I started contributing photos to Google Maps recently. I have many interesting photos of places I have traveled to in previous years, I would like to know if it is possible and relevant to contribute these photos even though they are from 2016 of these places I have already visited.
If possible, if there is any guidance so that when adding it, it is referring that they are from previous years and not current photos/videos.
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“Old photos” is an interesting subject. Considering that our photo should show how a business is I would say NO. A business may change a lot in 7 years, the structure, the menu, the products may not reflect the actual location. A different perspective may be adopted for Parks, or historical landmarks, monuments and so on, where the locations may not change too much over the years (but I think it should be in any case verified by checking the new photos, before to choose to upload a “dated” photo.
In short: would you choose a place to visit based on “old photos”?
Also, most probably due to the “age” of the photos, Maps will probably demote them, moving your photos at the end of the list
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Hi Ernest, Perfect!
I agree with your positions.
I asked because there could be a specific place to post older photos, and so Google would make a timeline showing photos of what the place was like and how it is today. This function would be very interesting because I have many photos of places, parks, monuments that if I had the knowledge I have today, I would certainly have posted these photos at the time.
It’s a pitty there isn’t this feature.
Thanks a lot for the help!
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Maps has been designed to help the people to decide if they wants to visit a place, so it is very important to have updated information of the location, more than historical photos, because such photos are useless for taking a decision.
I think we should use Maps for what it is designed for, and Maps is basically a tool, not a virtual museum.
We have other tools for doing that, like Google My-Maps, where we can create custom Maps.
I have thousands of photos too that are too old to be posted, so I perfectly understand what you mean, but an old information can confuse the user.
Just to give you an example, I have a lot of photos of several beaches in Portugal. When I visited them the access to the beach was quite difficult, with a narrow pathway and some narrow and steep stairs. Checking Maps I see that now the entrance has been improved. But my photos could scare the people who wants to go there, and this can damage the businesses around, that invested money to improve the accessibility
Oi @lucianochaves , vejo que o @ErmesT respondeu a sua mensagem, eu só queria dizer que se quiser fique à vontade para perguntar também em Português, caso queira. Há local guides brasileiros por aqui e também os nossos colegas podem sempre usar o tradutor. Mas no caso de escrever em inglês, não precisa usar a TAG Português, que deve refletir a lingua em que o texto foi escrito. Você pode alterar essa tag, editando o seu texto.
Um abraço e obrigado por levantar essa discussão tão importante sobre fotos antigas.
Opa Alexandre!, obrigado pelo suporte!
pois é eu havia escrito esse mesmo questionamento lá no google maps, daà um moderador havia dado a sugestão de eu perguntar aqui no Local Guides, mas como eu só havia visto mensagens em inglês achei mais prudente tentar fazer o questionamento em inglês.
Mas valeu mesmo pelo retorno e vamos em frente, vai que um dia aparece uma opção para postar a foto juntamente com o ano que ela foi retirada!
Vlw mais uma vez e abraço!