Changing sitemap directory.... does it help crawl?

[info133]

I'm sure this has been asked before, but here goes.

If my sitemap is currently located here:
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Will crawling or Google be affect if it resides in the root directory, here:
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Any benefit to having it in the root?

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

html sitemap can be located in any folder. Relocating it into domain root may be looking better for human visitors though.