{"id":13464,"date":"2012-09-17T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=13464"},"modified":"2012-09-15T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T17:27:09","slug":"mapmaker-bots-and-what-they-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/17\/mapmaker-bots-and-what-they-do\/","title":{"rendered":"MapMaker Bots and What They Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google MapMaker has become a tremendous resource for cleaning up listings in G+ Local. While it can be incredibly confusing, it provides a window into the complete cluster data that Google has for a given listing, provides a detailed history of activities vis a vis that listing and allows for direct editing of it. The results typically show back up in the G+Local listing within days if not hours. But the product is buggy and very opaque.<\/p>\n

One of the more arcane mysteries in MapMaker revolves around the many Google bots that work their way through the listings, often<\/a> with disastrous results. The Regional Expert Reviewers at MapMaker, those high level volunteer editors with more power to approve edits, have assembled this GDoc MapMaker Bot List spreadsheet<\/a> as a reference to the many bots that run wild in the MapMaker world. It’s a great resource for understanding some of the history of the listing and how certain changes came about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Current Name & Profile<\/span><\/td>\nOld Names<\/span><\/td>\nStats<\/span><\/td>\nDate Released<\/span><\/td>\nShort Description<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anonymous0148<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 1251 days , 16278 edits<\/span><\/td>\n4\/13\/09<\/span><\/td>\nPossible bot; may not be active anymore<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anonymous5784<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 841 days , 3614717 reviews<\/span><\/td>\n5\/28\/10<\/span><\/td>\nApproval bot; either approves an edit or adds a tag<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anonymous6288<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 561 days , 7160629 edits<\/span><\/td>\n3\/4\/11<\/span><\/td>\nPossible bot based on the number of edits<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anonymous6662<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 907 days , 9692721 edits<\/span><\/td>\n3\/22\/10<\/span><\/td>\nPlaces Import Bot; imports features from other databases if it’s not in the Map Maker database at the time of editing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Deactivated Accounts<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nDeactivated Map Maker Account(changed Sept 2012), Google Automated Wipeout (changed Aug 2012)<\/span><\/td>\n 398 days<\/span><\/td>\n8\/14\/11<\/span><\/td>\n When a Google account is deactivated, all edits made using that account are attributed to this profile. ** Not Technically a Bot **<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Address Fixer 1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 521 days , 1486 edits<\/span><\/td>\n4\/13\/11<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Bounds Fixer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 77 days<\/span><\/td>\n6\/30\/12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Cleaner 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 1550 days , 117557 edits<\/span><\/td>\n6\/17\/08<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Flyover Fixer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 577 days , 207 edits, 2 reviews<\/span><\/td>\n2\/16\/11<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Reconciler 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nMap Maker Syncer (changed 8\/23\/2012)<\/span><\/td>\n 64 days<\/span><\/td>\n7\/13\/12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Google Automated Reconciler 4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\nMap Maker Instant Syncer (changed 8\/23\/2012)<\/span><\/td>\n 24 days<\/span><\/td>\n8\/22\/12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Map Buildings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 192 days , 20 edits<\/span><\/td>\n3\/7\/12<\/span><\/td>\nAdds the height to buildings<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Map Maker Revert<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n 878 days , 7673953 edits<\/span><\/td>\n4\/21\/10<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google MapMaker has become a tremendous resource for cleaning up listings in G+ Local. While it can be incredibly confusing, it provides a window into the complete cluster data that Google has for a given listing, provides a detailed history of activities vis a vis that listing and allows for direct editing of it. The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t