Title is most important question to me. I started adding places on Google maps back in 2013. The first place I added was my farm in my village. I elegantly wrote the title ‘my farm’. That time I was studying in Class 8 and there was no spread of smartphones of internet like these days. We didn’t even had smartphone those days (touch screen was miracle for me). here is the photo.
I got my first smartphone in 2018 when I joined college in Gandhinagar. this is the time when I knew about Local Guide program. the story behind was that we needed some electronic and plumbing material for our college project and we were new to this city so we started roaming around shops by searching on Google Maps and asking for things. then I accidentally found “add missing place” option in maps and I added photo of that store, phone number and address and shared link to my friends. after this incident if anyone asks me “hey, where do I find this thing?” I just shared them a link. My friends also started adding places to google maps.
I was always low on social media accounts but today whenever I receive a mail from google local guide saying that “your review has some-thousand views” I feel proud of myself that I’m helping someone by adding correct details.
and also whenever I see prompt on my phone saying “someone has question about this place” I answer quicker than WhatsApp message because I am also expecting this from people.
I live in a city that is growing where people have no awareness of google maps or local guide. I want this situation to change to a virtual smart city where every place is available on Google Maps. today whenever I see any USA road on renovation or subway timing so perfectly I always wonder that what if I could aware people in my city. this would make our life vey easy. so, that’s it for now. I hope you would like this article and pardon me if I am out of topic.
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