Google is Calling all Aussie Mappers!

Calling all Aussie Mappers in australia!

G’day mappers — at last it’s time to share the treasures of the Great Southern Land. Today, Google Map Maker opens its maps to Australia, so now you can also add your local knowledge to Google Maps for all the world to see.

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Help share Australia’s natural gems and hidden trails with tourists and locals alike by drawing the hiking trails through the Eucalypt forests of Tasmania or adding all the campsites surrounding Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Google Map Maker is now available in Australia

Once approved your contributions will appear on Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Maps for mobile, accurately reflecting your real-life neighbourhood. You can even join with other local mappers and use your local expertise to review one another’s contributions to the map

Google Map Maker warmly welcomes the people of Australia to the team of citizen cartographers from 200 countries and regions across the globe as they continue to build the world map

To see examples , you can watch mapping in real-time.

For more info go here