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Massive changes coming to Google Business View and Google Street View!
This just in at our PRO Community from John M Lynch
Here is the official Google Maps post:
Lots more at link above. I just copies the parts most important to our world.
So Business Photos or Business 3D photos (or whatever the previous name was) changed to Google Maps Business View and now will be rebranded as ?Street View | Trusted.?
As I said to John at the Pro Community discussion:
We have LOTs of Business View photogs that are members here AND the Pro Community.
I'm sure all you Trusted Photogs know more about the inner workings and benefits of this change. Seems like some things will be streamlined and improved. Is it a good thing do you think?
What do you all think about the changes?
This just in at our PRO Community from John M Lynch
Google Views is to be retired by the end of August
New Street View App to be launched in August to allow single photospheres to be loaded directly to Google Maps
Google Business View is re-branded: Street View | Trusted
All of these will be controlled and hosted in G+
So Google de-couples photos but ties in Street View
Here is the official Google Maps post:
<a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleMaps/posts/D4ggyFZwJDe">Google Maps Views</a>
Among Google?s imagery products, we strive to balance what makes sense for you, the pro or enthusiast photographer, with the needs of consumers. Achieving this balance can be a challenge, especially when publishing tools are managed under separate products. So we wanted to share our plans to help streamline our pro photographer tools with the established Street View brand. Here?s a summary of what?s to come in mid-August:
New Street View app
For the first time, in one new app, your profile and photo spheres will be presented alongside those from Google and other contributors, creating a unified Street View gallery designed to bring more visibility to you and your work... (more inside)
Street View | Trusted
In addition to the upcoming app, we're also preparing a set of changes to our sister platform, Google Maps Business View. In mid?August, this certified photographer program will be rebranded as ?Street View | Trusted.? It will remain focused on supporting pro photographers who publish photo spheres to Google Maps, but at that time ? and in direct response to your feedback ? the program will shed many of its stringent requirements in favor of far more accommodating policies. In short, enrollment will be easier, publishing requirements will be simpler, and we?ll improve publishing and editing reliability. High quality imagery will remain a key requirement and distinction for those in the program...
Lots more at link above. I just copies the parts most important to our world.
So Business Photos or Business 3D photos (or whatever the previous name was) changed to Google Maps Business View and now will be rebranded as ?Street View | Trusted.?
As I said to John at the Pro Community discussion:
"Google Business View is re-branded" Dang I wish they'd stop changing names every 6 months. Talk about customer confusion. PLUS doesn't changing the name to Street View diminish the business photos aspect of the whole thing???
We have LOTs of Business View photogs that are members here AND the Pro Community.
I'm sure all you Trusted Photogs know more about the inner workings and benefits of this change. Seems like some things will be streamlined and improved. Is it a good thing do you think?
What do you all think about the changes?