Talk:Google Map Maker

Remove the list of countries?
The list of countries that mapping is available for is only one click away from Google Map Maker's official list and IMO adds unnecessary weight to the article. With 178 countries by now, it may be more interesting to list countries that are not available, or perhaps replace the list with a link to the official list.

Yes it would be appropriate to remove list of countries as they have to be updated often Srinivas Ramakrishnan (talk) 18:22, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Just add a list of the countries that aren't involved in the project? 6 countries without is more logical than 170 countries or so with it. Ycleymans (talk) 15:00, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Ownership of Data
The issue of Google retaining ownership of the data created through Map Maker while addressed is not covered in much detail. What if all contributions to Wikipedia were owned by a private company and used to profit their shareholders? The article states "Map Maker is like OSM but...". The fact is Map Maker is not at all like OSM because of the fact the data created by Map Maker is not open source. 209.181.28.128 (talk) 08:21, 21 March 2011 (UTC)fg

Wiki Maps
Can some one help me. I came across a world map in wiki and for the life of me I cannot find it again. The world map had africa in the centre, america's to the left and asia to the right.

Is there a directory for svg maps that we can pick from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craig.M.Hutton (talk • contribs) 09:05, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Contentious opening paragraph

 * "In some countries mapping data is unavailable usually because of Government restrictions on distributing data, and so to fill this void Google has decided to open up Google Maps to a collaborative community effort in certain territories."

This looks like editorialising to me. There are plenty of countries where mapping data is available, it's just that Google chooses not to pay for it. Attributing GMM to an altruistic desire "to fill this void", rather than "to get the data without having to pay for it", is certainly editorialising. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.26.210 (talk) 13:04, 4 November 2013 (UTC)