Additional editing and moderation tools, which includes the authority to ban users are given to an Advanced User, who is given the responsibility of countering vandalism in the map. A registered user may be promoted to an "Advanced User" ( AU) status as other existing AUs deem it fit. Registered users are automatically ranked in levels according to accumulated experience points, with higher levels gaining access to advanced tools and having less restrictions on editing activity. Map editing rewards the user "experience points" and milestone "awards" assigned by the system. The registered user community is largely self-organized, with users communicating through an internal message system and through a public forum. Improvements are largely based on a feedback system from registered users through public forum discussions, bug reports and feature requests. The website is maintained and developed by a small team of administrators (the Wikimapia Team), who introduce new features and determine further evolution course. A "watchlist" could be manually set up to monitor all activity or object changes made in one or more of the assigned rectangular areas on the map. Users are likewise capable of uploading several relevant photos.įewer restrictions in map editing are given to registered users, who are able to edit and/or delete existing places as well as draw " linear features" (roads, railroads, rivers and ferry lines). Each object or "tag" has specific information fields which include categories, a textual description, street address, and a related Wikipedia link. Using a simple graphical editing tool, users are able to draw to draw an outline or polygon that matches the satellite image layer underneath. All users, registered or unregistered ( guest), are allowed to add a place on the Wikimapia layer. The data in Wikimapia is derived from voluntary crowdsourcing. Wikimapia maps can also be embedded on other websites. The interface is available in many languages, and the textual description of each item may have multiple versions in different languages.
Tools for refining existing places according to category as well as measuring distances between objects are also available.
Descriptions can be searched by a built-in search tool. Viewers are able to click on any marked object or street segment to see its description. Both kinds of items may have textual descriptions and photos attached to them. Streets are connected by intersection points to form a street grid. The Wikimapia layer is a collection of "objects" with a polygonal outline (buildings and lakes) and "linear features" (streets, railroads, rivers, ferry). The navigation interface provides scroll and zoom functionality similar to that of Google Maps. The Wikimapia website provides a Google Maps API-based interactive web map that consists of user-generated information layered on top of Google Maps satellite imagery and other resources. Wikimapia intends to contain detailed information about every place on Earth. It aims to, create and maintain a free, complete, multilingual and up-to-date map of the whole world. Hate speech of any kind will not be tolerated, and will result in a ban on the first offense.According to the website, Wikimapia is an open-content collaborative mapping project, aimed at marking all geographical objects in the world and providing a useful description of them. NO SPAM! This includes promoting businesses through Google Maps links.Ħ. Any screenshot must include a link to the location in Google Maps or list coordinates in the comments.ĥ. Post from Bing Maps, Apple Maps or other services similar to Google Maps are allowed.Ĥ.
Post must be related to Google Maps as a product or to something that can be seen on Google Maps.ģ. Do not post any personal information or addresses, not even your own.Ģ. Please bear in mind this sub is run by Google Maps fans and not actual Google employees! Complaints or feature requests are permitted here for venting/daydreaming purposes but if you really want your voice to be heard you should take it up with Google directly.Īlso, if asking about a specific place, please provide a link instead of posting latitude / longitude coordinates as plain text and forcing users to copy and paste it themselves. News articles, interesting map finds, and technical questions are all welcome here. This subreddit is for anything and everything concerning Google Maps or any related services such as Google Earth, Google Street View, or Google My Maps.
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