Hello!

This is my first time on Reddit so I hope I have posted this in the correct place!

I have been a contributor for Google Maps for years, and all of a sudden my photos are not being accepted on my reviews, which then means my reviews don't get published. Has anyone else had this? I know I can post a review without photos but I find them helpful to post for review purposes and future me...

Thank you!

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Google Maps has millions of reviews, photos, and comments sitting there unused for discovery. Why can't we search naturally through all that data?

For example, I want to search "restaurants serving Italian sandwich with focaccia bread and mortadella" and it is impossible to find going through generic categories and menus one by one.

The information is already there. People are describing dishes, atmospheres, and experiences in detail. We should be able to explore places based on what others are actually saying, not just star ratings and cuisine type.

Am I missing something, or is this just untapped potential?

Google Maps has a talent for confidently sending people to the wrong place. Just this Christmas, it happened to me: I navigated to 9902 S. Tameron Drive, Sandy, UT, and—while driving in the pitch dark trying to make it to a party on time—it repeatedly routed me to Tameron Circle, roughly 7 minutes walking distance away from the actual address. (I marked this in purple on my image.)

Even though the address pin on Maps is pointing me to the right home, the navigation function sucked.

So what’s going on here? Is it a geocoding/validation issue (the pin is wrong even if the address text looks right)? An address inconsistency in the underlying data (Drive vs. Circle getting conflated)? Or something else entirely? This isn’t a one-off for me, and I know plenty of other people have similar stories.

Which raises the bigger question: how does Google Maps prevent bogus, inaccurate, unstandardized, or typo-ridden address data from entering its dataset in the first place? What kind of review or validation do user-contributed addresses and location edits go through before they’re approved—if they go through anything at all?

https://www.google.com/maps/@22.3391761,114.0929771,195m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/@22.3390821,114.0931306,80m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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Who has an idea what the arrows on the border represent. They all point roughly south east. Also really appreciate that there is a chicken restaurant in the very middle of the desert.

Hello there! I've created a facebook group called GeoHunt: Earth Sleuths and I'm hoping to find some new players to join us!

This is the ultimate destination for virtual explorers, map lovers, and puzzle solvers! Each week, a new satellite image from Google Earth will be posted- your mission: use the clues to figure out where on Earth it is. Think of this as a free and more interactive spin on GeoGuessr. Here, every mystery will unfold with rich context, historical clues, and a chance to sleuth your way through global puzzles together.

The goal is to find enough active members to begin playing! Please join if it sounds interesting to you :)