Local Guides’ 2025 Album of Star Videos

Applebee’s Grill + Bar

This is my most-viewed video so far. It’s nothing special, just a short clip sharing one of Applebee’s most popular desserts, the Triple Chocolate Meltdown, taken at Applebee’s in Brick, NJ, USA, using my Android Samsung S20.

Star Video Views History

In the table below, I have shown the recent views history of my Star Video:

| ID | Screenshot Date | Place Name | Star Video Views|
|001| 2025-06-15 | Applebee´s | 1,661,812|

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Entry for the start video

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Caption: @JohnDDoe’s Star Video of Peschiera del Garda uploaded onto Google Maps on 2023-05-06 and showing star views of 584,227 as at 2025-09-03

Ristorante Pizzeria Trattoria Peschiera del Garda - La Rocca
After one year without updating, my really tasty Pizza from the Lago Di Garda reached a new record.

Samsung S24 Ultra (1TB)

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Applebee’s Grill + Bar

This is my most-viewed video so far. It’s nothing special, just a short clip sharing one of Applebee’s most popular desserts, the Triple Chocolate Meltdown, taken at Applebee’s in Brick, NJ, USA, using my Android Samsung S20.

Star Video Views History

In the table below, I have shown the recent views history of my Star Video:

| ID | Screenshot Date | Place Name | Star Video Views|
|001| 2025-06-15 | Applebee´s | 1,661,812|
|002| 2025-07-24 | Applebee´s | 1,661,812|

3 Likes

Link to Video.
Added to Maps May 2023
123,112 views as of 28 August 2025

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZcrJpcJVZTspBEej8

Odd video that’s recently become my star video. I presume I was trying to show where the place is in relation to this busy road junction while I was walking past.
This was taken at the same time as my Star Photo, May 2023 when I was learning about featured media in Google maps.

Used my Huawai P30 phone record.

History:

Date Star Views Delta Views
July 2025 110,592 -
August 2025 123,112 12,520
4 Likes

Caption: Star video by @palmad1 of World Trade Center, New York uploaded onto Google Maps on 2024-05-26 and showing star views of 1,991,219 as at 2025-09-04

World Trade Center, New York, USA

My star video is of World Trade Center located in New York, USA. I had captured this video using my Google Pixel 7 Android phone. Wow!! It is one of the Architectural marvels built in place of twin towers. It is a beautiful building with plenty of stores and also hosts PATH station from NYC to New Jersey. This is a Must visit if you ever happened to be around NY.

Star Video Views History

The table below shows the recent views history of my Star Video.

Screenshot Date Place Name Star Video Views Delta Views
09/04/2025 World Trade Center, NY 1,991,219 268,573
08/04/2025 World Trade Center, NY 1,722,646 -

Caption: A tabular summary of the recent star views of my Star Video (LG: @palmad1)

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Cask & Pig Kitchen and Alehouse- Dartmouth, MA
This is my second star video.I took this video on June 29, 2023, while out to dinner with my college roommate and our wives. This was about a month after I shot my first star video, which is a montage of landscape photos. By the time I shot this video of a grilled cheese and brisket sandwich I had switched to shooting in portrait orientation and had discovered cinematic mode on my Pixel 3a. Since it was my dinner, no one had to wait to eat while I shot it . I was fortunate that the lighting was unusually good for a restaurant and my panning motion was very smooth. My mouth still waters when I watch the video; It has always been one of my favorite Maps videos and I am so glad it is my new star. It immediately became the 2nd image in the POI gallery and still remains in that position.
My only regret is that it will knock me out of the Movers & Shakers Star Video board for a couple of months. It is ironic that my first star video was in landscape mode, when Google’s preference was for portrait mode, and now that my star is a portrait image they now prefer landscape- go figure.

4 Likes

This is my new most-viewed video so far. It’s a short clip sharing one area of Jockey Plaza Shopping Center located in Lima, Peru :peru: . I used a Android Samsung S20 :mobile_phone:.

Star Video Views History

In the table below, I have shown the recent views history of my Star Video:

| ID | Screenshot Date | Place Name | Star Video Views|
|001| 2025-08-26 | Jockey Plaza | 2,991,845|

4 Likes

Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary

The video shows an art installation by Hungarian artist Márton Nemes in the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Hungary. The video was shot with an iPhone 13 Pro.

3 Likes

Star Video by @luis_felipe of Leroy Merlin Pontal uploaded onto Google Maps on 2024-09-10 and showing star views of 59.814 as at 2025-08-29

I recorded this video inside the Leroy Merlin Pontal store, showing the modern and spacious layout of the shop. It quickly became my Star Video, probably because many visitors want to explore the store’s interior before visiting.

3 Likes

Vincom Plaza - Phan Van Tri, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

This is my star video I took back in July 2022 with my iPhone 12 Pro. It’s a shopping mall in Vietnam. I somehow always thought vertical pictures/videos were recommended on Google Maps until recently. I am sorry if the picture is not centered. I read this, but it didn’t work.

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