What is Allowed and what is not

  1. Please don’t send me google policy link I have enough already if you know the specific answer of my specific question then answer
  2. 2- Selfies are allowed are not

3-Are group photos are allowed If not what should a Google guide do for his group photos and Selfies already uploaded

4-Does this kind of pictures are Allowed even if they describe place well

5- I have been traveling for last 25 years at that time there was no cell phones no Geo tagging no GPS I want to upload that thousands pictures is that pictures and places which don’t have my location data is there any kind of violation to upload 25 years old thousands pictures for various places in a short time span

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Hi @Muhammad_Usman ,

Thank you for reaching out.

To be relevant, photos or videos must be taken by users at the location in question. Stock imagery, or photos or videos taken by other parties, are not relevant and may be removed. If the primary subject of the content is irrelevant to the location, it may be removed.

Selfies are allowed only if in the background of it we can see the place very well.

The same rule is relevant for the group photos, and if you have already uploaded selfies and group photos which are irrelevant to the places, please remove them from Google Maps, because they might be considered as a violation of our Local Guides policy and you might be removed from the program.

You can upload the photos that you have gathered through the years, but make sure that they are relevant to the places you want to upload them.

Please note that the meaning of uploading photos to Google Maps is to describe the place, so that other people can see how does the place looks like.

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This is really well worded @MoniV it would be great to get this reply as a post in Helpdesk if possible.

Paul

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@PaulPavlinovich Couldn’t agree more - (something like) this should be available as an official helpdesk post!

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