ROAD NAME UPDATE

Please I am working on updating the names of some streets in my locality and making sure they are seen in Google with a click of the search button. I don’t know how to actually effect those updates. Can you give me a guide on how to effectively achieve this?

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Hi, @tonewally

I suppose you are following the procedure indicated in Add or fix a road

While the procedure to submit a road name is very simple, having the name approved depends of the possibility to verify the name, and this can be a bit difficult, as you can read in Why is my edit status “Pending” or “Not Applied”?

In my opinion, if there is an official documentation available with the correct name of the road, the best option is to submit the documentation to the Google Maps Help Community, for them to escalate the issue to the team.

There is another option, available for public administration only, to partner with Google Maps to update the information. For more information you can read: Get started with Geo Data Upload

I want to inform you that you posted on “road mappers” board, a section of connect related to this specific program. I am tagging @TsekoV to move your post on How Tos, where the local guides ask questions or get help from the Community

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Hi @tonewally ,

Welcome to Connect and thanks for reaching out to us! I am glad to see that you already received a helpful answer from @ermest, which I am marking as solution so it can be beneficial for other members with the same question. You can read more about the topic in the following post: How do I mark comments as solutions?

I also wanted to let you know that I moved your post to the How-tos section, which is the most appropriate board of the forum for this kind of question. You can also take a look at Your guide to Connect and to the following article to know more about the forum and the program: What are connect topics?

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