I post a lot of photos of different locations in Google Maps. Recently, photos at 6 different locations that I shared abruptly lost all of the location data, so they are now appearing as “unknown place.” Screenshots of one example are below. I can see no option to reattach the photos at those locations.
Does anybody have a tip for how to fix this or even fill me in on what is happening?
There are a few reasons why a photo appear associated to an unknown location, @DuaneHC65 and it basically means that the location where the photo was attached is no longer in Maps:
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@ErmesT thank you for your reply!
If the location data was removed as “not existing,” is there any way to edit and retag the photos with a location? These 6 cases have been like this for months, so I do not believe they are a temporary merge condition.
Thanks again for your help.
Unfortunately not, @DuaneHC65
That feature is available only for 360° photos (like Street View) but for flat photos you will have to delete your six photos and upload them again.
It happened to mee too, so I wrote an idea for a Pop-Up for “fact checking” if you contributed to a place with photos / review , to confirm or deny the edit that someone is making to remove a place
