1st time adding a walking path in google maps

[herrpedro]

Hi all

For the 1st time I tried to ass a walking path to googlemaps and it got rejected without any reason specified

Its a garden that the owners would like the walking path to be on maps and not just the streetview imagery
I drew the walking path around the same lines google has in its streetview and clicked submit.
The plan is to to the rest of the place but I started with baby steps.

Any clues?

Thank you all

[ErmesT]

Hi @herrpedro

Great that you want to try some walking path in Google Maps.

However it surprise me that you see the blue lines, as the blue lines are normally associated to an existing Road or pathway. In fact, to be able to add some street view I had to add the pathways first.

Can you kindly share the link of the Location in Google Maps?

Regarding the approval process, it is initially performed by an AI, so I suggest you to make more simple edits instead of a complex one.

To better understand how to proceed please read: 3000+, and counting. My tips for adding roads in Google Maps

[herrpedro]

Hi,

I’m pretty sure I have some bluelines over “nothing” in the map… somewhere…

nope, there is nothing there. Blue lines were added by google services some years ago and they are outdated

please note that i’d like to be the one to add because i’ll have to do some more.

https://goo.gl/maps/JqEQdESuw7s6rY4D7

[ErmesT]

Thanks @herrpedro

The Queluz National Palace in indeed amazing.

Regarding your issue, there is some basic rule that should be kept into consideration when adding Roads.

• The first one is that a road must be always connected to an existing road.
• The second one is that a road should be clearly visible on satellite mode
• The third one is “make it simple”, and do not write too many segments in one edit

In the example below I have tried to show you something that should never be done, because it doesn’t match with the point 1 and 3: It is NOT connected to any existing road and it is too complex

The first point is a “must”. a road cannot exists if it is not connected to an already existing network, even if it is a pedestrian pathway. It means that we have to show first how they can reach that place.

In your case, as they have to pass inside a building, getting that part approved could be quite difficult, due to point 2.

Unfortunately, even in Street View, we cannot see a direct way to access the garden.

As the request is coming by the owner of the museum, I want to suggest you a different option:

You can suggest them to partner with Google and share directly the map of the walking paths, for Google to add them in Google Maps.

For more details please read the Help Page of Maps Content Partners

[L-C]

Hi @ErmesT

“However it surprise me that you see the blue lines, as the blue lines are normally associated to an existing Road or pathway. In fact, to be able to add some street view I had to add the pathways first.”

There are actually two kinds of Google Street View coverage:

• regular coverage, usually taken by cars: this needs a road on the map to appear (it can be a green dashed line as well for footpaths) and makes 99% of Google Street View
• off-road coverage, also named trekker coverage as it is often made using the Trekker (backpack with camera): this one can exist without any road on the map because it often features off road view which by definition do not have road on the map. Includes trails, interior views (museums…), boat views and more.

Most of parks will have off-road coverage and can exist without needing to be mapped and this one is a good example. Sometimes Google will use this feature for countries that have very bad maps or just no roads at all, like Mongolia where the Google car drove the steppes far from any actual road, or the Faroe Islands where the map data is incorrectly placed. Without this the coverage couldn’t appear of Maps.

As for this park in Portugal, I did visit it a few years ago and the only access is through the building so there is no public access from a regular road as far as I know.

[herrpedro]

Ggood morning

Thank you @ErmesT for such a detailed explanation. This is really helpful. I’ll try this but still… Google as added a “blue line” there with no path.

The kind of path i added was a “biking/walking path”, not a regular road.

They are trying to reach Google for some time now (more than 1 yearfor sure) with no answer. I had this feedback from other entities as well. I have this feeling too but i’m just a “contributor”

Thank you for your time too, @L-C

I do have a blue-line without a “path” https://goo.gl/maps/eTS6k26GGtwBBTKW8
This is a straight line but google hanged it into 2 U’s coming from the main road.

[L-C]

“This is a straight line but google hanged it into 2 U’s coming from the main road.”

@herrpedro This is because the blue line is not made by Google but by you. Since your pictures are not really on the road, the automated system tries to catch the nearest road and makes those weird shapes when finding one close enough.

[ErmesT]

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience about Street View with us, @L-C , extremely helpful as usual.

Thank you also for confirming that the park has not a direct entrance from the street, as this will actually make impossible to add a walking path inside.

Hopefully in the future Google may change the policies, making possible to add it, @herrpedro

[herrpedro]

Hi,

There is already a road on the north aide that enters the park so I’ll go from there.

Already made a small walking path and I’ll try to add a road.

Thank you all