Google Map Maker was a mapping and map editing service where users were able to draw features directly onto a map. Launched June 23, 2008; shut down March 31, 2017 — it lived 8 years. One of 11 Google products killed in 2017. Google Map Maker was a map editing service launched by Google in June 2008. In geographies where it is hard to find providers of good map data, user contributions were used to increase map quality. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps only after sufficient review by Google moderators. Google Map Maker was used at Google Mapathon events held annually. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).