 6 hours ago]

...Yelp, Zagat, Poynt and Foursquare) are associated with a geo-service to complete the mobile experience—in essence, "show me an activity, find the location, and tell me how to get there based on my current position." In the mobile world, information is valuable but probably not as desirable unless it’s accompanied by a map

Mapping Strategy: Understanding the Digital Battleground [Published Geoplace - May 01 2013]

...Commenting on his motivations to map, Karthik said, "To me, maps are important as they help provide useful information about a state or a city in a way that can be accessed easily by most Indians. In a country as big as ours, it's especially important for us to find better ways to communicate local information. This is why I started using Google Map Maker if we can all help by mapping local hospitals, schools, rivers, temples, and even petrol pumps, then we can make a difference in people's lives. And through this difference, we can all contribute to Indias social development." So how does it all work? Google Map Maker is an easy-to-use tool that allows users to add more detail to Google Maps through a few simple clicks...

Google Announces Its First Mapping Competition In India [Published Silicon India - Feb 07 2013]

"According to a Google blog post, the maps were created by a group of volunteer citizen cartographers, through an interface known as Google Map Maker. That program much like Wikipedia allows users to submit their own data, which is then fact-checked by other users, and sometimes altered many times over. Similar processes were used in other once-unmapped countries like Afghanistan and Burma...."

Google releases detailed map of North Korea, gulags and all [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Jan 29 2013]

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Collapsed I-5 bridge gone from Google Maps — al... [Published NBCNews.com - 6 hours ago]
I-5 bridge that collapsed into river is already... [Published King5.com - 16 hours ago]
The power mappers [Published Hindustan Times - May 11 2013]
Cartography’s new golden age [Published Jordan Times - May 08 2013]
Mapping Strategy: Understanding the Digital Bat... [Published Geoplace - May 01 2013]
Bent on breaking barriers on the net [Published New Indian Express - Apr 27 2013]
Satellite Imagery Company Skybox Teams Up With ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 24 2013]
Satellite Imagery Company Skybox Teams Up With ... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Apr 24 2013]
Google extends Map Maker service to Germany, Fi... [Published The Next Web - Apr 23 2013]
Cartography's new golden age by Brian McClendon* [Published Zaman - Apr 21 2013]
Google Map Maker Tool Application [Published Good Magazine - Apr 21 2013]
Cartography’s New Golden Age [Published Project Syndicate - Apr 18 2013]
Google Rolls Out Its DIY Map Maker Technology [Published PSFK - Apr 17 2013]
Google expands maps service in Africa [Published TechCentral.co.za - Apr 16 2013]
Google Map Maker: 40,000 Monthly Contributors [Published GPS Business News - Apr 15 2013]
Google Map Maker Heads To The UK [Published WebProNews Feed - Apr 11 2013]
Google Map Maker finally hits the UK [Published Androiiid - Apr 11 2013]
Google Map Maker Comes To The UK, Bringing More... [Published Androiiid - Apr 11 2013]
Google Map Maker arrives in UK [Published CNET News.com - Apr 11 2013]
UK finally gets access to Google's Map Maker ed... [Published Engadget - Apr 11 2013]
Google Runs Afoul of Indian Agency over Mapping... [Published WebProNews - Apr 08 2013]
Google Runs Afoul of Indian Agency over Mapping... [Published WebProNews Feed - Apr 08 2013]
Is Google About to Pay for Another Mapping Mist... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Apr 07 2013]
Google Takes The Trekker To The Arctic For Stre... [Published WebProNews - Mar 20 2013]
Google Takes The Trekker To The Arctic For Stre... [Published WebProNews Feed - Mar 20 2013]
Google Spring Cleaning Again: List Of Services ... [Published Wake up America - Mar 14 2013]
A second spring of cleaning [Published The Official Google Blog - Mar 13 2013]
Google Beware: Lenovo Muscles Into Top 5 in Mob... [Published SiliconANGLE - Feb 08 2013]
T-Mobile Aims to be First U.S. Carrier for Blac... [Published SiliconANGLE - Feb 08 2013]
Google announces Mapathon 2013 in India, offers... [Published SlashGear - Feb 08 2013]

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Satellite Imagery Company Skybox Teams Up With ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 24 2013] Google isn’t the only company working on mapping out the entire world with satellite imagery and detailed information about every nook and cranny in the universe. Two companies are teaming up to create publishable information on your site or news article ...
Satellite Imagery Company Skybox Teams Up With ... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Apr 24 2013] Google isn’t the only company working on mapping out the entire world with satellite imagery and detailed information about every nook and cranny in the universe. Two companies are teaming up to create publishable information on your site or news article ...
Google extends Map Maker service to Germany, Fi... [Published The Next Web - Apr 23 2013] Google has opened up Map Maker to users in Germany, Finland and the Åland Islands today, enabling citizens to update maps for their local area with new landmarks, roads and building outlines. To recap, Map Maker is a browser-based service that ...
Google Map Maker finally hits the UK [Published Androiiid - Apr 11 2013] Crowd-sourced mapping tool arrives on British shores Long absent from the country, Google's crowd-sourced mapping tool Google Map Maker has finally arrived in the UK today. The tool allow Brits to improve the mapping data provided through Google's web ...
Google Map Maker Comes To The UK, Bringing More... [Published Androiiid - Apr 11 2013] While Google’s UK Maps service is far from incomplete, it’s not easy to comprehensively cover a vast array of British towns and countryside without a bit of local knowledge. Read the original post: Google Map Maker Comes To The UK, Bringing More ...