This Map Speaks Māori

If yous cash inwards one's chips upset close all the World Maps Without New Zealand thus yous mightiness desire to spare a idea for Māori speakers. Even though Google Maps includes New Zealand plainly its automated vocalism ever seems to mispronounce Māori place-names.

To rectify this occupation Vodafone as well as Google direct keep released a novel map to crowdsource all the place-names that Google Maps manages to mispronounce. Anyone tin drib a pivot on the Say it tika map to demo a location where Google struggles amongst the right Māori pronunciation. All these highlighted place-names volition thus hold upwardly sent to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission), who direct keep promised to learn Google the right pronunciations of Māori place-names.

Most of the locations amongst Māori linguistic communication place-names inwards New Zealand direct keep already been added to the map. If yous click on a place-name's marking yous tin psyche to how Google Maps pronounces the name. If Google gets it incorrect thus yous tin drib a map pivot to inform Google of its mistake.