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Add fire hydrants

Hello I think it will be a great idea to add fire hydrants.

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Level 6

Why fire hydrants in particular?

Dans quel pays, quels endroits ? quelles villes ?

Level 10

@Azul3883 Can you please elaborate more about the benefit of adding fire hydrants would be? I'm not aware of any fire company that relies on Google Maps for the location of hydrants. Also, how would the data be maintained with regards to adding new hydrants, removing old ones, etc.

 

I know this request came up a few years ago (back when Map Maker was still around) and there's also the concerns of liability for Google if the data is not 100% accurate and loss of property and/or life happens as a result.

M. W. Jones -- Former Map Maker Regional Lead, United States
Level 7

Hello I'm a volunteer in the fire hydrants department in Arequipa - Perú (Here the fire hydrants belong to the government and not to a private company) and my work is locate all the fire hydrants with argis we are currently doing this but I think google maps will be more acurate because We can not add the name of the streets unlike google maps. I've all the location of the fire hydrants and if any firehydrant it's removed the government notifies the fire department 

 

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Level 10

@Azul3883 Google Maps is not intended to replace a GIS system, and since Fire Hydrants would be of limited interest, is not something most users would be interested in. It also is a feature that could expose Google to liabilities which they don't want to have (the same could be said about the frequent request for AED device locations).

 

But, there is an option where you could build a "custom" map that includes your hydrant data, and can share it with other users. You can explore using MyMaps, and populate the map with your data there. Because you become the owner of this custom map, there is not the normal review process that the public map is subject to allowing you to add and remove locations without delay.

M. W. Jones -- Former Map Maker Regional Lead, United States
Former Google Contributor

Hello @Azul3883,

 

I'm just letting you know hat I have relabelled your idea to "Google Maps" since you are sugesting for fire hydrants to be added to the map.

 

This is done for organisational purposes only.

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Former Google Contributor
Status changed to: Closed

Hi @Azul3883,

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

However, we did not manage to implement it in time and according to our Idea Exchange policies, as for the moment, we are going to need to close your idea.

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