Account Management

Log in to Google Maps Content Partners and click on Access existing account(s).
On the home page, click Add in the Team members card, or click on the invitation icon located at the top right.

Note: Depending on your access level, you may not be able to add additional team members to the account you are viewing. If that is the case, the Add button will be unavailable (greyed out) and the following message will be visible when you hover over it: "You do not have permission to add team members. Please reach out to your account owner for access."

This opens an input box where you can add names or email addresses that you want to share account access with.

Note: Ensure the email you are adding has a Google account associated with it. If the email is not a Gmail account, see Creating a Google Account with a non-Google email below.

(Optional) Expand the menu to configure the Invitee's permission level

Notes:

Accounts with the Manage access level have full administrative permissions; they can add and remove users, provide data contributions, and leave or respond to messages.
Accounts with the Account Writer access level can provide data contributions and leave or respond to messages.
Accounts with the Access access level have view-only permissions; they cannot provide any data contributions, nor can they leave or respond to any messages.
The Invitee doesn’t have visibility on the level of access granted.

Once the access level is properly set, you can select/deselect the checkboxes for Notify people or Send me a copy of this invitation, as well as enter a message that will accompany the invitation.

The Notify people checkbox is greyed 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.

Once you've added all of the names or emails, click Invite.
Once the account has been shared:
- The Manager will have the capability to edit permissions or remove access altogether.
- The Invitee will receive an email with the subject line Google Maps Content Partners.

Email Verification

Upon creation of your GMCP, you will be presented with a dialog asking you to verify your email address.

Note: This dialog will appear whenever you log in or start a Contribution. You can simply close the window, but we encourage you to verify your email address.

The verification email will be from Google <noreply@google.com> and the subject line will be "Google Maps Content Partners: email verification"

Once your email has been verified, your email listed under the Organization details will go from being flagged as "Not verified" to "Verified".

"This user is likely a Google Drive visitor" error message

If you encounter this error message, it is likely because the invited user is not a associated with a Google account. To associate their/your email with a Google account, see the Create a Google Account > Use an existing email address help page.

You can navigate back to this Account Management help page by clicking Learn more in the Team members card.

Creating a Google Account with a non-Google email

You don't need to have a Gmail address to create a Google Account. You can also use a non-Gmail email address to create one instead.

You can search for “free email providers” to find another email provider you like and set up an account. Once you create a new email address, you can use that to set up a Google Account.

To use an existing email address instead of a new Gmail address:

Go to the Google Account Sign In page
Click Create account.
- From the drop down, select For my personal use.
Enter your basic info.
Click Use your email address.
Enter your current email address.
Click Next.
Verify your email address with the code sent to your existing email.
Click Verify.

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