Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Google invites contributions to U.S. Maps

Google Inc. will not hesitate to ask for directions, trying to improve their online mapping service. Therefore, users of Google to get more transparency on the map of the United States to add. Proposed amendments on Tuesday that the editing tool is used to generate and refine maps of 183 countries by early 2005.

Google in Mountain View, unhurried service for card-based services and the United States, because they have good information on the country of origin. Instead, he opted for shortcomings in other parts of the world focused, digital maps, which were much more primitive or fully available to fill.

The most complete Google Maps WebGuide U.S. think they are much easier with the help of citizen cartographers. Google hopes that people will be willing to offer the name of their favorite meeting place, perhaps the label of all buildings on the campus of the University and near the university found. Other local knowledge can be seen in action, bike paths and street location of parks in the community.

All proposed changes are in http://mapmaker.google.com be checked for errors before they appear on the site map to Google. Google relies on volunteer moderators to use their credibility for users who sign up for mapping services.

An appeal to the collective knowledge of users is associated with specific areas of expertise on Wikipedia, an approach that the main source of the Internet to create online. Although Wikipedia has a couple of nasty bugs have been published in the course of its history of 10 years, has been reliable enough for one of the most visited sites and the Internet.

Google argues that citizens cartographers, conscientious and accurate in other countries where the editing tools are already available on the card to find. Gartner Google Maps is a pervasive problem before.

The largest of the game, Street View features photographs of cities in the address bar card to offer. Street View privacy initially provoked complaints Google has released photos of people in public places or activities that will not be published on the Internet included.

Last year, Google has found that cars equipped with e-mail software and other data from users of wireless networks unprotected in areas where their vehicles were spotted flying. Google says it believes that the cars have been snooping software until it has responded to the request.

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