Local guides - A family who stays globally but contribute together on Google Maps. In my point of view, local guides mean to help people, explore new places and learn new things. I’m a small part of this family and proud of it. Our small contribution can help millions of people.
About Me:
I’m Deep Pancholi [Level 9 Local Guide] Computer Engineering Student. currently, I’m living in Vadodara which is located in Gujarat, India. As a student, I’m interested in Photography, Technology, to help other people and learn something new.
What does the Local Guides program mean to you?
I joined Local Guides in October 2016 and started to use Local Guides connect in December 2016.
In my opinion, Google Maps is a platform that you can travel the whole world virtually, that’s why I’m passionate to share Photos, Videos, 360 Photos and Reviews on it.
Some of the Google Maps Services like Street View, SOS Alert, Locate Toilet Using Google Maps (India) and “Wheelchair Accessible” Routes in Transits Navigation is one of the best and helpful features which are very useful in people’s lives globally.
Local Guides Connect is the best way to connect and learn new things with other Local Guides and Google Team. We can share our ideas, thoughts with other Local Guides and Google Moderators. Apart from that, we can also share our knowledge to solve other local guide quires.
When I was new to connect other local guides and Google Moderators are very helpful to me. Whenever I need any help they were always ready to help me and I was always ready to learn new things.
Host a Meet-up is also a very interesting part of local guides connect. I’ve hosted meet-ups many times and had a great experience with this, where you can meet other local guides personally and learn new things and share your experience with others.
Here are some of my hosted meet-up:
Waghodia Road Edit Meet-up: https://goo.gl/PuHVec
My Photo Walk Meet-up Recap: https://goo.gl/pJ4AUb
Let’s click together! Meet-up: https://goo.gl/5vkzbn
Waghodia Road Edits 2 Meet-up: https://goo.gl/g91y7J
Vadodara Photo Walk Meet-up: https://goo.gl/DjnRyg
Hospital Photowalk Meet-Up: https://bit.ly/39rAmf6
Interesting thing I’ve done as a Local Guide:
In Google Maps, I’m passionate to share 360 Photos. I had started taking 360 photos by Google Street View Mobile application and then Earned Street View Trusted Photographer Badge, and currently, I’m using 360 Camera for taking photos and creating virtual tours. I’ve posted 3000+ Street View Photos on Google Maps. My Photo Views reached 50M+ views on Google Maps and increasing day by day as my contributions represent Indian culture and it helps millions of people globally.
Here are some of Google Maps Virtual Tours, that I’ve contributed:
1: Kirti Mandir (Temple of Fame) - https://goo.gl/eqnPvv
2: Jami Mosque - https://goo.gl/xT9uhK
3: Kumbhalgarh Fort - https://goo.gl/RLSYQQ
4: Ranakpur Jain Temple - https://goo.gl/CUQ25f
5: Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery - https://goo.gl/hbLGgc
6: Aguada Fort - https://bit.ly/2JmXuB5
7: Tapovan Temple, Vadodara [220+ Photos] - https://bit.ly/39mq6EZ
8: Gateway Of India [65+ Photos] - https://bit.ly/2xtfQxI
9: Vadhvana Bird Sanctuary [200+ Photos] - https://bit.ly/3bCqukv
10: Sri Aurobindo Nivas(National Memorial) [60+ Photos] - https://bit.ly/2QTFTVH
My Experience with LGSummit 2017:
On 19th May 2017, I received an email that you’re selected for local guides summit 2017 and I was very excited to meet other local guides, Google Moderators and Googlers!
What a wonderful event it was. I met 150 local guides who came from different countries, Google Moderators and Googlers at Googleplex! I learned new things, shared my experience with others and explored many places. That was a wonderful and a lifetime opportunity for me to meet Google Moderators, local guides and Googlers!
I would like to participate in this year’s Connect Live 2020 Event for sharing my experiences with others, to learn more about this program and explore new places.
In the end, I’d like to thank you all the local guides, Google Moderators and Google team who always ready to support and appreciated me at every moment.
Thank you!
Happy Mapping and Keep Contributing 