Greetings, my fellow Local Guides 
We are vacationing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this week and truly having a wonderful time. Personally, I haven’t been to Myrtle Beach since I was in high school, so I was excited to visit for a number of reasons!
First, I was looking forward to enjoying the sun, sand and sea 
Second, I was looking forward to seeing what has changed in the decades since my last trip. My memories involved spectacular miniature golf courses, surf shops on every corner and the beach hotel we stayed at… a modern 5 story building across the street from the office, which was the “old motel” on the beach side of the street.
(The mini golf courses are now even more spectacular and the surf shops even bigger. However, I’m a bit sad to say, neither hotel building is still standing.)
Lastly, I was really looking forward to doing some __Google Mapping__in a city I’ve never mapped 
As a tourist destination, there are obviously POIs that will receive a lot of search interest. This means a lot of Photo Views and Review Views. But, there are also less obvious ways to improve Maps that sometimes are literally staring you in the face…
While we were strolling the Boardwalk, I noticed a number of people stopping to take a photo with something. I was curious to see what they were photographing, so I walked over after the last group and saw what’s in the photo below:
It was a huge sandcastle that says Myrtle Beach!
I immediately snapped a handful of photos, then continued on our stroll. When we stopped to grab a few slices of pizza from NY Pizza Kitchen, I searched __Maps__for the sandcastle. I wanted to share my favorite photo. 
I was honestly surprised when I was unable to locate it. How could this be? This is clearly a wonderful photo opportunity that the city of Myrtle Beach paid to have created and installed. People were obviously already using it, so I thought “maybe I’m just searching for the wrong name?” I switched to the satellite view on Maps and zoomed in to the exact location. There was no name or link to click.
Realizing that this is something that people would love to know exists, I created the place on Google Maps - Myrtle Beach Sandcastle - and crossed my fingers that it would be approved.
I must admit, I didn’t have much faith in the approval. When we arrived earlier in the week, I noticed one of those large Adirondack chairs in the airport… the type that people enjoy for photo ops. I attempted to add it to Maps in the morning, the same day I would later add the Sandcastle. The Margaritaville Big Chair was pending all morning, which left me to think Sandcastle would suffer the same fate. But, to my surprise - They were both approved SIMULTANEOUSLY!
This was just what I was hoping for. I had now created two new Points Of Interest for people to share their photos to and to easily share as destination with others. I imagine this is what those who created these photo opportunities were hoping for, but failed to realize they needed to be shared to be located.
When I first began Mapping, I always assumed that there would be fewer opportunities to add to Maps in popular, tourist areas. I thought that someone more experienced would have had to already have been there and beat me to the punch. But, as one of those more experienced Guides now, I can safely say that there are ALWAYS opportunities to add and share new places on Google Maps. Sometimes you have to think outside the box, but others - just like these two - are staring you in the face… like these turtles below 
These three were hanging out at the other end of the Boardwalk. I noticed them when I stopped to take a storefront photo of a POI. Again, I watched as a family paused to take photos with them. They were all smiling 
I knew that these needed to be shared with__Maps__, as well, so I created the add - Myrtle Beach Turtles - as a tourist attraction. I think the AI had figured out what I was doing by this time, as it was approved instantly.
I truly hope that the creation of these POIs assist others in locating these fun and creative photo opportunities, while traveling to Myrtle Beach with their family or friends. I know that the groups I witnessed taking photos seemed to really enjoy the opportunity. If you happen to visit the area, make sure to take photos and share them!
I hope this post will inspire my fellow Local Guides to be encouraged to find new places and ways to add to Maps, no matter how popular the location may be. For those that are unaware of how to create POIs on Maps, I’ll share the process in Comments.
Thanks for reading, hopefully you have found this post to be helpful & informative. 
All my best,
Mike
So, yes - There’s always an opportunity to add to Maps, even after we’ve been there.
I do hope that this simple post will inspire others to find and add new POI, no the location.
I’m proud to be the first person to give your Review of Myrna’s Outlook a 
You made some really nice additions!
