How to Edit a Google Maps Location
Google Maps uses detailed maps and stitched-together satellite imagery to display houses, streets, and landmarks. Usually, this framework works well, but occasionally a structure may be in the wrong location or missing entirely, or an address may be listed incorrectly. Google lets users submit edits to Google Maps. All edits were once submitted through what was called the Map Maker tool, but now you do it directly through Google Maps. Google staff reviews your suggested changes before they take effect. Here’s how it works:
Add a Missing Location
To report a location that’s missing entirely from Google Maps, use the Add a missing place option.
To change the name, category, or street address, click the existing information and overtype it.To change the location on the map, click the map section, and in the screen that opens, move the map until it’s positioned correctly. Select Done.Change the hours by clicking the arrow in the Hours section. Add a close-up photo that clearly shows the hours for Google to scan, or select individual days and change the hours. Select Done to save the changes.Enter or change a website’s URL by typing over the contents of the Website section.
Add Photos and Reviews on Google Maps
To add your own photos for a location on Google Maps, select a place and go to the Photos section, then select Add a photo. To add a review of a location, go to the Reviews section and select Write a review, or choose a star rating in the app to leave a review.
Add Roads to Google Maps
If you notice a road that’s not on Google Maps, you can add it. Here’s how:
Map Maker Discontinued
Until Spring 2017, Google used Map Maker, a crowdsourced map-editing tool, for edits to locations instead of reporting necessary changes directly in Google Maps. When Map Maker was retired due to spam attacks and obscene changes, editing features became available in Google Maps as part of the Local Guides program for the following purposes:
Add a location.Edit information about a location.Move a location marker on the map.Add a label.
All edits to Google Maps are reviewed manually to avoid a repeat of Map Maker’s spam problems, causing a substantial backlog in suggested edits.
