Soon, Google Maps will allow you to draw on a map to correct it

If you’ve ever been frustrated by a road just nonexistent on Google Maps, the company is now making it easier than ever to add it. Google will update its map editing experience to allow users to add missing roads and realign, rename or delete incorrect ones. He calls the experience “drawing”, but is closer to using the Microsoft Paint line tool. The updated tool is expected to be “launched in the coming months in more than 80 countries”, according to a blog post.

Currently, if you try to add a missing road, you can just place a pin where the road should be and type in the name of the road to send that information to Google. The new tool should make it easier not only to add missing roads, but also to make corrections, like fixing a road name or its direction (for example, if the road is one way, but Google Maps says not).

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Obviously, Google will still review your fixes to make sure they are accurate. After submitting a change with the new tool, you’ll see a screen where Google warns you that you don’t want a bike path to be marked as a road, or that someone makes a road designed to hurt people, for example. This screen also says that it will take about seven days for the company to review your shipment.

Google Maps will also receive a feature called “photo updates”, which will allow you to share small details about a place without having to leave a full comment. In the app, you can add images of a location, as well as view recent photos with snippets of text that others have sent.

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