Instant Google Map Maker Starter

By Limoke Oscar

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks.This is a practical, example-rich Starter which helps you with the skills needed to learn Google Map Maker. This book is intended for those who would like to understand how Google maps are created and are interested in creating their own maps in Google Map Maker. No special skills or system requirements are necessary. You will very quickly understand how the Google Map Maker platform and community work and have your own map edits by the end of your read. You will also find useful communities and social media personalities to follow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Release date: Mar 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781849695299

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1. Instant Google Map Maker Starter

So, what is Google Map Maker?

System requirements

Quick start

Common issues in Google Map Maker

The Map Maker interface

Search

Review area

Map view area

Map controls

Edit control

Personal/User area

View

Contributors

Scale

Top features you need to know about

Adding new Features to Google Maps

Points or Points of Interest (POI)

Polygons

Lines

Directions

Editing existing features

Points/ POI

Lines

Polygons

Reviewing and moderating edits/features

Browse features

Sharing edits on Google Plus

People and places you should get to know

Google Map Maker forum

Google Map Maker moderation guidelines

Map Makerpedia

Google Lat Long blog

Map Maker Social

Downloading Google Map Maker data

Watching live edits in Map Maker

Instant Google Map Maker Starter

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Instant Google Map Maker Starter

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Limoke Oscar

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