Google Map Maker was released almost three years ago, allowing users in 183 countries to modify the online maps we’ve become reliant upon. Now Google has extended the reach of Map Maker to include the ...

In a movie or a novel set in the world of fantasy, a map of a fictitious world is definitely said to appear, and the imagination is swollen just by looking at the map. A service that can automatically ...

Google’s map offerings build in the human intelligence on the front end, and that’s what allows its computers to tell you the best route from San Francisco to Boston. In an exclusive story by the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

After the recent rash of map vandalism and other map mischief that caused Google to shut down Map Maker, the company is getting ready to reopen it. Simultaneously Google is instituting a new ...

Starting next year, all crowdsourced map edits will take place in Google Maps itself. I’m the deputy managing editor of the hardware team at PCMag.com. Reading this during the day? Then you've caught ...

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 ...