{"id":16973,"date":"2014-07-31T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=16973"},"modified":"2014-07-31T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T20:36:01","slug":"google-mapmaker-nukes-custom-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/31\/google-mapmaker-nukes-custom-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Google MapMaker Nukes Custom Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Custom categories, long missing from Google Maps, had retained their presence in MapMaker. \u00a0That distinction has now ended. MapMaker has <a href=\"https:\/\/productforums.google.com\/forum\/#!msg\/map-maker\/Pt7N0aaDTsM\/6c7-76SohmMJ\">announced<\/a> the end of custom categories and that MapMaker would now use the <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/02\/categories-in-the-new-places-for-business-dashboard\/\">standard 2500+ categories<\/a> that have been available to My Business and Maps.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hello Mappers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Firstly, a BIG thanks for your continued support to improve Google Maps!<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Google Map Maker offers you a detailed menu to add the most relevant category by providing a wide range of 2500+ categories to choose from. While we continue to expand this list, we\u2019ve removed the ability to manually type-in the category of your choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Henceforth, any existing free-form categories will <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">only be visible to the mapper who originally created them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Once again, your understanding and patience is tremendously appreciated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Thanks, and Happy Mapping!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #222222; padding-left: 30px;\">Sneha<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Custom categories, long missing from Google Maps, had retained their presence in MapMaker. \u00a0That distinction has now ended. 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