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Introduction
The Points, Photo Views and Video Views leaderboards regularly posted on Connect, each look at specific but different media aspects of our Maps contributions. Based on various metrics, including the number of points and the number of views, the participants on these leaderboards are listed without giving any consideration to their respective country location.
However, it goes without saying that Local Guides in smaller countries or ones where there are significantly less guiding opportunities, such as Barbados, Cameroon and Rwanda, would have less chance of gaining enough points or photo views than those in larger countries such as the United States, Canada or UK and therefore, these Local Guides have less chance of getting onto leaderboards based strictly on points or photo views!
Local Heroes > Local Stories
The leaderboards in this post, are different because they specifically take into account the country location of the participating Local Guides and in this way, they give Local Guides from even the smallest countries recognition and an opportunity to be featured as local heroes in their country, and you will see many are.
There are many great local stories on the Country leaderboards and this month they come from over 100 different countries! If you’re a local hero and you’re not listed on the leaderboards or your country isn’t listed, then you and your country should be and you can make this happen. Simply hit this link or add a comment below and someone will jump in to help you.
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 contributions of Local Guides. To see an index, hit this link.
Cover Image
The photo in the cover image is of the Temple of Santo Domingo de Guzman, located in the historic center of the city of Oaxaca, México. It was taken by level 8 Local Guide, and fellow Connect Moderator, @LightRich (Buzz), using an iPhone 6.
The Temple of Santo Domingo de Guzman, is an historical monument, built in 1570. The main altarpiece and the interior of the temple constitute one of the most outstanding examples of Mexican Baroque. The atrium and the square in front of the temple have different species of agave plants since this plant is the origin of mezcal, a distillate that has a denomination of origin in this region
Oaxaca is an impressive colonial city, full of indigenous traditions and cultural significance and while has only been there a few times but has said that he plans to revisit Oaxaca this month. I hope tat Buzz takes some more stunning photos of this historical temple.
As Local Guides we each know the best places to visit in our respective country locations and it is for this reason that I love featuring great photos taken by Local Guides from all over the world, and this one taken by Buzz is a great example of this. It certainly sets a high standard. In my view it’s an excellent photo, well framed, beautiful contrasting colors. What do you think?