I still remember the time where I had to ask 3 people in different point to reach a location, even more some of those indications where contradictory. The idea of a self empowerment tool that allowed you to have the common knowledge fascinates me I have to admit that this is one of my best motivations to contribute to google maps. I use it almost everyday and contribute to it is the way to make a most reliable.
Every time I’m publishing a pic, an info update or a review, I always think if that’s the info I would have liked to see the first time I reached that place.
Nonetheless, I still feel we are far from the excellence of this tool and that many innovations will come in the next months.