Digital Parsimony

Google Map Maker, the crowdsourced mapping Web app launched in 2008 and available in 183 countries, is finally coming to the United States. It’s an important addition to Google’s mapping services here and could make for maps that are vastly more detailed and useful than they are currently.

This really looks like a great tool. I just used it to modify some of the map in my condominium complex to make it more accurate. It sort-of scares me that someone can modify public roadways, but I have hopes that this will be the Wikipedia of map-editing.

via Google: Map your own neighborhood | Rafe’s Radar – CNET News.