We get a lot of emails from users that would like to report incorrect information. Perhaps a misspelled road name, incorrect building name, etc.

Fortunately, Google makes it very easy to report problems like that. You can read all of your options on this help page, but in most cases you’ll simply want to use the “Report a Problem” link in Google Maps. The item will usually be corrected in Google Maps within a month, and then corrected in Google Earth at some point after that.

Here’s a brief video showing how it works:

Have you ever reported a problem using this tool? I’ve submitted a handful from my town, and all were resolved within a few weeks.