Road Closure Updates:
Add a closure: Select the relevant roads and use the Closed or blocked functionality to provide details on start and end times.
Change timing:
- Adjusting re-open time [Closed/Blocked]: Select the relevant roads and use the Closed or blocked functionality to provide the updated start and end times. We will replace the existing closure with the updated timing.
- Reopening a road immediately [Other]: Select the relevant roads and use the Other functionality to add a note indicating they should be immediately re-opened.
Change closure scope (road segments):
- Extending [Closed/Blocked]: Select the full set of relevant roads and use the Closed or blocked functionality. Please include the correct start and end times; we will replace the existing closure with this information.
- Shortening [Other]: Select the relevant roads and use the Other functionality to add a note to indicate these should not be included in the nearby closure.
Provide Edit Details
- In the navigation panel, click Edit map directly. This will open a window to begin the edit process.
- Provide a detailed description of the direct map edit. Be as detailed as possible in your description.
- Select the feature type you want to edit from the Data Type list.
- Enter an address, lat/long, or geocode in the search bar to narrow down the location of your edits.
- You do not have to be exact when choosing your location on this map. On the next screen you will be able to navigate using the map to actually select the features that need to be edited.
- You can also zoom in to the area without typing in any search criteria.
Note: The area you navigate to here does not limit the area you can edit on subsequent screens. The purpose of this search box is solely to get you to the general area.
- Click Next.
Edit the map
- Use the map editing guide below that corresponds to the data type you chose in Step 3.
Edit the map - Roads
Depending on the required edit, you can either select Fix a road or Add a road. See the sections below for information on how to submit your specific edits.
- Click X to return to the previous screen (Provide edit details).
- Click ⮌ to undo the last edit you made and go back to the previous screen.
- Click ↷ to redo the last edit you made and proceed to the next screen.
- Select a road on the map to start editing an existing road.
- Click the + Add a road button to create a new road.
Troubleshooting Tip: How to navigate back to the Provide edit details page
If you want to navigate back to the Provide edit details page without reverting your edits, follow these steps:
a. Click on Provide edit details.
b. Edit the details as desired.
c. Click Next.
d. From here a Leave site? dialog will appear. Be sure to click Cancel.
e. You will then be taken back to the Edit the map page where you left off.
Add a road
a. Click the + Add a road button to create a new road.
b. Click on the map where you want to begin creating a road. A dotted line will extend from this point and follow your cursor to indicate where the fist road segment will be.
c. Click to add points of the road.
d. To finish drawing the road, you can do any of the following:
- Click on an existing road (which will connect the new road)
- Double-click in the map area
- Press the Escape key
- Click ✓ Finish drawing
e. Once a road is drawn, you must select the associated radio button in the Road type list.
f. (Optional) Name the newly created road.
g. Click Done.
If you forgot to assign a road type, an error message will appear when you click Done.
Fix a road
a. Select a road segment you want to edit.
Editing road segments
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Our roads are broken into segments. This has no impact on users; it is solely a back-end concept.
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You can only edit one road at a time, but you can edit another road later as part of the same submission.
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The initial edit can be a single segment, multiple segments, or all segments of a road, as long as they are all a part of the same road.
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If the road segment isn’t broken up enough, choose the segment that best represents the edit you want to make, and ensure you also provide the starting and the ending lat/longs that represents the segment you want to edit.
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If you want to deselect a segment, you can left-click on it.
b. Choose one or more of the following types of edits you’d like to make to the selected road segments.
Road name - Add or fix a road name
Use the text field to edit the road name.
Road shape - Change the shape of the road
Closed or blocked - Report as permanently closed, or blocked due to an accident or event
Road Closure Addendum I: When you need to either:
- Adjust the reopen time
- Extend the affected road segments
Private road - Mark road as private access only
Remove road - Mark road as non-existent
Traffic direction - Edit the direction of traffic
Other - Report other problems with road info
Road Closure Addendum II: When you need to either:
- Reopen a road immediately
- Shorten the affected road segments
c. Once you have made all necessary edits, click Done.
View details
Finalizing Your Edits
- The following actions are available once you click Done:
- Click X to navigate back to the previous screen (Provide edit details).
- Click ⮌ to undo the last edit you made and go back to the previous screen.
- Click ↷ to redo the last edit you made and go forward to the next screen.
- Click the trash-can symbol next to the edit to delete the edit. If you removed the only edit you will be returned to the screen on step 5.
- Click a road on the map to start another edit.
- Click the + Add road button if you want to create a new road in addition to your other edits.
- Click Submit to finalize your map edits, and send them to be reviewed.
- Repeat step 6-7 until you've completed all your edits, then click Submit. Congratulations, your edits have been submitted!
My Map Edits
- To view your map edits, click My map edits in the GMCP navigation panel.
- Shortly after submitting your edits, you should receive an email from Google Maps to thank you for your map contributions. There will be a See your contributions button at the bottom of the message, which will take you to the Google Maps Contributions portal where you will be able to view and interact with all of your submitted edits.
- As your proposed edits are reviewed and implemented, both the My map edits page and the Edits page (within the Google Maps Contributions portal) will be updated.
My map edits status will update to Accepted once the edits have been approved.
At this time, once an edit has been submitted within GMCP, you cannot edit or cancel the request; however, you can leave a message (see the section below for more details) if there is any additional information related to your submission, or if you would like to cancel the request.