Hello fellow local guides,
First of,I want to appreciate The Google Team for initiating this concept of Meetups.
It has been one major experience of a life time for me.
After I had read through other local guides meetups on the platform,I decided I was going to join other fellow guides in Lagos to host a meetup and since the day I decided to host,I had always looked forward to the event.
Prior to the fixed date,I had visited some of these places and do some background check before we decided we were going to check them.
I had observed that most of the businesses in my locality needed some updates of the map,while some are new and needed to be added on google maps. Of particular interest to me is that there is a business concern in an unpopular street within my neighbourhood and it hasn’t been visible to the public for over a year mainly because the location isn’t on google maps so the business was not on the map either but I succeded in adding the street on google map and even the business concern but it is still pending approval.
So I decided I was going to do a map editing for these said businesses so that they can be visible to the public eye.
The meetup was actually fixed for 10am GMT local time but did not start till some minutes past 11am GMT because none of the guides showed up. Because of time constraint,I had to start the work by myself while I wait for others.
The meetup location was moved to Kobis Restaurant Ikeja GRA and after a while I had to leave for Oregun to join some guides who were around.
We were able to talk extensively about google maps and we viewed some new businesses on the maps and checked for some differences.
We decided to take a photo walk. This was memorable for me especially because I was able to see beautiful edifices,new businesses,and places along the way.
We were able to meet the managers of two companies and had a short interview with them about their business and importance of google maps. One out of them was actually not yet on the map because they just moved to the new location and were still trying to settle in well so we couldn’t take any pictures but we were able to add them on google map.
This activity helped me to understand and appreciate my locality and the efforts of the government in allowing the establishments of businesses on a daily basis and also developing of new buildings and creation of new places.
It was a worthwhile experience and I looked forward to a moment like this sometimes in the future.
These are some of the photos we took and a video that was recorded can be gotten from the file on google photos. Here are the links to the map and photos.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MNdmC35HEDs52iw68
New Businesses in Ikeja GRA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/i9VZwHhxbhdkZHub9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2xAEfQJYBQjSbh4k7
Thanks you once again for making this happen for me. Thank you to everyone here and to the guides who joined in. Many thanks to you.