Framing rule #2

Make sure the storefront or building fits inside this green area. That will allow you to later crop your images perfectly for both the wider and the square formats used on Google Maps.

Framing rule #3

If the store name is at the top of the storefront make sure it is big and clearly visible in this blue area. Never above this area.

If you shoot storefronts this tightly or zoomed in even further Googles auto-crop to wider formats will fail.

See how the store name is cut in half. This is not good.

It is better to take your shots zoomed out like this to have enough cropping space on both sides of the shop. Aim for 60-80% of the store width as cropping space on each side when shooting.

With plenty of cropping space, you can now crop the image manually to a wide shot like this where the entrance is centered nicely in the shot.

This is the result after Googles auto-crop to the square format. This looks perfect.

And this is an example of how the Googles auto-crop to a wide format will also look. It's perfect. Here the store name is not amputated.