Almost every day since the upload I have been checking if they should show up in the normal photos tab. All to no avail.
This is strange. Normally my photo update photos quickly merge into the normal photo tab also. But not these 3.
Yesterday I uploaded this image as a photo update. And it already also shows as a normal photo under the place.
So my questions are:
Are my three photos less relevant or if lower quality as those shown under the 3 places? One might be redundant.
The 3 businesses are similar and small. They all have very few photos and almost no user photos. Could Maps have created an option for small businesses to reject user photos?
To be more precise: Amaze Cph
Has one Google Streetview image, one user image and one logo uploaded by the business owner.
Samtalens Kunst
Has 4 photos uploaded by the owner and 1 Google Streetview image.
Bellis Cosmetic
Has 13 photos from the owner and one Google Streetview image.
Thanks. I see that the report is from exactly 6 days ago. So the issues coincides.
But I uploaded a lot more photos on that very same day, and only these 3 have the problem. Maybe Iâm extra suspicious because these 3 businesses are located only a few meters apart. And hence were uploaded at pretty much the same time (making a temporary glitz a potential cause).
Maybe I need to try again.
But one thing we can conclude is that the Updates from visitors are still not exposed to the normal photo AI filter as they are accepted as photo updates. I was expecting this would change with time.
@MortenCopenhagen Whatâs odd is that I canât even click on the business name to go to the POI from the picture. Itâs as if you posted them to nowhere. Very odd.
Something else strange Iâve never seen before is this arrow that appears when I mouse over the image. It almost suggests there is a series of photos to advance through
Hallo @MortenCopenhagen alle 3 Bilder sind unter Neuigkeiten von Besuchern sichtbar. Die Bilder wurden also zugefĂźgt, nur nicht auf die Ăźbliche Weise.
Zuerst habe ich gedacht, die Inhaber wollen keine anderen Bilder auf ihrem Profil zulassen, aber sie sind dort.
It has happened with me too in the past @MortenCopenhagen but I kept as presumed might be google policy or some issues with my photos so better kept mum.
Not even discussed with anyone.
Today after you bell the cat .
Accepted it publically as exactly I didnât know the reason
But thanks for sharing.
Regards
Anil6969
I canât offer an explanation for your problem, but my experience is usually the complete opposite of yours. When I add via the Photo Updates route, the photos often remain hidden.
Were they edited or brightness increased by chance before uploading? And as a follow-up, were they taken on ProRAW with the iPhone?
If so, the only thing I can think of is (i) to crop it so file size is smaller, (ii) convert to JPEG or PNG itâs RAW (e.g., they are very clear but RAW is often higher MBs), or (iii) re-submit it without any enhancements, which sometimes increase file size.
Otherwise, your guess is as good as (if not better) than mine.
I created these links from my Updates list. This will explain the right arrow as this is my latest update with a text. The other three were created from the list of updates under the places and they had no text. My updates were the only updates from visitors which probably explains the lack of arrows. We can test this further if needed.
This is not correct. I did not double post any photos and did not intend to do so. This is how Maps was designed. Any photos uploaded as an update will also show up in the normal list of photos as demonstrated in the fourth example.
This is the normal behaviour of Google Maps.
So my theory is still that these 3 businesses somehow can avoid / reject photos uploaded by users.
There are many such things happening with Google in recent weeks.
Around 2 weeks back I uploaded a few photos to a location, but they only appeared under the âupdateâ section. I even deleted them and tried again through the âadd photoâ option, but still they showed up only in photo updates. Looks like some bug or issue is going on.
Yesterday (Tues. 8/19 ) I uploaded a Burger King photo ( in California ), and it didnât show. I even uploaded it a second time. Didnât show.
Then I uploaded two train stations from Italy, they didnât show. Uploaded a second time, didnât show.
This AM (wed, 8/20 ), all the photos I had uploaded yesterday showed.
So I went through and deleted the extra copies.
I was also able to upload more photos of train stations in Italy today.
Note - train station photos get lousy view rates, but I was uploading them to fill in spots on the map.
Hello @Yaryman, you are not the only one reporting missing photos appear overnight. I remember @PrasadVR mentioned something similar. But it seems, there are different issues going on now. Others reported of âpending uploadsâ.
Thanks. The reason why stations get so few views is that the initial view of the place shows the timetable and not the usual page with photos. I think I will give up on adding train stations for that reason.
the cat .
