Hi all, I published Street Views from my Yi360VR Google approved camera from a cycle path that is not mapped. Quality of them is good, horizon leveled, faces and number plates blurred. Is there any way to find the reason why they got rejected?
Thanks
@SimonSlavik missing photo link
What that means?
Hello @SimonSlavik ,
Thank you for reaching out.
Please be advised that I moved your post to How-tos as the information in it could be helpful for others. I am also tagging a Street View moderator @user_not_found who would be able to assist you further.
I will also add further info that with same camera in past I mapped different cycle path and those Street Views are published and approved just fine…
I am checking your last published contribution. Has this photo been approved by Street View? My feeling is that it the blurred area on the bottom is extremely too big. According to the Format Specific Criteria “excessively dark or blurry images, significantly rotated compositions, and use of filters that dramatically alter the representation of the place.”
My tip is to raise more the camera, with a longer arm, for reducing the area of the photos occupied by the roof of the car
I dont really know if its published, but I guess yes as it can be viewed from incognito mode. Yes I understand that in this one, blurred area can be considered big, even though I did it for better vieweing experience. But I was talking about photos from cycle path trip. In those I also blurred myself on bicycle, but area is way smaller than with car. I guess I will try to remove blur and try again, though this limitation is pretty stupid, but I understand its hard for robots to understand what is good and bad blur.
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@user_not_found well its over 1000 images, but eg this one: https://goo.gl/maps/xhArivp5XBdo8ytZ6
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Well its not issue with camera, but yes I got some rejected ones before but those were of places already mapped.
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@user_not_found I reauploaded photos from cycle path without blurring. Currently it looks like they will be approved in Google Maps, but that I can tell probably in 1-2 weeks when they will appear for public.
@user_not_found photos which I reuploaded without blur are already showing in Street View app as rejected. So blur in them was not an issue. What now?
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@user_not_found Eg. these:
Hello @SimonSlavik ,
Roberto is out for a couple days so I will cover for him in the meantime.
Thank you for sharing the link to the re-published images. I can see that it has had the same outcome as the previous time you published. If I’m not misunderstanding, this is only happening with some images in this particular collection of images you published?
From what I can tell, these images are fine and should be eligible for Maps. If you haven’t tried yet, I’d suggest deleting the images that didn’t publish properly and trying again using a 3rd party publishing tool (scroll down and load more). In some cases, we see better results using one of these utilities. Once you’ve re-published, give them some time and then report back if you are still having the same issue.
Best regards,
ArmonJ
@ArmonJ yeah I would say its problem only with this collection. Previously it worked. Problem is, there is no point in mapping another place until I get resolved this one.
Thanks for suggesting 3rd party tools, but they all are paid. And none of them offer submitting of great numbers of photos at once. With your app I am able to publish 500 photos with few clicks. I know that Street View app is not main concern for Google, but when you still want community to map for you for free, at least fix your own apps.
I understand your concerns @SimonSlavik . If this is only a handful of images from this collection, it could be due to spotty GPS data in this particular segment since the images look fine otherwise.
@ArmonJ GPS in photos is ok as it was captured same way as in past. I also checked its accuracy.