Google forced to shut down map editor after urinating Android problem

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 11 (UPI) -- Google is shutting down its map editor, Map Maker, until it solves the problem of people defacing its maps.

The company had to apologize after someone used Map Maker to create an image of the Android logo urinating on the Apple logo. The company recently announced it will halt map editing until the problem is solved.

The company tried to prevent people from misusing the tool by making it so each edit had to be approved before it would appear on the map, but this has made it so there are too many edits waiting for approval.

"Every edit you make is essentially going to a backlog that is growing very fast," wrote team member Pavithra Kanakarajan. "We believe that it is more fair to only say that if we do not have the capacity to review edits at roughly the rate they come in, we have to take a pause."