Caption: The cover image shows a photo taken by Richard I’Anson, an Australian documentary travel photographer.
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Introduction:
As Local Guides it’s often amazing which of all of our many photos that we contribute to Google Maps has the most views. We’ve come to call this our star photo and this post is all about such stars. It includes a set of leaderboards that showcase the star photos of hundreds of Local Guides from all over the world and presents a very detailed comparative analysis of their performance.
We all have a star photo, so you can join in to showcase yours and it’s simple to do. Simply hit this link or just leave a comment in this post and someone will jump in to help you.
So what can you learn from the Star Photos Leaderboards?
Well from the very detailed analysis of the star photos of the hundreds of participating Local Guides from all over the world, you can learn a lot about what type of places and what type of photos seem to get the most views on Google Maps and remember, views are important as they provide a fairly good indication on how helpful your photos are to Maps users.
If you’re new here then you may not be aware that this post forms part of a series of Leaderboard posts each covering different aspects of the Maps contributions made by Local Guides. To see an index to these different leaderboard posts and all the posts associated with them, simply hit this link.
The Cover image
The cover image is of another photo taken by the Australian documentary travel photographer, Richard I’Anson. Richard has spent the last 39 years circling the globe, masterfully blending his two great passions: travel and photography and capturing a substantial and compelling visual library featuring images of people, places, landscapes, and wildlife from over 100 countries across all seven continents.

