#Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps.
Please don't.
It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power.
Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community.
@Wuzzy I wish OSM weren't so baren in the US. It's great in major cities, in parks, and on trails - but otherwise, the rest of my country is a data desert.
"Contribute!" is easy to say and hard to do - it took me weeks just to map out the suburbs around me. I didn't even take pictures. Many of the businesses have changed since then as well. And I'm the only person in my area that has contributed in the last several years.
If GMaps dropped off the face of the earth tomorrow and everyone had to contribute to OSM instead, I think the world would be a much better place.
Wuzzy
Softwarewolf