- 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: If you do not have permission to add additional team members to the account you are viewing, 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 whether the Invitee can manage the account (upload new data files, etc.) or only access the account (view only).
Note:
- 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.
- 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.
- The Manager will have the capability to edit permissions or remove access altogether.
"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.