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...from Engadget RSS Feed https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/09/google-will-retire-map-maker-the-tool-that-let-anyone-update-ma/
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