Adding Roads on Android Phones and Tablets: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

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I’ve created a simple, step-by-step guide on how to add roads on Android smartphones and tablets. This post is designed for beginners, especially those new to the process.

Step-1 Open the Google Maps app on your device.

Step 2 Find the Options at the top of the screen. Tap “Update road”.

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Step-3 Tap “Missing road”.

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Step-4 Tap “ Start drawing”,

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Step-5 Move the pin to the location where the missing road begins.

Step-6 Drag the pin along the path of the missing road to its end point ( Step-7). Tap “Add point”

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Add the road name (Optional): Enter the road's name.

Step-8 Select the appropriate Road type (Local road, Main road, Car park, Cycle/walking trail).

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Step-9 Tap on Next

Step-10 To add additional missing roads, tap “+Add another road” and follow steps 4-9

Step-11 Tap on Submit

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* A message pops up showing points earned.

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Please be aware that you can only submit edits to Maps in some countries and regions.

I hope it’s helpful! Please share your feedback and suggestions in the comments.

Cheers!
LG -PrasadVR

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This is super-amazing @PrasadVR Ji :+1:

I needed this guide to get started with road addition.

Also coupled with your showers of knowledge shared on this subject in yesterday’s meetup, I am sure more local guides will join TRAC and we will see more roads added with better quality and reliability. :handshake:

Your help and continuous support in this regards is highly appreciated :bouquet:

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Well done you @PrasadVR. Subsequent to yesterday’s meet-up [Virtual] India, February 08, Ghumakkad Gossip: Editing Roads For Beginners, where you as a Guest Speaker bestow the knowledge to the participants on Editing Roads, this post of yours is going to add value to the beginners in editing road.

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Thank you @PrasadVR for giving us descriptive and simple way to add roads in Android Devices.

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@PrasadVR This is absolutely a helpful post.

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Thank you so much for this @PrasadVR . For someone who just started adding road, currently at 7 roads. But i do wish the ability to see pending road will be available on mobile not just desktop

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Great job this is really informative thank you so much @PrasadVR

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I agree with you and this is the reason why I stopped adding roads on mobile devices. You never know if the road you are adding is already waiting for approval.

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It’s good resource for beginners looking to contribute to Google Maps by adding roads using their mobile phones. Thanks for sharing it!

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Thank you so much for this informative post @PrasadVR

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Thank you dear @TusharSuradkar ji for the positive feedback on my post. :pray:

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Yes, @Kumaarsantosh , This post was written based on feedback from our recent meet-up. Thank you for your kind comments.

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Thank you @Rahul001 , I am so glad for your appreciated it.

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@SanjayBDLG , I appreciate your kind words.

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Thank you @IgbinedionDan, I’m so glad you liked it.

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@MohammadPalash , Thank you so much for your appreciation.

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Dear @NareshDarji ji, I’m so grateful for all the encouraging words on my post. Thank you.

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@Ssiddharth2000 I’m so glad you liked it. Thank you for reading my post.

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I am not letting that stop me though. I still keep adding roads @new.user . Probably it will be integrated into mobile very soon

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Thank you @PrasadVR . Is there a way it can be integrated. The feature on Maps on Desktop where you can see pending roads into mobile.

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