I guess we all know by now that Google is constantly working to update its products in order to surprise us with new features.

Today, Google has improved its map service by releasing a utility called Google Map Maker. The new tool will allow users of Google Maps to quickly add information to an uncharted area. For example, with Map Maker, users can rapidly draw roads, lakes, parks, points of interest, businesses, cities and localities. The maps are updated instantly after the information was submitted.

Through this new product, Google wants to encourage especially the users from Cyprus, Iceland, Pakistan, Vietnam and the Caribbean nations of: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobag to update the maps of their countries.

In order to use Google Map Maker, the users should first create a feature, which defines

a place or geographic characteristic. These can include man-made structures and natural elements of a landscape. Certain features can include other features, such as a park may include a monument.

Each feature has information that you can add or edit. Depending on the kind of feature, this information can include description, events or history.

Google Map Maker is similar to Mapplets, an application unveiled by Google last year that let users gather and add data from multiple sources to Google Maps.