Setting up an account

1. Click here to set-up an account. 
2. To get started, select ‘Ready to Upload Data’.
3. You will then be prompted to add your organization name, organization type, website, address and country. Once filled out select ‘Next’.
   
    

   Organization Type

   The Organization Type is the way GMCP identifies the organization category. This dropdown helps our team understand what organizations are sending us data -  it will not impact the processing of the upload.

   Note: When making a new account the Organization Type will appear as a drop-down:
   

   Then after creating an account, the settings will appear as below:

   

4. You will then be taken to the Contact information page, where you will be prompted to add your Name, Job Title, Email, and Phone number.
   
    
5. If you’re familiar with geographic information systems (GIS) and the related file format (e.g., shapefiles) check the box and select ‘Next’ to move on to our Terms of Service.

   GIS Knowledge checkbox

   This is an indication that you as a data provider has familiarity with Geographic Information Systems. This may help with any follow up correspondence, but regardless if the box was checked or not it will not impact the processing of the upload.

   Note: When making a new account the GIS Knowledge checkbox will appear as:

   

   Then after creating an account, the settings will appear as below:

   

6. Review the Terms of Service and if you agree, select on the ‘I agree to the Terms of Service.’ box and select ‘Submit’. You are now ready to start submitting your data to Google!

Updating Organization or Contact Details

Note: If any of the Organization or Contact details change, account owners are responsible for updating the Organizational Details. This ensures GMCP maintains an accurate and updated record of our data providers.

1.   To update any of details, simply navigate to the Organizational Details page and press ‘Edit’.

   

2. After which, the ‘Edit organization details’ page will pop-up. Make any needed changes and then press ‘Save’.

   

Sharing access to my GMCP account

1. Log in to Google Maps Content Partners and click on Access existing account(s).
   
2. Click on the icon located at the top right corner.
3. From here a pop-up box will appear where you can enter names or email addresses that you want to share the account with.
4. (optional) Expand the dropdown menu to configure whether the invitee can Manage (e.g. upload new data files) or Access the account (e.g. view read only).
   

   Note(s): 

   • The invitee doesn’t have visibility on the level of access granted.
   • Do not use the Account Writer access level as it will soon be deprecated.

   Account writer will soon be deprecated. 
5. Once the access level is properly set, you can toggle on/off the Notify people or the Send me a copy of this invitation, as well as leave a message to go along with the invitation.

   Note(s): 

   • The Notify people box is grayed out and auto-selected if there is a message attached.
   • You can only set one permission per Invite request. This means if you want to add one group with Manage permission and another group with Access permission you will have to repeat steps 3-5 with the other permission type.
6. Once you have added all the names or emails you want press Invite.

   Note(s): 

   • You can only set one permission per Invite request. This means if you want to add one group with Manage permission and another group with Access permission you will have to repeat steps 3-6 with the other permission type.
7. Once the account has been shared: 
   1. The Invitor will have the capability to edit the permissions or remove access all together.
   2. The Invitee will receive an email with the Subject Line: Google Maps Content Partners.
      

For more info on how to create an upload please visit our Sharing Data help page!