[RECAP] Photo Walk, Dream Holiday Park.

[Mohammadalauddin]

Hello everyone.

Local guides friends. I hope everyone is fine. Last week I went to the photo walk meet-up in Norsingdi district in Bangladesh. Meet-Up venue places [Dream Holiday Park ](http://Dream Holiday Park )and the local village area.

Origin of Narsingdi district:

Narsingdi district is a very beautiful and popular district in Bangladesh. The ancient King Narasimha established the city on the west bank of the river Brahmaputra. The district was ruled by a king named Norsingdi.

The target of the Meet-Up:

The mission of the event was to make Google Map spam-free and user-friendly. So I have added multi-function. In addition to the photo walk, I included 05 categories such as.

This 05 categories:

• Check the fact.
• Uncover missing information.
• Add missing places.
• Map Accessibility.
• Local Guides introduction/ get together.

Meet-Up Starting:

We all live in Dhaka city. Narsingdi is 50 Km far from Dhaka. So started our journey in the morning 6:30 am from home. Everyone arrives at Dhaka-Motijheel [City center](http://City center ) at 8:30am. Everyone is joining the bus, in front of the Dream Holiday Park. Then the time is 10:30 am(Rent per person cost TK 150). We enter the park(Tickets cost Tk 300 per person).

Check the face:

There we together checked all fact of Map notification. I make more calls by calling 50+ mobile numbers and visiting places. I think it is a spam-free area right now.

Uncover missing information:

Since the district is more in the village area. So here is Uncover missing information Verification in the category is a very difficult task. We went to many places to ask for information, seems to be worried. Well, educated people there are very few. Many people thought it will be harmed if they give the correct information. I explained to them and I was able to verify the information in many places.

Map Accessibility:

What is Accessibility for educated people less often? This is not well known. I talk to many charitable organizations, buddies, schools, colleges and committees about accessibility. As a result, all will tell when the ramp is ready. Accessibility ramps can be seen in new modern buildings, schools, colleges and buildings. But accessibility toilet facilities were much less.

Add missing places:

Place add lots of space according to the Norsingdi. However, the mobile internet is also not available for at least 2G devices. So many places to add, but if there is a missing place add there id no network in that time. Some time age I found some places to add.

Local guides introduction/Get together:

We talked with my friends and a few local people. Discuss about Local Guides Program and its advantage. This event, Experience sharing 05 part session, we made an open discussion about how make quality contributions. Together we have snacks and tea, also explained how the Map will be spam-free and accessible for everyone.

This part was a bridge with old and new local Guides. Me @ShafiulB and @AbdullahAM Shared our different experiences and achievement with new local guides to inspire them.

We ended out Meet-Up. I will invite you all to see the event photo album, Missed ‍a lot at the event @SumaiyaZafrin Apu.

I hope @Aruni @KatyaL @DeniGu @InaS @KarenVChin @EmekaUlor @IlankovanT will like this RECAP.

Thank you very much.

Mohammad Alauddin.

[aukanamul11]

Thanks for sharing great recap

[EmekaUlor]

@Mohammadalauddin congratulations on your successful meetup. I must say this is a superb meetup. You touched all the important parts which is to make maps useful.

Your accessibility contribution of course makes the whole meetup inclusive.

Great job. Keep it up.

Here’s wishing you best of luck towards Connect Live 2020!

Cheers

Emeka

[Mohammadalauddin]

Flower wishes @EmekaUlor I’m trying to keep the map spam-free.

Thank you so much for such a beautiful consent.

[MS_Pathan]

Brother @Mohammadalauddin your are so enlighting and funny man. Your meet up photos and the place is awesome. Go ahead brother.

[AbdullahAM]

Nice RECAP, hope everybody enjoy the Photo Walks @Mohammadalauddin

Thank you for sharing with us.

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you very much @AbdullahAM brother great wish for me.

Here’s wishing you best of luck towards Connect Live 2020!

[MohammaAbulKalamAzad]

i think this one best recap my see and i want to see you @Mohammadalauddin connect live 2020.

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you very much @AbulKalamAzad I am try to writing a good recap. My target Map spam-free contribution.

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অসাধারণ একটি রিক্যাপ লিখেছেন।

মিট আপ টি অনেক সুন্দর হয়েছে। কিন্তুদুঃখজনক হলেও সত্যি আমি মিট আপনি তো জয়েন করতে চেয়েছিলাম । কিন্তু ছুটির দিন না থাকায় আমি আর সময় উঠতে পারি নাই। আশা করি পরবর্তী কোন মিট আপে আবার দেখা হবে।

আপনাদের সকলের জন্য শুভকামনা।

@Mohammadalauddin

[KarenVChin]

@Mohammadalauddin , looks like you and your group covered a lot of territory.

My question is how did you make Google Maps “spam-free” that day. Did you find a lot of spam? What kinds of spam did you find at Dream Holiday Park?

How did you make Google Maps more user friendly? What did you and your group do? Do you have some examples?

Cheers,

Karen

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you very much @KarenVChin for nice questions. We tried the Dream Holiday Park and it’s nearly surrounding areas to make a contribution. We look at the things that matter.

1. Correcting the wrong mobile number.
2. Correct the wrong name.
3. Correct the wrong category.
4. Proper use of GPS( Correct location).
5. Many businesses have closed but the location is still showing now.
6. Do not use human pictures in map.

[Mohammadalauddin]

@user_not_found ইভেন্ট গুলো ছুুুটিৱ দিন হয়ে থাকে সকল নতুন/ পুৱাতন লোকাল গাইড দেৱ কথা চিন্ততা কৱে. আমি সব সময় ভাল কাজ কৱাৱ চেষ্টা কৱি. আগামীতে আমি আপনাকে পাবে আশা কৱি.

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you very much @aukanamul11 brother wish for me.

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you very much @MS_Pathan for support for me. I hope next meetup you will be present.

[SumaiyaZafrin]

লিখা পরে বুঝতে পারছি খুব সুন্দর ইভেন্ট হয়েছে, সেই সাথে জায়গাটা খুব সুন্দর৷

keep contributing @Mohammadalauddin

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you very much @SumaiyaZafrin apu. I learned from you writing posts.I hope to post write better in the next coming days.

[IlankovanT]

Awesome RECAP @Mohammadalauddin and thank you for hosting this successful meetup

Keep it up.

[KarenVChin]

Thanks @Mohammadalauddin for sharing your definition of “spam free” with plenty of examples.

I like to share with you the correct definition of “spam” or “spamming” and when to properly use or not use the term “spam” and “spam-free” in your post and future Connect post writing.

In general, spam is unsolicited correspondence, advertisement, or self promotion that you personally received via email, online, text message, or phone call.

Your meetup was about making Map edits that were outdated, incorrect, mis-categorized, and/or misplaced Pin locations, not about removing spam:

1. Correcting the wrong mobile number.
2. Correct the wrong name.
3. Correct the wrong category.
4. Proper use of GPS( Correct location).
5. Many businesses have closed but the location is still showing now.
6. Do not use human pictures in map.

Your group also worked hard to not have faces (and, hopefully, no children’s faces) in your photos, which is awesome!

Cheers,

Karen

[Mohammadalauddin]

Thank you so much @KarenVChin for great advice will try to follow in the future.