Ask Google Map Maker to allow editing of Saudi Arabia maps
Last year we tried to ask Google to add Saudi Arabia's map. They finally did but the maps are out of date an inaccurate. We need to ask Google to enable us to edit the Saudi Arabia map using the Google Map Maker.
Right now Google Map Maker supports 164 countries, but it is missing Saudi Arabia and UAE.
I have created a new post in the Google Map Maker group about adding Saudi Arabia. I will add the link to the post once it appears in the group. Here is the new Google Map Maker Group thread about Saudi Arabia and UAE.
If it did not go well we should just switch to OpenStreetMap.
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You are far better using OSM straight off, as you get access to the underlying data, whereas with Google MapMaker you are giving Google the data to do what the they want with it.
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Did you try Ayna Maps? They have street leveled maps for the arab world with a downloadable version on mobiles.
Here’s the link: maps.ayna.com/ or //www.ayna.com/mobile.ar.php
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I agree with Shaun. OSM looks very promising. Have you tried editing? Uploading GPS traces? If it is straightforward then it would be a great project to get people involved in. Of course there are a number of online maps available such as Map Quest, and some others which I cannot recall at present, but since there are all proprietary, they can never beat an open source solution such as OSM for keeping up-to-date.
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Khaled A. Reply:
March 30th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
yeah, we all should look into it…
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