Hi, My name is Alejandra and I live in Quito, the Capital of Ecuador, I got interested in Google Maps thanks to my husband, since every time we went to a new place he looked for references on the Maps App, many times there was no information about a place, photos or ratings, so He told me that every person who goes to a new place takes a photo to add it to the map so that other people who are looking for information or who don’t know the place can get to know it.
At the beginning I didn’t take much interest, but when I saw the photos had views and that they helped other people, I really liked the idea. Now every time I go to a new Church, store or restaurant I took a photo with my phone and shared it in Google Maps.
The most interesting thing I’ve done as a Local Guide is added several places, food-related most of, because I am interested in small businesses getting known by people and they often don’t appear on the map, I have also uploaded photos of the food, since many people don’t know the dishes they serve in a certain restaurant and now they are encouraged to go more often to that place.
I have also uploaded photos of churches since many times people don’t know what the temples are like from the inside and if they need it for a ceremony they can get an idea of what it is like.
I have also contributed in certain places that I have visited giving my honest opinion, I like giving constructive criticism that helps improve the place instead of promoting its bad reputation in the future. Thanks to that I have gotten 3000 views to my reviews and 38000 views to my photos.
With this I hope to contribute making these places more well known and help small businesses grow because they deserve it.