I added a place to Google maps in my area which was approved and published. I also wrote a review of the place which was also published together with photos. I added this place to a list of 5 landmarks in the area. However, I noticed that one of the landmarks added no longer exist on the map! Normally I’d receive an email to notify me that my review of a place will not be published as the place is removed from Google maps. I didn’t receive anything about this particular place and I’m wondering if anyone of the experts here can explain. Apologies for the long message.
I think you are referring to River Marker at Blaxland Riverside Park, am I correct?
Yes, you are right about receiving an email when a place where you contribute is removed from Maps, but this is a kind of test in Google Maps and it works for places in France only. I would love to have that feature applied worldwide, but actually it is not.
And, as the place is in Australia, you will not receive any mail for the change.
Let me add, adding a landmark is pretty difficult. What you may consider an important landmark may be considered less important by others.
Calling the Amphitheatre in Sydney Olympic Park a historic landmark takes some twisting of the categories. But I could be wrong. Google perceives the list of categories as their way of communicating what can be added to the Map. If the specific category can not be found, this is Google’s way of saying they don’t want us to add the place.
Places that are added with a category that is not accurate risk being removed over time.
What I find intriguing is that in the same category of landmarks, only one disappeared and the other four places are still in Google maps. I have all the correct details, for example website pertaining to their existence and relevance. Is it worth adding it again to the map? Thanks again ErnesT
Hi @MortenCopenhagen and thanks for the detailed response, really appreciate it . What I find interesting is that of the landmarks I added into the list of five markers of Sydney Olympic Park, one disappeared from the map and the second marker I added and was approved still exist. Intriguing
É possível você compartilhar uma de suas adições? Dessa forma será possível uma melhor compreensão do porque um “elemento” foi excluído e os demais não.
Além da remoção pelo próprio Google, ao que parece é uma adição nova que pode ter sido removido por sinalização de outros usuários.
As someone who only visited Sydney a couple of times, I don’t have the local and historic insights to evaluate if something is “important” enough to qualify as a historic landmark. But in my opinion, an amphitheater is more like https://goo.gl/maps/EceqrtKPcNHvzKGPA and this is a historic landmark: https://goo.gl/maps/DpiFdFyijMy6BgLt7.
If I knew the Sydnet area better, I would consider removing https://goo.gl/maps/Kz85Vgh4nagwUPCm6 as a historic landmark or give it a more appropriate category.
It is pretty much random if others see the place and takes action on Google Maps. But over time places with unrealistic/inflated categories are more likely to be removed.
I think the category “Stage” would be more appropriate for https://goo.gl/maps/Kz85Vgh4nagwUPCm. If you change it, I think the place is more likely to remain on Google Maps.
Hi @MortenCopenhagen , I understand what you mean. However, the Sydney Olympic Park Sundial/Amphitheatre isn’t the one I’m referring to here. And I agree that the Sundial/Amphitheatre should be something else rather than a historical landmark.
If you check my public lists on my maps profile, it’s the five markers. The one marker at Blaxland Riverside Marker is the one no longer exists. I added three of the five markers to Google Maps and the Blaxland Riverside Marker is the one removed from the Maps.
Hi @gmapas thanks for your message. If you check my google maps profile (I forgot how to add maps links here, je suis désolé !) and check my public lists and the Five Markers of Sydney Olympic Park, the Blaxland Riverside Marker is the one removed from the maps.
My remarks about using unrealistic categories are pretty much spot on for #1 and 2.
Using the category Park for something inside a park is more creative than speciffic. If there is no appropriate and specific category available, the place should not on Google Maps.
Sorry.
I had very similar issues while I was a new Local Guide. Over time we can learn a lot from listening to the feedback we get from Google Maps. If places disappear, then was have to reflect and be open to the fact that what we consider an important place might not qualify for a pin on Google Maps.
I’m not making conclusions about the places on your list, but I think that is the direction you need to consider.
Esse nome "Sydney Olympic Park Sundial/Amphitheatre" está em desacordo com a política de nomes do Google. Isso pode ser um motivo para remoção automática de elementos adicionados ao mapa. O Google considera isso spam de nome e já informou que seus filtros tentam combater isso.
“Use the official name of a place—the one used on the storefront or website. Don’t add any extra comments in the name field.”
Sydney Olympic Park Sundial/Amphitheatre is not the place in question. I’m referring to https://maps.app.goo.gl/ym27f8nEw7iDtFV8A where one of the markers is no longer listed on Google maps.
Sim, eu entendi que esse não é o local em questão. Estou apenas te indicando que esse elemento já “nasceu” com um problema, no caso, estar em desacordo com a política de nomes do Google Mapas. Isso, na maioria dos casos leva a remoção do elemento quando é “pego” pelos filtros do Google Mapas.
Pode ter acontecido algo semelhante com o local removido, entendeu? As vezes o filtro pega, as vezes passa despercebido. Um usuário pode tentar editar o nome. Outro pode achar que é falso e solicitar a remoção, etc.
