I have never had an opportunity such as this. The Worldwide Map Edit walk was an Amazing time for Local guides in the City of Zaria.
The city of Zaria has very few Local guides and for a while was very poorly mapped. I took up the challenge of Mapping my city and although I had a little achievement, my impact was limited.
I came across a few Local Guides one after the other and the it was great. I met @Yusuf-Yerimah , @JoeDika and @EmmanuelAhmadu (whom will be joining us on connect soon).
The walk commenced at 11:38am (Nigerian Time) and It was the first meet up for all of us but we were quite excited. We paid attention to Gas Stations and warm the reception we received from a largely conservative city was really encouraging.
At one of the gas stations, it took the manager a while to understand what we were explaining so we simply took some photos, uploaded them and asked him to bring out his phone, opened Google maps, turned on His location and his satellite view and he was astonished to see his gas station on the map from his own phone. We then showed him the pictures we just snapped the in astonishment, he shouted “Kambalahi” (an exclamation of complete surprise). We went further to show him his village on the map and at this point, he was all ours. he gave us every information we needed and till this day, each time I stop by to refuel, its always a great time with the staff too
We visited eight gas stations and uploaded many photos. We also added quite a number of other business and at least a school to the map.
The meet up was so interesting that we terminated it at about 3:20pm and covered a distance of 18.2km
Before the end of the Meet up, @EmmanualAhmadu Moved form Level 1 to Level 3 and is now more committed than to Maps. Zaria Local Guides are now more active than ever and with this team, and meet ups as this, our impact can be multiplied.
I like to give special thanks to @HelloSamsonR for the great initiative and to @Osaka78forTRUMP whose motivation engineered me to pull Zaria Local Guides together.
Wow and great @VictorOmebije Thanks for sharing this amazing story with us. You are amazing. 18.2km is no joke.You seem to be a human machine to me . Am very happy and delighted that Zaria participated in this worldwide event.Your team also is amazing. My kind Regards to them and also share the feedback form to them as well so we can get their figures. Thank you Victor, you are amazing. Looking forward to more meet-up from Zaria in the future as I see Zaria is already growing within just a day. Excellent .
Wow and great @VictorOmebije Thanks for sharing this amazing story with us. You are amazing. 18.2km is no joke.You seem to be a human machine to me . Am very happy and delighted that Zaria participated in this worldwide event.Your team also is amazing. My kind Regards to them and also share the feedback form to them as well so we can get their figures. Thank you Victor, you are amazing. Looking forward to more meet-up from Zaria in the future as I see Zaria is already growing within just a day. Excellent .
Dear VictorOmebije, hope all’s well. That’s an awesome story of the Kambalahi fellow. Thank you all, Zaria Local Guides, for joining in Samson’s event. Do you know about his Worldwide Map Edit Walk Photo Albums? Kind regards from Osaka78 https://photos.app.goo.gl/lPbdeh8BpclnvVfI2
Dear VictorOmebije and Zaria Local Guides, hope all’s well. Next global meet up is on. Hope you can host an event for your city, join in the fun and help spread the word. Kind regards from Osaka78 World Wide Geo Walk - Discover hidden gems in your city PS You can join in too Sweden
Thank you so much @Osaka78forTRUMP . Its very thoughtful of you; I’m always happy to see a notification from you. I sincerely appreciate all your motivations; you are one of my great Meet-Up Motivator.
I’m building a Local Guide Community here and I’m stepping down for this Meet-Up but I’m working Very closely with the other Local Guides in my community. @Yusuf-Yerimah just submitted a Meet-Up and we will work together alongside other Local Guides.
Thank you @Osaka78forTRUMP , I truly Love you and cherish all your advises and encouragements
Dear VictorOmebije, hope all’s well. Yes, good on you for hosting Zaria Local Guides last time and supporting your team this time. Looking forward to hearing all your stories from World Wide Geo Walk. Kindest regards from Osaka78
