Video - How to Add Political Boundaries in Google Map Maker

No one knows a town or neighborhood like the people that live there. Google knows that and has made Map Maker a crowd-sourcing project to create the most detailed public maps possible. Google suggests adding information about recreational areas in your town, cultural landmarks, schools, and businesses. Yesterday, thanks to Rich Kiker, I learned that Google Map Maker now allows you to add political boundaries to maps. Watch the video below to learn how to do this.


Applications for Education
Teachers looking to create a project with "real world" implications should consider having students research their communities and contribute to making the map better on Google Map Maker.

Learn more about Map Maker in the video below.

Map Makerpedia - Learn How to Contribute to Google Map Maker

Google Map Maker is a community-powered project whose purpose is to develop the most accurate Google Maps possible. The project is based on the idea that no one knows an area better than the people that live there. Therefore, the people that live there should be able to make the best maps of that area. Watch the video below to learn more about the ideas behind Google Map Maker.


Yesterday, I learned about Google Map Makerpedia. Map Makerpedia is a resource for learning how to use Map Makerpedia from the basics through advanced options like including image overlays. You will also find Google Map Maker use cases from around the world on Map Makerpedia.

Applications for Education
If you're looking for some Google Maps how-to lessons, Map Makerpedia could be a good resource for you. Take a look at the section on collaborative mapping for some ideas about how your community can participate in making Google Map Maker better.

Google Map Maker Opens to U.S. Users

For more than a year now users in some countries outside of the US have been able to create detailed maps of their cities and towns on Google Map Maker. Today, Google opened Map Maker to users in the US.

No one knows a town or neighborhood like the people that live there. Google knows that and has made Map Maker a crowd-sourcing project to create the most detailed public maps possible. Google suggests adding information about recreational areas in your town, cultural landmarks, schools, and businesses. To prevent erroneous information appearing on the map edits are moderated.

Learn more about Google Map Maker in the video below.


Applications for Education
Teachers looking to create a project with "real world" implications should consider having students research their communities and contribute to making the map better on Google Map Maker.