It was my longtime wish to have a Meetup in the Uva province of Sri Lanka. Especially in Badulla district. Recently I got a chance to visit Monaragala. I grabbed this opportunity and planned host a meetup in Monaragala.
I reached the destination on time as always, but this time there was a new member who has not been a local guide all this time. However, he is a travel enthusiast and I have been admiring his photographs on social media all this time.
He was asking about local guide program throughout the meetup and gathered a lot of information from us and he was impressed. There were three of them who joined us everyone was new.
Then, I taught them all the important aspects such as adding places editing places and adding photographs the Google Maps. Almost every place they added were published at that time itself and they were excited to see them live on Google maps.
Also I taught them some simple techniques of photography such as capturing panoramic photos, capturing with grid lines, how to use 360 app on phone.
Even though they have not been local guides all these time, they performed really well. Also I introduced them the points systems and explained them the dos and don’t on Google maps and local guides. We wound up this chilling meetup with a chilled soft drink.
Thank you very much @TorM yes, we saw three elephants and it was blocking the road and asking for food. sometimes elephant will not move from the road until we feed
but forest department strictly instructed public to not to feed elephants
Yes yes @AsankaJayasuriya those are friendly. now I know where exactly they are… they stand under giant trees and when they see vehicles started walking. I can take you in my car if you like
@Julien44 ha ha ha… don’t fight!!!
cool idea… make both. I will take you to some awesome wildlife area, you will see lots of Elephants, Leopards etc etc.
Great Meetup. You also have the knowledge for teaching about Google Maps in a great way. Nice video too.
@Julien44 , I agree with Ilankovan. Don’t fight, make it both. We have great Local Guides in both areas, able to give you, to guide you, in the best way
No worries, I won’t figth to hard and off course, we will probabily do both but not the same year! What would be first? I will let you know as soon as I have the information!
and off course, we will probabily do both but not the same year! What would be first? I will let you know as soon as I have the information!