For the past year Google Maps and Street View tours have had issues with proper connections within the 24-48 hour time frame that has not been addressed. Over the past couple of months this issue has compounded into a major issue affecting most photographers participating in the Google Pro Photographer program. Not much information has been given on the status or what’s being done to resolve the issue but a Google moderator has put out the following statement:
Update on recent issues regarding the publication and connection of 360 photos on Google Maps
Hello everyone,
Thanks for your patience over the past couple weeks and for reporting all of the publishing and connectivity issues. The cause of the issues is a recent change to our automatic moderation systems that is giving a high false positive rate for inappropriate content
A few more details:
- This issue primary affects 360 photos (as compared to other photo and video content)
- Images that are deemed inappropriate are not published on Google Maps
- Street View connectivity only applies to live published photos and looks to connect the next eligible published photo. This is why a lot of you have reported missing or strange connections.
What is happening next:
- The teams are hard at work to improve the performance of the auto-moderation system
- We are also introducing a manual check for all newly published photos that have been flagged to lessen the false positive rate further
- After this version is ready, all 360 photos will be re-processed and re-published
We will keep you closely posted on all of the above.
- The Street View team
If you are interested in reading up on the issue click here
george moua / / commercial architecture photographer