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Re:Watch Google Map Edits Live by btn on Saturday August 13, 2011 @08:54PM (#2882433)
Everything that people contribute through Map Maker is available freely for non-commercial purposes (with some restrictions). However, the license is certainly not as permissive as Open Street Map.

https://services.google.com/fb/forms/mapmakerdatadownload/

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Re:Watch Google Map Edits Live by yellowbkpk on Saturday August 13, 2011 @09:11PM (#2882462)
- US data is not available.

- The last update was 4 months ago.

- It is provided in KML format, which is quite difficult to work with in existing spatial tools beyond Google Earth.

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