In Google Maps but .... not in Google Maps - Share your "ghost photo" story

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EDIT: Label changed to How Tos on Nov. 30, because I am realizing that other people is having the same issue.

As I said already on "“The Eagle has landed” - The moon on your stories " I started getting bored very early on taking pictures “of the moon”, while I find it extremely interesting to take pictures “with the moon” as part of the image.

Last Saturday it was a full moon, although I’ve stopped noticing by now. However …
I left the mall at 6:35 pm, loaded the shopping into the car, brought the trolley back, and looked up: the moon was there, perfectly round and bright. The location was perfect for a photo “with the moon” so … why not?

By pure chance I had the camera with me. I never take it with me when I go shopping, but in the afternoon I went to the park near my house for some autumn photos. From the park I had gone straight to the mall, so the camera was still in the car.

A couple of test shots, and then a couple of good ones. I liked them and uploaded them to Google Maps, directly in the business listing of the mall .

Caption: The Mall logo (a red palette with a blue brush) and the moon that appears to be painted by the brush - Photo @ermest
Caption: The Mall logo (a red palette with a blue brush) and the moon that appears to be painted by the brush - Photo @ermest4147×3110 249 KB

The name of the Mall is Tiziano (Titian, the famous Italian painter) and the logo is used in place of the final “O”, which is why I decided to upload the photo on Google Maps. I uploaded also another photo, more conventional.

The funny part is that … even if both photos are publicly visible on my profile, and correctly linked to the POI, I can’t see them on the “By you” tab, nor on the “Latest” tab.

I am not complaining, and I know that the photo seems to be a photomontage (even if it is not). I am tagging @Jesi here (she knows why)

I’m just curious if you have a similar experience to share and if you have any idea why this happened. In my case, I believe that’s because the two photos look like photomontages.
What about yours?

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Hello dear @ErmesT

First I should congrats for these great shots at the right moment. I think you can send them to the Mall’s social pages to be featured or to win a contest.

Then I think this happens to all of us time to time (for example my last photo). In new profile, when a photo is fileted by system to not show on a place, it is still visible publicly in our profile page. Only when all photos are filtered because of the totally wrong contributions of a user, those are disappeared in profile, too.

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Yes, I know what you mean, @Amiran

Too good to be real, isn’t it?

I like the idea of sending the photo to their social media channel.

I never thought about winning a prize, but it would be funny, real.

Thanks again :slightly_smiling_face:

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@ErmesT Sure it is :ok_hand:

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I see what you mean about your last photo, @Amiran

The funny thing is that, a few hours later I added in Maps other photos, all published. One of them is also featured as Cover Photo of the POI

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@ErmesT Yesss, Being featured as a cover photo in a short time is one enjoyable thing every time :smile: Especially when we tried to take a photo that totally describes the specifications of the place.