How long does it take for Google Maps to include a newly opened highway in its driving directions?
The last section of Autoroute 30 in Quebec opened on December 15, 2012, from Chateauguay to Vaudreuil-Dorion, completing the southern bypass around Montreal, and including a new bridge over the St. Lawrence River; see here, here, and here. Google Maps shows the new highway on the map, but does not yet include it in driving directions. For example, a trip from Beauharnois to Les Cedres should be about 17 km using the new highway 30, but Google still gives a 40-km route, crossing the river much farther west using Route 201.
How long does it usually take for Google to update its driving directions, and what can we do to help?
Best Answer
Google has a tool called Mapmaker http://www.google.com/mapmaker which you can edit Google Maps and then submit for approval. I used it in the past it took me three days to get the approval. And only 2 days before it went live.
The tool it's a community-based so real people will actually go and see if the change is correct. I guess 5 days for me is pretty decent.
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