When exploring Google Maps for nearby restaurants or convenience stores it can be quite a frustrating experience to get to your destination, see that it is closed while realizing that you had also seen a handful of similar places along the way. Thankfully, Google Maps has now expanded the ability to add those missing places and also edit existing information (on both businesses and landmarks, tourist attractions) through the Google Maps app and Google Search.

In order to ensure accuracy there’s an option to approve new edits by other users and once enough votes have been received the information changes from “suggested new info” to verified information published on the map

You can also add or approve of new categories to more accurately describe a venue with useful tags such as ‘accepts reservations’, ‘family friendly’, ‘takeaway options’.

https://maps.googleblog.com/2016/07/more-ways-to-share-your-street-smarts.html