Hi all,
I want to give you now a little impression how I became a Local Guide and why I like to share my experiences with Google Maps.
I think my beginning was some years ago, when I started to look closer into Maps. I was always taking a look the pictures but I didn´t know how Google is getting this pictures because it helps me a lot and saved also quite much time. When I was on vacation I always checked the pictures on Google Maps if it´s really that what I want or just a expensive trip.
I think round about one year later I realized that it´s possible to add my own pictures at Maps. At first I had a not a really good feeling because I don´t know what will happen. But I wanted to try it. So I uploaded a handful of pictures and saw than what happens. Many people are watching my pictures…
From that point of view I started to be a local guide. My goal for this is to show people all over the world my experiences because I think that these pictures are quite helpful in comparision to a text. I am also wondering now how people likes my reviews or pictures (i can see it with the view counter). In my job I am able to travel all over the world. When I have time, I am always trying to create some new pictures to share it with the people.
In conclusion I can say that I am doing it because I want to share my experiences with people and i want also to help them about some decisions like, should I really go to this place? is it as beautiful as in catalogue?
Have a nice day,
Simon96