Google to Philippine residents: Help Us
Taking a page out of Wikipedia, search giant Google has unveiled in the Philippines a map-making tool that allows the user community to map the Philippines by contributing photos, names of streets, and other information.
via Google Cache (Manila Bulletin)
So yes, do something productive so that when I finally go back, I can use a GPS and an overlay of Google Maps to get around. With streets in the Philippines and the reliability of crowdsourcing, there will be doubts. With enough people contributing and correcting data, the wisdom of crowds will eventually prevail. Manila Bulletin has taken the story down for reasons unknown and I have yet to see any other sites online that confirm this. However, Google Mapmaker is available for anyone in the world to use and contribute.
