I have never heard anything about local guides on google maps until received an email as I am eligible to participate in an event as I am level 5 guide. I realy did not know that sharing my experiences can mean this much for Google maps. Thanks kindly and from now on I would be an active guide to help people about my good or bad experience regarding a place to give them a clue before any decision. I started sharing as always using people comments before going to a place to be sure I would have a great experience there. So I thought why not me sharing my stories to help others too.
Cheers Google Maps,
happy to be part of your useful app team.