I started in Google maps because in my country, we don’t use street numbers, street names, nor house numbers, then, for me it was very difficult to find a place where I need to go in order to do an inspection (as a civil engineer).
I discover this marvellous tool, and I needed other people to discover it too! I found out how useful it was in order to find a specific place from a reference of a hotel, a store, a museum or other well known building (that’s the method in Costa Rica). For exemple people use to say: “from Parque Central 500 meters north and 100 meters east, yellow house at right hand”
The way I found to collaborate was to keep verifying palces on the map are in the right location. Also I like answer questions about different businesses: restaurants, hotels, gas or bus stations… mostly about basic information you would need to know before you go there.
Because I have to travel all around Costa Rica and I’m new at every town, every time, I know it’s a bit difficult to choose a good place to eat, a nice hotel, know where to find a bank, a supermarket… That’s why I like to rank and describe places for other people who are as clueless as me.
I love how easy it is to collaborate, I guess that’s why we can find everything we need to know about a city with this application.
If you come to Costa Rica and you are having a tough time tryind to understand a direction, I hope you find some help from me in Google Maps.