I originally tried using my DSLR camera and stiching them on a PC, but my Pixel XL and the Google camera app photosphere feature takes by far the best quality 360 pictures in my opinion. It just takes some practice to hold the camera in the same place when taking all the pictures. I pick a spot on the ground and make sure I hold the phone at eye height over the same spot for all the pictures to be stitched.
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@Svein Thanks for the information. I did see some of yours and they look great. I will have to try it. I have a Samsung and will start looking for an app that works with S7 and then start experimenting.
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@Svein Thank you for the great content and inspirations.
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@Svein wrote:
I originally tried using my DSLR camera and stiching them on a PC, but my Pixel XL and the Google camera app photosphere feature takes by far the best quality 360 pictures in my opinion. It just takes some practice to hold the camera in the same place when taking all the pictures. I pick a spot on the ground and make sure I hold the phone at eye height over the same spot for all the pictures to be stitched.
I agree.
I’m using a wire, with an usb-c plug, and a weight, pointing a point in the ground, to keep the phone at the same point while shooting.
Using a tayrona head could help more!
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Buenos días, tus palabras me animan a seguir subiendo fotos, a veces pienso que el sentido tiene fotos de los sitios a los que vas y subirlas
Me gusta hacer fotos, se un poco sobre este tema, pero me alegra ver como mis fotos pueden ayudar a otras personas a decidir si o no a ese lugar.
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Thank you for this article! When traveling to a new place I love viewing quality photos of the location to better orient myself with the new surroundings.
Sometimes I think it to be quite interesting as to what photos receive the most or least amount of views. For example, my photos of the soda fountains in fast food places get tons of hits. Why is that?? Everyone knows they serve Coke at In-n-Out, but still people want to see a photo of it.
Thanks again for the article!
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@shafferac6 I am not sure that is what people want to see but it is what the photo algorithm wants to show. I would not have thought of it. Great point, I did not know that one, thanks. I guess it shows options for beverages and distinguished type of place it is. Looking back at mine one of the things that really confused me was a shot I happened to be 4 coolers of self-serve soda bottles and cans. Over that is a TV showing a woman’s face over the coolers. It is very weird. Now that I go back and look it is one of highest traffic pictures I have taken. I had no idea why. On their my business page it is the top image and beats a great exterior shot. I want to go back and see if a shot of the cash register area and menu over it will place higher it did not but was not as clear.
So by extension in a bar would the back of the bar and the bottle set up get lots of hits? It would be an indication of the type of place it is by the shape and colors of the bottles artificial intelligence can certainly tell the difference between a bottle of Sprite vs a bottle of vodka. Food shots show information about the place so beverages do too I guess. By extension, if both soft drinks and alcohol are served at the same establishment potential customer would want to have both shown. Most of my shots so far are of locations that are flagged in contribute as needing photos and seem to be fairly low volume search locations not sure if that affects it. Only a couple of shots regarding bars so now frame of reference yet. It does look like Google likes coolers and soda dispensers in restaurants. Going to test the others.
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@Svein Thanks a lot for sharing the experience. Your photos looks awesome.
Congratulations!!!
What an inspirational post Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. It is so good to see your dedication in making Maps better. The photo quality is absolutely amazing and thanks to you for great tips and advice.
Good on you @SveinR .
What a great effort.
Tell me, does Google pick photos if they have a watermark in them?
What would probably happen if you watermarked or included a piece of code in the photo that you could search for later?
Keep up the good work,
Paul
Wow… Nice article… I have also thought about posting a similar article… Will work in it soon 
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First of all, excellent work. But I can make your life so much easier.
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Back up all your phone photos with Google Photos.
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Go to Maps on desktop.
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Click “Your contributions”
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Click “Photos”
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Now automatically upload dozens of photos at once with locations automatically selected for you.
Hope this helps.
@RussAllen Thanks.Awesome. This feature was not there when I originally posted.
I just tried , but I keep getting
, so I guess it’s not quite ready for prime time.
Great post!
Than you very much for sharing your experience and story
I just one question… what happens when your photos reach over a million views? does google gives you access to any speacial features? does google considers you to become part of a special community, a little bit like the Street View Trusted Photographers at Google Street View?
Thank you!
Hugs back from México
There is no secret community, or if there is I’m not invited
The only thing Google gives you is the ability to document your community and token badges. 
In my opinion if there were only a little benefit to submit quality content, there would be a lot more good content.
-Svein
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Thank you very much for sharing valuable experience …
Excellent advice @Svein
I learned a lot and will keep these points in mind. Thanks for sharing your experience
Congratulations on a magnificent achievement on your total views. Also for an incredible in depth review which I am sure will be read by thousands of our local guides and the advice you have given will be put to good use to improve both the quality of their uploaded photos and points earned to improve there local guide ratings.
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I personally will take care while uploading photos.
Did you ever use a watermark or get any traction on your photos from people looking to hire you for your skills?