Google, which earlier in June had invented a Map Maker for a small group of island nations that are deprived of sophisticated cartography data, has now adopted wiki approach to fill out the white spaces on its map. This approach, particularly being made for developing nation will help one find better and thus make good mapping data available.

India, which has been added on Google Maps by the company along with other countries, could be modified in the same. Google, which has taken a step ahead with this recent technology, is also considering adding more countries in sometime.

Google is looking forward to add this new technology in all the regions of the world, even when it has started in regions which are deprived of good map data.

The users will be able to do variety of things through Map Maker such as tracing and finding roads, adding and editing them, points of interest on Google Maps itself. One can even find tourist places such as Taj Mahal, restaurants, factories, helipads and even shrubbery through this advanced technology.

To get consistent tagging and easy searching, the users have the option to choose from infinite list of feature types. Moreover, the user will also get the feature of satellite imagery, which can be used as a guide to define particular regions and neighborhoods by illustrating or tracing them.

Dr. Lalitesh Katragadda, Software Engineer and Creator of Google Map Maker, reported, “Google Map Maker solves an inherent need especially for countries such as ours where maps data is sparse. This product embodies our passion to empower people everywhere, to share knowledge of the places they know best by creating maps.”

Google Map Maker is available in 57 countries in Asia, the Island Nations, and the Caribbean, and also in India.