Changes to Hot Photo Guidelines

[Ajriccobono]

Sounds good, thx for doing what yall do to keep the queue moving.

[Dimbardier]

What if it's a new model in museum? Such as https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10868084. Its in museum but belongs to 'New aircraft type / subtype for an airline or air force.'

[Alex - Spot-This !]

What if it's a new model in museum? Such as https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10868084. Its in museum but belongs to 'New aircraft type / subtype for an airline or air force.'

clearly not hot

[bleuair]

hot air balloon ... they will be automatically marked as hot

No unfortunately nothing lighter than air, which seems to be a (reported) glitch with the db.
They won't appear on fr24 either even if the hex is linked to a reg and there's a pic of a lighter than air aircraft in the database.

Given that a new reg does trigger the uploader to fill in the data (hopefully correctly ), it's not many more clicks to manually mark the correct hot category if in doubt.

[bstolle]

Which means that cabin or cockpit shots will NEVER be accepted as hot, right?

Why not? On most planes the reg and/or Selcal code is visible on the instrument panel.

That said, it is disappointing to see people successfully uploading aircraft photos with a wrong A/C type and a fantasy CN.

[mahagonny]

Hi everyone,


- Changes to a livery for general aviation and military aircraft

So if, for example, a military aircraft puts on the Tiger livery at the famous Tiger Meet, it won't be hotter?

[dlowwa]

So if, for example, a military aircraft puts on the Tiger livery at the famous Tiger Meet, it won't be hotter?

Correct.

[ErwinS]

Why not? On most planes the reg and/or Selcal code is visible on the instrument panel.

That said, it is disappointing to see people successfully uploading aircraft photos with a wrong A/C type and a fantasy CN.

If you have examples about above statement?

[mahagonny]

Correct.

The military won't be very happy

[bstolle]

If you have examples about above statement?

Yep. OE-VPW | Diamond Aircraft DA-62 | Diamond Aircraft Industries | Seres23 | JetPhotos
Had been uploaded as a DA42 with an impossible for a DA62.

[ErwinS]

Yep. OE-VPW | Diamond Aircraft DA-62 | Diamond Aircraft Industries | Seres23 | JetPhotos
Had been uploaded as a DA42 with an impossible for a DA62.

Thats why I removed it twice, and told the uploader to use the correct type. So I take note of such issues. Not all screeners know all types on forehand, as uploaders also do not.

Thats why we have several dbase gurus to correct and find this.

[Radioactivity]

Hi everyone,

In order to further reduce the pressure on the screening queue, our hot photo guidelines have been reviewed and updated with immediate effect. Please refer to our upload guidelines, point 2.5. https://www.jetphotos.com/uploadguidelines/#2.5

In short, the changes will mostly affect general aviation, military and inactive aircraft.

What will no longer be hot?
- Changes to a livery for general aviation and military aircraft
- New registrations for inactive aircraft (such as aircraft in museum, stored aircraft and wrecks/relics). In this case, make sure the Vintage category is selected

We hope these changes will help us keep the general queue under control. At the same time we are making sure our database remains up to date and relevant to Flightradar24's site and apps.

We're happy to take away any doubts and will answer your questions in this forum topic.

Alex and Simon, JetPhotos Management Team

Excellent! I can't wait to see the results in the upload queue.

[mahagonny]

Excellent! I can't wait to see the results in the upload queue.

You are off track. The normal queue will get longer.
I do not find this solution optimal, given that, as stated by the crew, rejecting a photo to be deleted takes less than 5 seconds.
I repeat that an optimal solution to reduce waiting times would be to enable a significant number of uploaders with a medium-high acceptance rate, to delete all those photos that are clearly unacceptable (and if it were up to me, all those taken with a smartphone).

[Radioactivity]

You are off track. The normal queue will get longer.
I do not find this solution optimal, given that, as stated by the crew, rejecting a photo to be deleted takes less than 5 seconds.
I repeat that an optimal solution to reduce waiting times would be to enable a significant number of uploaders with a medium-high acceptance rate, to delete all those photos that are clearly unacceptable (and if it were up to me, all those taken with a smartphone).

I disagree with the smartphone issue in some parts. We have many models on the market that take an "acceptable" photo, so think about if you are in a place with little space and natural lighting without having a DSLR with a wide-angle lens and a good flash.

It's a delicate situation. I don't mind the queue longer as there will be enough time for a good edit without rejection.

[bstolle]

and if it were up to me, all those taken with a smartphone

It's exactly such statements why I'm happy that JP does not implement your idea.
It's already difficult enough to get photos accepted in the very tight acceptance JP frame.
I assume that the rate of appeals would dramaticaly increase, knowing that someone who is no screener rejected a photo.