Why contributions blocked for IRAN?

Hi everybody

I’m from IRAN and today gets a message from google local guide to cerebrate 7-Year Anniversary of being a local guide, But also it’s long time that contributions for IRAN is BLOCKED!!!

WHY?

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Hi @Abulhallaj

I believe @Amiran knows better than most.

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Cheers

Morten

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Thank you dear @MortenCopenhagen for tagging me.

Hi @Abulhallaj Congrats on being a Local Guide from 7 years ago.

Fortunately, the Google Maps and Local Guides program is available in Iran and contributions aren’t blocked. We can edit, add photos and reviews, and make any other contributions.

So, may you please tell us what exact contribution you think is blocked in Iran?

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Hello @Abulhallaj , when I look at your reviews, I don’t see anything blocked. Do you mean photos, comments or something else by blocking? Please give more detailed information and we will try to help you.

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The contribute tab is empty!

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Oh, I got the point @Abulhallaj

The Contribute Tab is based on the Google Photos and Timeline activity where the Google Maps suggests photos to upload or places to rate and review. And yes, it is not available in Iran because Timeline is not available. But this doesn’t mean that we can not upload photos or review a place.

Indeed this is not a big problem and fewer users mentioned it over the years. Even for other countries, the system doesn’t suggest perfectly for all places! So, it is not suggested to contribute through this tab all the time.

The best way to review and add photos on Google Maps web is to open a place and then use the respective button to add a review or photo/video.

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ho there iranian local guide friend @Abulhallaj . beacause of sanctions you have to use VPN to use better experience in editting google map. also you can add places on map and photos of added places.

farsi version:

دوست عزیز باید از وی پی ان استفاده کنی بیشتر مواقع. البته به جز برخی قسمت ها بقیه قسمت ها مثل اضافه کردن مکان و عکس ها روی نقشه اوکیه و میتونی فعالیت داشته باشی. موفق و پایدار باشی.