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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by jdm2212 on Thursday June 20, 2019 @07:18PM (#20238412)
The Maps mobile app has had this for at least 3 years -- they ask you questions about places you know. You can also suggest edits on Google Maps which are sent to others for review But not that many people use either feature.
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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by zo1 on Friday June 21, 2019 @04:40AM (#20240899)
Even further back than 3 years. They previously used to even allow you to edit the underlying map, business and road data in a nifty UI kind of what OSM does now. That was a good 5 years ago I think. But they deprecated it and I guess replaced it with local-guides which is much more restricted and "gamified".
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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by ballenf on Friday June 21, 2019 @12:39AM (#20239920)
I was a local guide until the Maps API price increase screwed over my use case. Somehow that killed my motivation.
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