I’ve always loved food well you can see from my weight ? But like “most” food lovers, I had a problem finding out new spots in my Region and also finding reviews of those spots. Google maps helped me to find some good spots and I try as much as possible to contribute to google maps as a way to pay back to the community and also to help others find some awesome spots in my area.
I come from Cameroon. It’s a less developed country so a lot of restaurants and local business are not online. So in order to navigate to places in the country, You’ll need to know someone who will take you to places. I’m a big fan of being independent and It’s quite difficult to be independent if you need someone to take you to awesome spots and businesses in the community. And also this is not a scalable approach and I feel like google maps greatly to solve this problem. With the information I add on google maps, I could help thousands if not millions of people find out information about places which couldn’t have been possible if I had to do this by talking to people one after another.
Also, a big pain which I had when using google maps in Cameroon was the fact that many local businesses and restaurants have the wrong address on google maps so sometimes, You follow google maps and you arrive at the wrong spot since the address was entered wrongly. I try as much as possible to correct any wrong address which I find in my community so others won’t have to go through the frustration of figuring out the address themselves.
Google maps has really been a big help in my life. I recently moved to the Netherlands and I find it so easy to integrate into the city since I can easily search for anything I want using google maps. It’s really made my life easier. I wish all countries including Cameroon were like this and I try my best to fix this issue by adding as much info as possible about local businesses in Cameroon on google maps.