[RECAP] Map Editing Photo Walk, Dhaka

[ShafiulB]

Hello Local Guides, My Friends!

Last Friday we organized an important Map Editing Meet-Up in Dhaka. The coverage area of the Meet-Up was Mirpur 10 - Mirpur 14 roadside. One of the crowded area and much important business institute presents there. The target of the Meet-Up was to make a spam-free Maps and spreading awareness of quality Guiding among the Local Guides. As a passionate Local Guide, we have so many responsibilities for Maps.

Myself with another 10 amazing Local Guides started this Map editing Photo Walk from the Shah Ali Market. Before we started our map editing walk had several spams and missing places there.
This Meet-Up was a multifunctional Meet-up and had an excitement among us for mapping for the Google Maps. Together we added new places, edited many places, answered many questions, fact-checked and added lots of photos during the walk.

Let’s have a look at our contribution by its category and features.

• Adding New places:
  Dhaka is a developing city where new business opening and old business closing is a normal and daily phenomenon. That is why it needs to continue our daily mapping for the add or marking close. In this walk adding a new place was an important rule. We hade several approved edits for adding new places like Bank, ATM, Restaurant, brand shop and more.

• Edits:
  Due to facing a busy area, we had many edits for the walk. Successfully we had many edits especially by uncover missing information and others. We faced some duplicate places, permanently closed, spam, missing information places. I tried to collect info and checking deeply before making any edits.

A table of our contributions with total count and status

SL	Type of Contributions	Approved	Pending	Total
1	Add New Place	6	4	10
2	Edits	21	6	27
3	Uncover Missing Info	47		47
4	Check the Facts	19		19
5	Adding Photos	145		145

• Check the Facts :
  We had an important rule for fact-checking. We coverage w busy and heavy area that is why our walk was a slow one. Our walking speed was so slow for that reason but we tried our best to touch all the places on our way. It is a very sensitive feature that is why we checked deeply then pressed Yes or NO.
  
  
• Adding Photos:
  One of the common and important parts of a Local Guides Meet-Up is taking lots of photographs. We took many group photos, selfies and business photography for Google Maps. Fellow Local Guides are very passionate about Google maps photography. It is a very important contribution of a Local Guide.

• Map Accessibility:
  As I mentioned it a multi-feature Meet-Up, so we had a variety on our Meet-up. another feature of our Meet-up was checking Accessibility information. Where we found Wheelchair accessible ramps, we added accessible signage there. Its a just fir making other aware of accessibility for the disabled community and for the users who depend on the Maps accessibility feature.

• Snacks, discussion time and more
  Then we had snack time at a popular Local snacks bar in Mirpur 10 area. after snack time, we had a long discussion about our community working and Local Guide’s responsibility. Then we also discussed the Application process of the Connect Live 2020. How to be prepare, How to write a post, How to make a video, How to make a list for the application submission. We shared our last year’s application preparation for the new Local Guides. After discussion and experience sharing we ended our Photo Walk.
  https://youtu.be/EcBM7ZcHXOk

Local Guides Meet-Up is a very interesting thing. It’s about mapping, guiding, helping and friendship with a lot of fun. A local guide who joined a local Guides Meet-Up knows many things and can easily explain the matter of what to do, what is Guiding for the community. So everybody should join Local Guides Meet-Ups to know unknown about Local Guides and quality Google Maps contributions.
Let’s visit our Meet-Upsfull album link- https://photos.app.goo.gl/p4mVpbnYRu4undyi7
Special thanks go to @ShahMdSultan @Mohammadalauddin @Farhan21 @ShakilAK @Eng_Motiur @SolaimanHossain Mostafizur Rahman Refat, Mehedi Hasan Shovo, & Kazi Abdullah Al Mamun who are supporting me and inspired me during the Meet-Up.

Thanks, everyone who joined us and make this Meet-Up successful. I hope we will join again in our next Meet-Up.
Keep inspiring!
Happy Guiding!

[ShafiulB]

[Reaserved]

[Austinelewex]

What a wonderful recapitulation @ShafiulB .

From your recap you guys did a lot of work.

Thanks for sharing it here with us on connect.

[ShakilAK]

@ShafiulB bhai thanks for inviting me. It was an amazing experience. I personally love the total arrangements. Special thanks to all the fellow local guides who help me to teach new things. I got chance to talk and get insight about maps from @ShahMdSultan bhai, @SolaimanHossain bhai, @Farhan21 bhai in this regard.

I hope to join in next meetup to get the new experience.

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[refatbd]

It was an awesome day with some Awesome local guides.

[SaifIS]

@ShafiulB Good meet-up & recap bro. Keep it up.

[NAZRULSUST]

now its time to arrange a meetup in sylhet.

[NunungAfuah]

Hi @ShafiulB you’re always inspiring, as always. I love your story! Thanks for sharing

[JanVanHaver]

Great Meetup & excellent recap @ShafiulB !!! I really like the fact that you included those statistics.

[ShahMdSultan]

Hello @ShafiulB bhai, thanks for arranging this important Meet-Up in Dhaka City. Every Meet-Up means learning new things and exchange experiences with other Local Guides.

Thanks to all the participants. @Mohammadalauddin bhai, @Farhan21 , @ShakilAK bhai,

@Eng_Motiur bhai, @SolaimanHossain , @refatbd , @mamun837 bhai, and Mehedi Hasan Shovo

[Eng_Motiur]

I am happy to see myself with a local good guide team.

[Nasir11]

• Interesting activity #meetups

[Mohammadalauddin]

Hi @ShafiulB

I am so happy for I can come up with a map editing meetup in mirpur 10 to 14 of Dhaka. Have a great day, lot of fun and enjoy every local guide person. Everyone has tried to update the information in Google Map.

Thank you very much for mentioned you in a post.

[Mohammadalauddin]

Hi @ShahMdSultan my dear brother. You are great person. Nice Comments. Photography so good.

• Have a great Meet-up day, everyone has tried to update information the Google map.
• Every local guide person lot of fun and enjoy Q&A episode.

Thank you very much for mentioned you comments

[ShafiulB]

@Austinelewex Thanks for your appreciations. Together we can do anythings. Our Local Guides fellowsa are unstopable. This is what the result.

[ShafiulB]

@ShakilAK You are so friendly and dedicated one brother. You made our day interesting by your thoughts and helping minds. The understanding between us will make a better community and unity i hope.

Happy Guiding!

[sohanul_islam24]

@ShafiulB সকলের সাথে শেয়ার করার জন্য ধন্যবাদ। যোগদান করার ইচ্ছে ছিলো কিন্তু পরীক্ষার জন্য আসতে পারিনি

দোয়া রইলো সকলের জন্য।

** @ShafiulB @ShahMdSultan @Mohammadalauddin @Nasir11 @Eng_Motiur **

[MS_Pathan]

A good photowalk meet-up, i miss that @ShafiulB

[Mohammadalauddin]

Hi @sohanul_islam24

আগামী দিন গুলোতে আপনাকে মিটআপে দেখতে চাই.