Wouldn't it be nice to have an automated algorithm to check for possible duplicate photos/video also copyrighted material before posting to Google Maps?
Here are some of the possible scenarios how duplicates happen and you get your profiles tagged for it.
Possible Scenarios (Photo/Video Uploads)
- Same photos synced to multiple devices and then synced to the same location tagged on Google Maps
- Poor/bad internet connection where device tries several times to upload the same photo/video which sometimes results in duplication
- Delayed Uploads- Sometimes, we local guides go through pictures in our galleries and completely forget whether we uploaded it for the places on Google Maps or not, thus, a second try results in duplicates
- Sometimes malicious uploaders try to upload the same photo to different places on Google Maps to gain multiple points. That way the resources reflected on Google Maps are far from reality but the Local guides gets their points
- Multiple profiles of the same local guide, trying to upload the same resources using different accounts
- Sometimes local guides post pictures/videos on Google maps taken from Internet and other resources that are not their own, thus resulting in duplicates and copyrighted media upload.
Solution: In computer science a very simple technique called Hashing can solve this problem. Check hash of every content before uploading to maps thus dropping duplicate uploads.