I am a Local Guide currently at Level 4, and I am very passionate about mapping my area, Kot Iqbal. Recently, I have made many contributions—including adding places and uploading photos—but I have noticed that these are not reflecting in my total points.
I have been waiting for some time, and my progress seems to be stuck. Could a moderator or an experienced Local Guide please help me understand why my recent contributions are not being counted?
Hello @MR.NMM welcome to the Local Guides Connect community!
The total points are never updated immediately. It takes at least 24 hours, sometimes even several days until the servers are updated. So just be patient and wait a couple of days.
Welcome to Connect @MR.NMM as @WilfriedB has mentioned to you it does take a few days for points to catch up. It is the same for all of us , so do not worry, check in a few days and all should be good.
I’m very happy that you recently (your older contribution is 4 days old) developed the passion on improving Google Maps. The fact that you started so recently can easily explain what has been mentioned by @WilfriedB and @TerryPG : points are not attributed immediately. It takes at least 24 hours.
Are your addition of places already approved? Points for edits are given only after the approval. In this case the pop-up message that shows the points is only related to the points you may receive after the approval, plus at least 24 hours.
As you are very new in Google Maps, I would like also to warn you about the policies, because on the future this may put your account at risk:
avoid adding very similar images, because redundancy is diluting the information in Google Maps.
Originally (photos taken by us at the place) is strongly required. Kindly remove the images taken from the web or from social media, and AI generated images (one of yours clearly shows Gemini’s logo).
Kindly remove the images mentioned above, please keep those simply rules in mind, and you will see your account growing up quickly.
Before you ask, getting views for your images will take a few more days