Google just went live with Map Maker, a program that makes certain regions around the world -- like Jamaica, Iceland, Bahamas, Grenada and more -- editable by everyone (everyone with a Google account, that is). "Map Maker allows you and your peers to add, edit and moderate most features you see on maps including roads, lakes, parks, points of interest, businesses, cities and localities," Google writes in their blog post.
I find the interface for this tool somewhat non-intuitive in parts (for instance, a button in the explanatory legend looks just as clickable as an actually clickable button ...
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