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I've added a lot of those places manually through the "Add a missing place" in the menu. The review process either takes 2 days or stays in limbo forever. Googl
by niroyb 9y ago
I've added a lot of those places manually through the "Add a missing place" in the menu. The review process either takes 2 days or stays in limbo forever. Google maps also gamified the contribution process so you can get internet points for improving their maps.
- Tempest1981 9y agoI was curious about these "internet points", and found this: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/google-maps-updates-it-local-guides-program-with-a-new-points-system-and-more-levels/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/13/google-maps-updates-it-loc... "... guides who get to level four will now get three months of free access to Google Play Music and 75 percent off rentals in the Google Play Movie store."
- wingworks 9y agoYep, it's a shell of its former glory. They used to give out Google Map shirts at the end of the year if you contribute allot, as well as 1TB of free Google Drive storage for a year. You also sometimes get invited to try some map-related apps before it becomes public. Very rare though.
- lucb1e 9y agoJust to make sure, you're aware that this information you're contributing is to the benefit of a company that has no interest in sharing the data back with you if it's not a financial win for them? Because that's the reason I don't want to contribute: I can't even export my own changes in a standard format, let alone our collective contributions or even all data.