- Beach
- Stations - Stops (Transit)
- Pocket parks
- Mountains
- Power bank rental stations
- Self-bike repair stations
- Community park
- Separate types for public/private schools/ education centers
- Separate types for public/private hospitals
- Apple official reseller store
- Children’s hospital
- Fountains
- Dog parks
- Smart-home products center
- Mini-market
- Central crosswalks
- TV Show
- Greece tourist beaches Edit: that one april fools
- AJAX reseller
- Sheep farm
- Smart benches
- Reverse Recycling Stations for Packaging
- Historical hills
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Most of the places you listed can already be added under existing categories, @nvg_localg. Google Maps has to balance usefulness, clarity, and global relevance when it comes to POI types. If every niche or hyper-specific place type were added, the system could become cluttered and confusing for both contributors and users. Also, Maps is meant to be a neutral, public resource—not a marketing platform. Adding categories like “Apple Official Reseller” or “AJAX Reseller” promotes specific brands, which goes against Maps’ goal of treating all businesses equally. And, Greece tourist beaches, seriously?
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There are places like “Ford seller”
Last one for april fools, because i’m late for the fools.
A lot of the items in your list are map elements, not POIs (as I pointed out in an answer to another recent post of yours) and will therefore never be added as POI categories. Others belong to the transit layer, also a layer not available for edits by local guides.
As for #22 : I have no clue what those are, can you please explain what they are?
By the way: do you know this post, where I collect an overview of all newly added categories?
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t/category-changes-the-ultimate-overview/288362
There’s a new post planned in that series soon.