I am a local guide from Nigeria,West Africa. I just wanted to inform you all on the positive impact that Local Guides make on Google Maps. Every time you update or write a review on a place you have visited, your personal review gives detailed information to other users like special items in the menu or chef special. In some cases, select services may not be covered in travel brochures e.g alternative routes to beat traffic, access areas for wheelchairs and pets. Each input from a local guide is a stamp of authority, authenticating the services, ambiance and general view of a place. Additionally, clear photographs attached to the review enhances the description (a picture is worth 500 to 1,000 words)
The pictures help travelers to preparetheir itinerary prior to their journey.
Local guides have given the human input enriching the capabilities of Google Maps. The reviews uploaded on Google Maps can be treated like a chat reply from the map itself, since a user asks a question and there is a local guide ready to answer the questions and giving solutions. This is consumer interaction where feedback and suggestions are made.
Therefore if you are a Local Guide, be proud of your role in enhancing Google Maps. You are that smile on the digital map, showing others your personal experience and your photos gives users the images of your vision.
keep on the works of Google Local Guides Connect, it helps a lot.
