How come pics disappear?

[MortenCopenhagen]

Hi

Over the past couple of weeks, I noticed a few of my pictures are no longer visible on the places, while still visible under my photo contributions.

This is one such example:

I see no reason why this picture should be removed. Except that another local guide could have flagged it to eliminate a competitor for views. But that is crazy.

Here is a link to it in google photos where it is uploaded from: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8Dgq7PFoDxJ9RuQ48

Initially, it was visible and even on the new carousel of most recent pics (link)

Here is a link to the place: Gasoline Grill.

Maybe you can help me understand what could be wrong with this photo. Or could it be that Google gave up having the capacity to keep all pics available all the time?

Cheers

[ErmesT]

I suppose you are talking about this photo @MortenCopenhagen

The photo is publicly visible on your profile, linked to the business.

Probably, as the POI have more than 1000 photos, not all of them are displayed on the POI

[MortenCopenhagen]

Thanks @ErmesT

I’m happy to see that it is still available. That is exactly the pic I thought was lost. The reason I reacted is illustrated here:

This is the “By you” tap on Desktop. “Af dig” is Danish and means “By you”.

So maybe we should/can not trust the “By you” tab to show all out pics for that particular place. This would be news to me. And also important for others to know, I think.

The pic now visible under “By you” is more than half a year older than the pic I thought was missing. So this is odd.

Cheers

[JeroenM]

Dear @MortenCopenhagen ,

I can confirm the same.

Just 10 minutes ago I was looking at a Local Guides’ profile (not mine). Although I could see certain photos under the Photos Contributions tab by this person, these public (?) photos were not visible when browsing the photos of the actual POI on Maps. This was not a case of a business with lots of photos, in fact, in this case, the only few photos visible were the photos by the owner.

This reminds me of another Local Guide reporting missing photos a couple of weeks ago. Let me see if I can still find it.

Cheers!

JeroenM

[MortenCopenhagen]

Thanks, @JeroenM .

It could very well be a more widespread issue. The pic in question here was just one of many. We may need more examples to fully understand. I will keep and eye out and make screen shots to document next time I see this.

Cheers

[JeroenM]

@MortenCopenhagen
Well, I had to scroll down all the way back to December 17th and almost gave up. Fortunately, my perseverance paid off. Here is the post that I was referring to. The post is by @RiccyB .

Cheers!

JeroenM

[MortenCopenhagen]

@JeroenM

I remember that post. One of my posts was merged into it.

I think what we see now is slightly different with respect to whether the pic was initially shown on the POI or not.

I think we still need more and better evidence.

Cheers

[MortenCopenhagen]

Hi @ErmesT and @JeroenM

I found another example.

This pic is visible under Your Contributions photo list as seen here:

But on the Gmaps page of this Sushi restaurant, I only see the second pic as shown below in my “By you” folder.

This is another clear example confirming the issue I experienced with the Gasoline Grill pic earlier today. @ErmesT , would you mind checking if the pic is publicly visible for you.

Cheers

[Amiran]

@MortenCopenhagen

I have same experience, Many of my photos disappeared when check the place on the map while those were publicly visible on the map for more than a year or months.

Really don’t know how a suitable photo (which is not copy, privacy issue or even bad angle) should be removed by report and smart system.

[MortenCopenhagen]

Hi @Amiran ,

Thanks for your support. Would you be able to share/document an instance or two to help us better understand what is going on? The more documented cases the more likely we can figure out what is causing it.

Cheers

[Amiran]

Yes @MortenCopenhagen

But because I should scroll down a lot it needs a free time on desktop. I’ll try to do it till tomorrow.