Maybe posts like this are very common around here, but I really don’t get it. I recently got interested in editing places on Google Maps, before, I only wrote reviews and uploaded photos, so I don’t understand how Google’s AI works. If anyone can give me a basic explanation of what I can do to stop the AI from rejecting my edits, I’d really appreciate it.
This train station, located right in the center of my country’s capital, appears three times. One of those POIs never actually existed, it’s in the wrong location (and it’s the one with the most reviews). Another POI represents the old station, but a new station was built a year and a half ago, and that one has only two reviews. I marked the stations as duplicates, but Google didn’t accept the change, the rejection was instant.
Your concern is greatly appreciated
Though in most countries, editing such places is mostly done by the concerned government agencies and is out of bounds for local guides.
Watch this space. You may get more detailed information from others.
Hi @Soyunrio , it’s always great to see local guides getting interested in map editing. But that can indeed be quite challenging at times (also due to some elements that are a bit counterintuitive).
In this particular case, the concept of ‘layers’ plays an important role. Everything local guides can work on is situated on the POI (points of interest) layer. Train stations (and bus stops, etc) are on another layer, the transit layer - not open for edits from local guides. The counterintuitive thing here is that we do see a ‘Suggest an edit’ button on train stations, but I think that is simply part of the template applied by the Google team to allow us to add pictures and reviews. But edits of train stations will be rejected for all local guides (so: no, it has nothing to do with your account in particular).
This is indeed an interesting example of what should be improved, @Soyunrio , good question.
As mentioned by @JanVanHaver , Train stations are part of the transit layer, a layer that is managed directly by the transportation companies in partnership with Google Maps. For more details: Transit – Google Maps
Looking at the three Stations they appear managed correctly, in the sense that only the new one has trains and a timetable.
Deleting them or merging them it’s not possible for a Local Guide, but I believe Google Maps should at least send an information to the transit company about the edits, for them to check and eventually fix the issue.
The good news is that if you plan a journey that included a transit on that station Google Maps should send you on the right one
Thank you so much for the explanation! I didn’t know about the layers or that, as Local Guides, we don’t have access to editing certain parameters. I’ll listen to the podcast too, thank you
