I had a medical Conference in Abuja Nigeria and I was going as a medical student.
Going from Edo state to Abuja; that was way across the country and all my life, I had never been there. It was going to be my first time going to Abuja so I was really excited.
We started off the journey at about 11am and by 6pm, we were still on the road.
When we got to somewhere in Kogi state,we realized we were lost and didn’t even know where we were. So we decided to use Google map though a lot of us were skeptical about it’s accuracy given the fact that it was Nigeria and the landscape has a lot of unreached and still developing places.
But then, we literarily had no choice as we were kindof stranded so we just decided to follow the map and trust that it leads us to the right place.
At about 10pm, we got to Abuja and at the very point on the map where it showed the Entrance to the conference ground, that was exactly where we were.
We were all amazed at the almost perfect accuracy of the map.
But then, that incident left an imprint in my mind.
I couldn’t really phantom how the map was so accurate, i thought a lot about it but just couldn’t come up with anything but then i knew i was really really grateful to google or whoever had made it that easy.
To me, Google local guides are SUPERHEROS WITHOUT CAPE
Being able to make google map more eco friendly and as concise and accurate as it could ever be in Nigeria is a major driving force.
Nigeria is a country of about and is blessed with beautiful landscape and a lot of natural resources and terrain. But then, there are a lot of places that are unreached, little or no pictures or worse, are not even placed on the map.
with these shortcomings in mind, I’m really passionate about getting these places on the map, first starting with my home town; Benin City.
Benin City which is the capital city of Edo State in Nigeria is well known for its rich cultural heritage; with a lot of bronze carvings and cultural artifacts.
The pictures, videos and location of this beautiful culture and Nigeria as a whole is something that should definitely have it’s place on Google map.