Help verify a college
We place every college on the map by hand and check it against the college's listing, Street View and official records. Photos from people who know the campus make those checks faster and more certain.
Send three geotagged photos
Anyone can help: students, staff, alumni or someone who lives nearby. Turn on location for your phone's camera first (Camera settings → "Save location" / "Location tags"), then take:
- The main gate with the name board, the college name readable.
- The campus from inside: the buildings and grounds.
- A classroom with students studying: one wide shot from the back of the room. Close-ups of faces are not needed.
Send the original photo files by email. WhatsApp and most social apps remove the location from photos.
Or write to [email protected] with the college name in the subject.
Ask for a review of a Google Maps photo note
Some college pages carry a short note when the main photo on the college's own Google Maps listing looks AI-made. The note is about that listing photo only. It does not rate the college.
How the note is removed: replace the main photo on your Google Maps listing with a real photo of the campus, then write to us. We check the listing again, save a dated screenshot, and remove the note.
Requests must come from the college (an email from its official address, or the address or phone number on its official website) and include the same three geotagged photos.
What we check
- All three photos: gate with name board, campus from inside, and a classroom in use. A set with one missing is not enough.
- Place: the location stored in each photo must be within about 150 metres of the college's pin, or show us where the pin should move.
- Date: taken within the last 12 months, all on or around the same day.
- What they show: the college name on the board, and a working campus and classroom.
- A second source: Street View, the Google Maps listing or official records must agree. A photo on its own never changes the map: we look at every one before anything changes.
What happens to what you send
- Photos are used only to check the college. They are never published on this site.
- Faces in the classroom photo are blurred in the copy we keep, and the original is deleted once checked.
- Once checked, we keep only the result (distance from the pin, date, who approved it). Photos and emails are deleted within 12 months.
- We never publish the name or contact details of anyone who writes to us.
- This site does not promote or rank colleges, and no college can pay for a listing, a pin or the removal of a note.