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Map for upcoming local meet-ups

When a new meet-up is organized it has to specify the meeting point and the date of the meeting, which means Google Maps has all the data it needs to make this information more easily accessible.

Currently upcoming meetings are being shown chronologically which is not relevant to guides around the world. It may be nice to know that there are lots of meetings happening all the time, but a meeting 2,000 miles from me is not something I can contribute to.

 

We would need the possibility to search for meetings on a dynamic map: there should be a control to specify how far in time you want to search (0-90 days, or specific date range) and then the user should be able to move the map to find the various upcoming meetings.

 

That way it would be easy to find what's going on around and to participate in more gatherings.

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I'm a New Zealander (Kiwi) and currently live in Tauranga. I've previously lived in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Czech Republic, and England, for a 15 year period. I've travelled to 6 continents and been to 57 countries.
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@TheEagleEye, I'm sorry but I followed your link and I do not see anything about a list of meetings on a map.

Please let me know the steps to follow in order to see all the upcoming meetings on a map.

Thanks!

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I think the LocalGuidesConnect website should allow users to access Meet-ups more easily, as this is the website most of us use for LGC, instead of having to switch over to the other site. This will increase the amount of attendees for Meet-ups and encourage more people to host them.

 

It would benefit everyone if users could find Meet-ups in their area more easily while on the LocalHuidesConnect.com website.

 

Meet-ups are underutilized in my opinion for this reason. When I first joined and wanted to learn the local area more, along with contributing, I was unable to locate anything in my new country because I had to shift through a hundred meet-ups and eventually gave up.

I didn't realise at the time there was an additional website, maps.google.com, where I could search Meet-ups there. (And I think many people don't realise this either)

 

When using the "search the community" feature from the Local Guides Connect website, it doesn't show Meet-ups easily. I think this new feature idea would be best done from clicking on the meet-ups from the tab bar, and along the top area under the current search bar, having a search for Meet-ups by Country, Area, City, just like from the Maps.Google website.

 

Along with this, the system should allow for a date range. With there not being a lot of Meet-ups in my area/country, it would be more beneficial to search by month or have an "upcoming date" section.

 

In summary, I think the LGC website should allow users to access Meet-ups more easily, as this is the website most of us use, instead of having to switch over to a different site. This will increase the amount of attendees for Meet-ups and encourage more people to host them.

 

 

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Exactly, @TheRealKristin! A very similar suggestion was made a while ago by @Herve_Andrieu and I have referred to this in detail in the "What a great idea" section of the 1st episode of the LetsGuide Podcast, which was launched earlier this week.

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Thank you @JanVanHaver 

Glad to know it is a like minded idea.

I'll be sure to check out your podcast soon! 🙂

All the best!

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This would be a great implementation. I have only just found this feature and so far not able to find any meetups in my area. Here's hoping that Google can promote meetups so that more people can get involved 

 

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Thank you @Kikidee for the feedback!

Hope this post makes an impact 🙂

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Hi @TheRealKristin,

Thanks for sharing your idea with us!

As mentioned by @JanVanHaver, the idea of implementing a feature that allows Local Guides to filter meet-ups by location and date has been suggested here.

 

To keep Connect more organised, I have merged your idea with the already existing one. The votes you have received on your idea have been merged along with it and will count towards the final results. 

Due to the volume of private messages Google Moderators receive, I do not read or respond to private messages. Please post publicly so others may benefit from your discussion. If you require urgent assistance, please tag a Google Moderator. Thank you!

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Great idea for sure. The way things look now, it seems pretty much impossible to get a useful view of the upcoming meetups.

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@JanVanHaver , thanks for mentioning your podcast. Just added it to my subscription list, impatient to listen to it.