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For Local Councils

Show visitors the real beauty of your area

Your parks, heritage sites, and town centres are stunning — but on Google, they’re represented by blurry tourist snapshots. PlaceSnap fixes that without needing any technical expertise.

The Problem

The problem you face

Your professional photos sit unused

You commissioned beautiful photography of your parks and civic spaces, but it never makes it onto Google where millions of people actually look.

Public places have no Google Business Profile

Parks, reserves, and town squares have no upload API. There is no official way to manage how these places appear on Google Maps.

Bad photos undermine tourism and investment

When Google shows blurry, unflattering images of your area, it sends the wrong message to visitors, investors, and prospective residents.

The Solution

How PlaceSnap helps

Visual Gap Score for your area

A quantifiable health rating for every place in your jurisdiction. See at a glance which parks, streets, and venues need attention.

Citizen Photographer Kit

Generate guided upload links for staff and community volunteers. Each contributor gets clear instructions; you track every upload.

UGC Shield monitoring

Get alerts when low-quality user photos displace your professional imagery. One-click actions to re-publish and defend your visual presence.

Benchmark against neighbours

Compare your Visual Gap Score to neighbouring councils. Civic pride meets data-driven decision making.

The Results

Before & After

Before: Alexandra GardensBefore
After: Alexandra GardensAfter

Alexandra Gardens

↑ Quality score: 21 → 79

Before: Town Centre PrecinctBefore
After: Town Centre PrecinctAfter

Town Centre Precinct

↑ Quality score: 28 → 74

Before: Heritage WalkBefore
After: Heritage WalkAfter

Heritage Walk

↑ Quality score: 19 → 81

Before: Riverside ReserveBefore
After: Riverside ReserveAfter

Riverside Reserve

↑ Quality score: 25 → 72

200+

Places per council area

34

Typical starting VGS

0

Technical expertise needed

Beautiful campaign photos sitting on a hard drive while Google shows blurry tourist snapshots. That is the gap PlaceSnap closes.

The problem PlaceSnap solves

How It Works

Three simple steps

1

Map your area

Draw your boundary on the map and scan all public places. Instantly see which locations need the most help.

2

Upload & distribute

Bulk upload your professional imagery and create Citizen Photographer Kit tasks for staff and volunteers.

3

Monitor & defend

UGC Shield checks your places regularly. Get alerts when bad photos appear and take action to keep your imagery competitive.

What you'll measure

Numbers you can present at council

From committee reports to quarterly reviews — PlaceSnap gives you the metrics to prove your digital presence investment is working.

Visual Gap Score

34

Poor

Your LGA

See where you could be

LGA benchmark — Visual Gap Score

★ Your LGA

34/100

Neighbouring LGA

61/100

State average

43/100

LGA average score

+33 pts
34
Oct
44
Nov
55
Dec
67
Jan

200+

Places tracked per LGA

84%

CPK tasks completed on time

+33pts

Avg LGA score improvement

See what Google shows for your area. It might surprise you.

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