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Google's Community Maps: It's About Time

Paul Robinson, founder of software R&D firm Vagueware notes that Google's inclusion of user-created maps (from My Maps, KML files and other info created in the geoweb) in its local search results was inevitable -- why wouldn't the search giant want to tap into the power (and data) of its devoted users?

Google is going to clearly mark the user-customized maps as such, so that users can choose whether to trust the info -- but Robinson wonders if a ratings (and wiki-style revision) system would make the service even better. He even throws in a link to OpenStreetMap, a mapping community he says Google could benefit from emulating.

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