I have provided, over the last five years, 455 reviews, 3581 photos and discovered for Maps 24 new locations. Consequently, I do have a reasonable feel for where it is headed.
And I am not particularly happy.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to do anything but review accomodation, shops and restaurants. On any marked public space, Maps will ask if you want to "claim this business" and it has a constant problem with out of town businesses declaring themselves as located on public lands.
At the same time, significant cultural sites can be ignored or poorly marked. It is hard to do.

For example, the Australian War Memorial has, over the term of the current conservative government, been steadily more politicised with promotion of militarism over the waste of war. The adjoining Poppy Restaurant actually promotes a current political figure. This is not sufficiently represented in Maps.

Opening 1927 |
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Whitlam Dismissal crowd on steps of the Old Parliament House |
But perhaps the best example is the controversial and culturally significant Aboriginal Tent Embassy, on the lawns of Old Parliament House
All three sites are difficult subjects to map but somehow Google does have to come to terms with how to best map the cultural dimension to such locations.
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