Posting photos

[SethS]

How do I post a picture from my DSLR camera to google maps? I only know how to post photo spheres.

[LucioV]

Simply download your photo to a PC and use "add photo" on the google maps place.

[Corrie]

Hello @SethS.  Welcome to Local Guides and our Connect community forum. We are happy to have you here. Be sure to explore the many sections of the site and check out the conversations happening among our Local Guides. 

As @LucioV said, you will need to download your images from your camera. Then you can upload them right to the places you took them at on Google Maps. You can find the instructions for adding photos to Maps from your computer here. 

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[Csaba]

Hi @SethS, 

Yes, you definitely have to download your photos to your computer first. 

Beside uploading directly to Google Maps, you can also upload your photos to Google Photos. Here you can make some basic editing like straightening and cropping your photos, color and light correction etc. 

Then add your photos to albums and when in the Map, select to add a photo to a place and you can browse your photo collection there. 

There is also a handy tool that lets you upload to Google Photos easily in the background: 

https://photos.google.com/apps

Note that photos up to 2048 pixels on their larger sides will not count against your initial 15 Gb quota. The desktop uploader will allow you to set the size to upload and will automatically resize the images it uploads.