Google’s reopening Map Maker in August with users as moderators

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by Sindy Cator on July 14, 2015 at 4:55 pm

After taking down Map Maker back in May, Google is getting ready to reopen the map editing tool in August. You may recall the prank on Google Maps in April that displayed an Android bot urinating on the Apple logo in Pakistan after someone managed to get around the Map Maker approval process. It wasn’t the first fiasco of its kind and Google subsequently shuttered the tool, saying it was taking Map Maker down until it had its “moderation system back in action.” Well, it seems things are back in order as Google has revealed Map Maker will be reopening…