Wrong Question Showing On Supermarkets On Maps

[HelloSamsonR]

Hello @GusMoreira Please why is this question been asked when answering questions on the Maps. I have come across such in recent weeks now.  Supermarkets are places for shopping grocery items.et.c. But not for offering passport photograph service. But this question has been regular when answering questions of supermarket I visit.  Please help look into this. And if I am missing something out please do help me explain. Cause I would love to know the reasons.

Kind Regards 

[OSAMA]

@HelloSamsonR

Some super markets beside government or embassies have this service 🙌🌮🍲🍝

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@HelloSamsonR wrote:

Hello @GusMoreira Please why is this question been asked when answering questions on the Maps. I have come across such in recent weeks now.  Supermarkets are places for shopping grocery items.et.c. But not for offering passport photograph service. But this question has been regular when answering questions of supermarket I visit.  Please help look into this. And if I am missing something out please do help me explain. Cause I would love to know the reasons.

Kind Regards 

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[HelloSamsonR]

@OSAMA Nice good to know. But this service is not available in my country. I have been to 100s of supermarkets and I can tell you no service like this is available. Hello @VictorOmebije @SanyaOdare,I don't know if am wrong. Please clarify me also as I would love to know. Have you seen such too?

[OStr]

I suppose this is a North American thing, where the concept of store-in-a-store is common. Many supermarkets here have a passport photo store inside, dry cleaners, cellphone provider booth, gym or yoga studio, and others. Just answer "No" for those you know do not have a passport photo place, and hopefully it won't ask you again for that supermarket.

[HelloSamsonR]

Thanks @OStr 👍. Your advice is helpful, I have been answering No for some time, But when it became common when such a question was coming up, I decided to share this feedback. I haven't come across such questions since when I have been answering supermarket questions. So I was wondering why that was happening. I would advise the Maps Team remove the category and a replace it with another, as such a feather is not available in my country, and I don't think supermarkets in my country would have features of snapping passport photographs Lol 😊

[OStr]

Glad I could help!

[Briggs]

I can vouch for Ostr that it also happens in Australia.

Supermarkets, especially if they encompass the majority of a shopping centre can have several functions and different amenities there. For example, Coles which is usually a general supermarket in a local town is also a clothes and electronics store as well. Not all places would have passport-generating facilities, but I know most of the Costco hypermarkets do here.

[HelloSamsonR]

@Briggs@OStr Are you saying in your country some Super Markets offer Passport Photograph service also. Wouldn't Photography service have been the right word other than Passport Photograph service.? Any feedback about this? 

[OStr]

@HelloSamsonR, when you say "Photography services", people may think it is a full service photographers: weddings, baptisms, etc., but that's not what those passport-photo places do. They generally provide exactly two services: passport photos, and photo colour printing--that is, printing hardcopies of photos you provide on a flash drive or suchlike. Calling them "Photography services" might be confusing.

[KarenVChin]

@HelloSamsonR, I would say that in the US, some supermarkets do offer passport photos services, besides having a bank, dry cleaners, rent DVDs, etc. I believe this question falls under the category of "cultural" here in US, but may not proper in another country. I remember in there was a similar question that made sense here in North America when these auto questions first came out but made no sense in other countries and it was brought up during last year's Summit as feedback to the Google engineers. 

I am moving your post and this thread over to Feedback and Requests so that the Google Mods, @JeslynL and @MariaBi, can review your concern.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Cheers,

Karen