Top 100 Google Maps Local Guides Photos (May, 2025)

Connections & celebrations
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Very good @StevenBerlin. And yet you made it all the way to Level 10.

The difference is that your views are coming from 18,000 photos, while mine are coming from 1,000 photos, so you earned the points already anyway.

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@tony_b the problem with points for me was i have lost so many by bugs in maps when answering all those questions. I actually once fell from level 9 down to 8 losing 10,000+ points. This happened 3 different times, so i stopped caring, and just focused on taking photos :slight_smile:

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Sorry, i dont understand how answering questions made you lose points. But keep on doing what you’re doing anyway.

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15 mins scrolling @StevenBerlin you must have some patience

there is no level 11 @TerryPG & @StevenBerlin so no wonder points don’t matter
to ye, that said your photo views are mind boggling to me & kudos to ye both

@tony_b is steamrolling to a level 10 LG so I think points care to Anthony but
he can answer this in a reply

Outa the 4 of us :thinking: I’d say I’m the only one who truly doesn’t care about
points & only views matter to me, level 8 is my badge of honour & its a tough
place down here :joy:

Because the T100 is quirky @AdamGT will love this, you have to
navigate quirks along the way & the systems quirkiness in itself,

but low & behold look who’s in the middle of ye

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So in conclusion, 5 of us now, thanks to all of ye I really enjoyed this
reply & your friendliness on connect

Points matter so watch @tony_b,

& my star photo might some fine day
reignite

love to all from Éire

P

PS to my dear friend in Germany @Annaelisa also, I nearly did but didn’t
forget you, without you & @tony_b there would be no me here, so leaving with 6 people
mentioned :heart: to all

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Vielen Dank fĂŒr deine netten Worte, lieber @Peadar ein wenig Freundlichkeit tut uns allen gut :sparkling_heart:
Übrigens dein kleines Gesangsvideo höre ich mir öfters mal an :+1::blush:

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I guess @Annaelisa the other 4 are resting on their thoughts
We will see,
love P

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@Peadar " May the road rise to meet you " on your journey through Local Guides.

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69

Thanks for this little analysis @Peadar. I would’ve claimed that points don’t matter to me either, but these online platforms sometimes work in a way that creates addicts out of us. After finding new ways to earn points, I’m progressing faster through Level 9 than I ever did when I was at Level 7 or Level 8. It is difficult to ignore a goal when it suddenly seems so easy to reach.

BUT I’ve also been warned about the quirks in this crazy @AdamGT Leaderboard game. Jumping from Level 9 to 10 is just as dangerous as from Level 7 to 8. I was almost invisible when I was a Level 8 LG. For a long time I had more points than Level 7, but not enough points to show up at the bottom of the Level 8 Leaderboard. The same will happen when I reach the end of Level 9. I will again become invisible as a Level 10-er. And then points won’t matter anymore, because I’m not going to fight for an additional 70000 points just to get visibility at the bottom of the Level 10 board.

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Go raibh an ghaoth i gcĂłnaĂ­ i do dhroim @TerryPG on your LG journey

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@Peadar

For real. I have not cared about points since being level 8. Only views and trying to take good photos for maps as well as a cool photo of the store. I enjoy this process that i plan photo shoots of large malls and famous villages. I think the sheer volume of my photo uploads gave me the points from level 8 to 10. But i was very happy as a level 8 too. Lol.

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@LightRich,
Love the reflections on the water. Congrats on having it featured.

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It is a tough place to be in level eight in the leaderboards. So last year points did matter to me as I worked my way up to level 9 by adding roads. I have no intention of going up to level 10. I guess level 9 is my happy place!:roll_eyes:

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74

Thanks @Rednewt74, Mexico City has beautiful spaces and this one is right in the middle of the city. :smiley:

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I thought I’d be in this list as a Level 10 Guide with currently 155 M (155.229.134) views

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@BoRaXiN72 Have you registered to be included on the top 100 lists. Click here to register

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I was in this list since November 2024, edit: I noticed that I got logged off so I logged in back again by clicking the link you provided, thanks :wink:

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Firstly congratulations on your 155 M (155.229.134) current views however, you thought wrongly @BoRaXiN72. You have been excluded because of readme condition #8. This is why I recommend that Local Guides read the readme section. It contains a lot of useful finer details that will help you in many ways.

Thanks @TerryPG for jumping in to help @BoRaXiN72

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Now I got it, thanks :wink:

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Hi @AdamGT I can’t see that anyone has mentioned this but on the Level 7 Photo Views Leaderboard #210 the number quoted is a negative figure :roll_eyes:

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Thanks @IzzyOz . This is due to data entry errors on the part of @Jagannath098 - video impact greater then media views :sob:

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