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Local Guides 2018: Year in Review

Former Google Contributor

Caption: A GIF that shows “2018” flipping into “2019” surrounded by party supplies. The “0” transforms into the Local Guides logo and says “Happy New Year!” underneath.Caption: A GIF that shows “2018” flipping into “2019” surrounded by party supplies. The “0” transforms into the Local Guides logo and says “Happy New Year!” underneath.As 2019 is in full swing, I thought it might be fun to reflect on the fantastic 2018 we had together as Local Guides. We were pleased to relaunch Connect in 37 languages, with a ton of updates based on your feedback, and introduce a new Director badge on Google Maps to celebrate Local Guides who love to capture videos of their favorite places. We also hosted 151 top Local Guides from 59 countries (a record for our flagship event!) at the Googleplex in Mountain View as part of Connect Live. And, to top it off, we wanted to share even more of your great contributions so we launched an Instagram channel, @googlelocalguides, which already has nearly 200K followers!

 

As a community, we saw the following in 2018 alone:

  • 350,000 Local Guides joined us on Connect
  • Nearly 800,000 of you wrote over 100,000 posts and posted 283,000 replies on other Local Guides’ posts
  • You acknowledged great posts by giving out over 1 million likes
  • You submitted over 3,200 ideas on the Idea Exchange and shared over 181,000 votes on others’ ideas
  • You hosted nearly 12,000 meet-ups with over 33,300 registered attendees

What are you most proud of sharing as a Local Guide in 2018?

New to Connect? Tell us what you’re most looking forward to doing on Connect this year.

373 Comments
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Thank you @Albry for sharing a great post. I m proud to be a small contributor of the great forum of Connect. 

 

Shukriya 🙏

 

 

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Level 8

Good morning, I am very happy to be a local guide. Every year new and better things are learned.

Thank you very much for everything

Level 9

Great summary of the year 2018!

Thank you for sharing with us @Albry

 

 

Thank you @Albry for this beautiful yearly review. It seems that local guides all over the world did a tremendous contribution to Google Maps. I am proud of that i am also a local guide. In this year of 2019, i am looking forward to contribute more to Local Guide Connect.

Level 9

Thanks, @Albry for this great post. 
Since the first time I joined this program in 2015, 2018 has been an AMAZING year for Local Guides. 
For myself, I'm happy that I can host more than 3 different meet-ups in different cities, also attended many meet-ups in different cities too and met many new Local Guides friends.
I also happy that I can end the year with hosted a special meet-up, consisted of walking tour thru Bogor heritage area to one island in the heart of city river that has a beautiful ancient shrine. 
I love for being connected easily with many Local Guides from all over the world and also Googlers thru this platform. Hopefully, 2019 will be a better year for all of us. 
Can't wait what Local Guides will bring for this year!

Mutiah

Level 6

Congratulations all! Great numbers, lot more to come this year.

Level 10

Nice!

Level 5

Nouvelle dans ce groupe.

Les partages comme les vôtres nous ont permis de profiter au mieux de notre voyage sur la côte ouest américaine !

Merci 😍

Je vais essayer, à mon niveau, de faire de même.

Peut être à bientôt, lors d'un meet up !

Level 7

Thanks ! @Albry for the summary of 2018. I have started with more pics and detailed reviews by visiting the place and taking 360 photos and providing more photo and videos. Everyday my pics are getting more views. 

Moving forefor and looking to meet the other local guides around the city and world. I have introduced my friends as well to local guide.

Level 7

Noted. Thanks for sharing

Thank you so mch for sharing this incrdible large number of data about connect.this year will be more incrdible for mapping.
Level 10

@Albry interesting stats.. for me achieving level 9 in year 2018 was a great moment. For year 2019, I am looking forward to reaching level 10 and praying to be lucky enough to attend this year's big event of connect live. 

