WATERMARK OR OWN LOGO

[ayann]

I'm used to take many pictures but as I'm a professional photographer I spent lots of time to edit them then I post them on maps.So here might be some people are doing same like me but my question is can I use My own logo or watermark on that photo like Clicked By Ayan Gain on the corner of that photo or in caption!!And my next question is can I use that photo in any competition that I've been uploaded on maps or after uploading it's turns into google's maps own property?? I've many doubts in this particular topic please any one give me perfect answer

[Sariga]

@ayann

You can use Logo on your photos but there is a percentage mentioned in the terms and conditions. 

Even if it would be useful for map to have a professional photos uploaded to map than a from a phone photographers like me sharing there views .

[JacekNK · Accepted solution]

Hi @ayann

Please read Maps User Contributed Content Policy Help about Format Specific Criteria for adding logos and additional texts to photos and 360 spheres:

https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/7411351

After uploading you are still an owner of your work:

1. Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service

https://www.google.com/intl/ALL/help/terms_maps.html

"Your Content in Google Maps/Google Earth. Content you upload, submit, store, send, or receive through Google Maps/Google Earth is subject to Google’s Universal Terms, including the license in the section entitled “Your Content in our Services”."

2. Universal Google Terms of Service:

https://www.google.com/intl/ALL/policies/terms/

"Some of our Services allow you to upload, submit, store, send or receive content.

You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.

When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. "

Regards,

Jacek

[ayann]

• @JacekNK@Sariga thanks for your valuable opinions​

[Emprendinauta]

Hello,  after many years... How was the answer? how much its 10% in a photo  according the IA of Google? You got any bad luck with your posts? 
I want to do the same because some photos have to be care. U got any idea or some solution??