[Tips] How to upload multiple photos to Google Maps from your smartphone

Google Maps tips & tricks
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Hi, I’m Sun. I am a Local Guide in Bangkok, Thailand, photographer as well as Google Maps user.

Yesterday, I went to three parks in my community for running and took a lot of photos. I am passionate in taking photos and photo uploading to Google Maps is my hobby when I travel or even run.

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However, I have encountered some problems when I have a lot of photos in my smartphone to upload to Google Maps application for years. I tried to choose the place on Google Maps first, then select the photos to upload from place to place. In many cases, automatic selection from the app did not cover all the photos I would like to upload.

Recently, I have just discovered the easier way to upload multiple photos directly from Gallery app on your smartphone. Let’s take a look at this.

Note: I’m using Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus on Android Version 9 but I think it could do almost the same way on iOS.

0. This is a ground rule. It is needed to ensure that location service for Google Maps is turned ON.

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1. Tap the button on the top-right it will show a drop-down menu, then choose the “Share”.

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2. From there, you can select your photos (as many as you want) then choose the “Share” below the photo gallery.

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3. Then, select “Add to Maps” or Google Maps application.

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4. All selected photos will automatically transferred to Google Maps app with suggested location at the top of page - for example, Queen Sirikit Park. Then, tap “Post” to complete.

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Hope this post could help you easier upload your photos and enjoy contributing to Google Maps ! :smiley:

Sun

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@SunPanupong I always use this method to upload photos. Just one tip, GPS should be ON when doing this otherwise no location will be shown in step 4. Thanks for sharing.

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@SaifIS thanks for your tip ! :grinning:

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Thanks for the tips@SunPanupong.

Nice pics.

Best.

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Thanks for the tips @SunPanupong . I am sorry that I am just reading your post months after.

This method seems to work like the “Add photos to maps” Feature.

How do you address the inherent issue of an unintended geotag being assigned to a photo. This sometimes when photographing a un-listed POI in the vicinity of a listed POI and the GPS assigning the geotag to the latter which is totally unintended.

Please shed some light on this issue since the geo-locator is not always 100% correct.

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There is no method to upload multiple photos to google maps in normal way? From pc not from mobile?

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Great tip, thanks Sum.

However, I guess this works only if you upload the photos right away when you are in site.

When visiting new places, I am busy and usually just take photos then I start my review on Local Guides later in the evening or in the next days. I find very anoying that Google doesn’t allow me to uload multiple photos at once, in the end is a basic function of every social network! Plus, I tried to search for customer assistance email to write this as an improvement suggestion, but there is no direct contact, instead it adresses me to hundreds of stupid FAQ lists :disappointed: