My passion for being a Local Guide in Google Maps is driven by altruism. Quite seriously! Sounds silly, I know. Quite often shared responsibility ends up being no-one’s responsibility. I want to make sure that I contribute my little factoids back to the extended internet family given that I’m a heavy user generated content consumer myself. I contribute pictures, ratings, information corrections, reviews and other content elements across number of apps and services – not only Google Maps, but Foursquare, TripAdvisor, Untapped, Sports-tracker, Airbnb, Goodreads, Wikipedia and so on.
My hobbies – mainly mountain hiking – and work takes me on a number of travels almost on a monthly basis. My intent is to ensure that other travels get correct, up-to-date and descriptive information on various locations around the world. As part of my own hiking blog http://www.jolkko.com I aim to enlighten fellow travellers on some of the famous walks around the world. Some of my most viewed Google Maps pictures have originated from these trips.
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