Google Map Maker returning shortly(with Moderation)

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Google’s map editing feature is back online in some countries, months after rogue users hacked the service for a few colorful pranks. One user drew a park in the shape of the Android cartoon droid peeing on the Apple logo. The post made the rounds on the Internet to great amusement, but Google found the prank less entertaining. The tech giant suspended the map service in May. “We have been experiencing escalated attacks to spam Google Maps over the past few months,” wrote Google Map Maker team member Pavithra Kanakarajan in a product forum post after the prank. “The most recent incident was particularly troubling and unfortunate.” Now, Map Maker is back in Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, Philippines and Ukraine, ...Google has put in place new quality controls, including designating “regional leads,” who will moderate edits in their area. This will slow the upload process, but allow Google to weed out any errant-shaped parkland. The company has also put a moratorium on adding geometric shapes to the maps. Map Maker is a browser-based editing feature that lets Google crowdsource a staggering amount of hard-to-get information, including details about remote locations like North Korea and street-by-street data for major cities. Google will reintroduce Map Maker in other countries over the coming weeks

The URL is up, and there's some activity from those New Live countries
http://ift.tt/hCFA7l Can Familiarize yourself with the Edit controls....Street view is available too(Split screen)...Not sure if that level Has an editor too? (No Fine tune for Landing!)


Would like a Quick tutorial Posted in the WU or CA Magazine To show how to make edits (they are "Held" for checking ) before publishing(Or not).Previous Build allowed Direct publishing! Hence their Display issues
Click an orange Balloon on the Map and these are labelled Status: Pending · Review Shows the clampdown in effect :)
Bound to be heavily populated in a few months !

By the Way
are you seeing where the Program has landed you on the Latest Iteration "Default"...? in the South of Russia NE of Kazakhstan

Google Map Maker returning shortly(with Moderation)