Level 2

2018 looked amazing! Looking forward to 2019 and joining this wonderful community : )

Level 7

حصلت على المستوى السابع بين المرشدين المحليين .مازلت في البداية مع كونكت....مع اجمل التحيات من مدينة سوسة بتونس..لهجتي الدارجة التونسية  ولغتي العربية ..شكرا

Level 10

@Albry

Very impressive figures and convincing.

I joined LG Community during 2018 ,3rd quarter and I must say it's  very encouraging and most of all, the support you receive from LG & Google Moderators are truly appreciable.

But one must be willing to ask if you don't know or seek assistance.

Very thrilling indeed.

 

Regards

aaryesdee 

 

R S Dev
Level 6

wow

@ReshamDas Sure we will ! 

Gowtham Selvam
you are educated by travelling - Solange Knowles

ഇതിൽ നിന്ന് പണം കിട്ടുമോ 

 

Level 5

Hello, i have lots of photo in different location, how can i share this???

Level 9

Awesome Stats,

Congratulations to us all

 

Let us double up the figures this year!!!!!!!!!

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Level 7

#Thank you

Zainul Abedin
Level 4
As a geographer, cartographer and surveyor, my primary interest is in improving map data for Google Maps. I use Google maps frequently in my work and play and occasionally find errors or omissions. I enjoy documenting corrections and additions and submitting sufficiently technical, verifiable data to the Ground Truth Team for them to easily and confidently incorporate changes in the amazing Google map database.
Level 8

Wow nice information. Thank @Albry for sharing. We all local guides #Bangladesh try to contribute more than 2018.

Level 8

@Albry well this year hope to get to visit connect live in mountain view and meet others also get more advance with the mapp app with special features but hopefully it will be more exciting

Level 8

That was an incredible year.

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Love to contribute

Thank you very much for sharing with us @Albry.I am try to participate of this event but i am a Level 8 contributions.I will try more and more contributions on Google Map and next hope maybe selected for this event.In 2018 i am so many sharing my contributions on my Google Map help each others peoples in Next  2019 i am tring to to more next level 9 and 10 level .Thank you

good news for us i am so proud .thanks for good infromation.

Level 6

Fantastico... Bellissimo... Einfach super, together it's Demokratie and we can make Demokratie in real life, it's easy to connect the young people with old passion, from Ost to West, more votes want to come important. It's difficult to fight allone, but in a Team you can change the future and make the Natur right again. P. S. Mefedi 62

Level 8

Depois de algumas incursões fugazes no "local guide" no ano de 2018, este ano decidi dar um maior contributo sobre os locais que conheço e que me rodeiam. Vou tentar ajudar que pretende conhecer mias e melhor da minha zona e de outras que visitar.

Obrigado pela partilha! 

Rafael Coelho Peixoto
Level 9

شكراً @Albry

على مشاركة هذآ المنشور الرائع الذي يحمسني أكثر أن أفعل الكثير على خرائط قوقل. 

أتمنى أن أساعد الآخرين من خلال مشاركاتي. أتمنى لكم عام جديد مليء بالسعادة. لقد كان عاماً مميزاً بالنسبة لي لقد حققت حلمي الذي كنت أتمناه ألا وهو حضور مؤتمر المرشدين المحليين Connect live 2018..

سأحاول أن أكون من المدعوين في هذآ العام الجديد

تقبلوا فائق تحياتي 

مرشد محلي سعودي 🇸🇦

Happy New year.    2019Happy New year. 2019

 

 

@Albry Amazing numbers and good number of updates in 2018. I joined Connect recently and having a great time sharing my posts, ideas. Proud to be one of the Google Local Guides. Wish there would be more increase in numbers and wish we get to see new unique updates this year. Kudos to All🎉🎊

Level 9

Thank you and proud to be the part of  Google Local Guide

Connect Moderator

Thanks for sharing all the stats @Albry I personally love being a part of the Local Guides program and can’t wait for more Local Guudes stuff in 2019. I had the best time ever meeting the other 150 Local Guides at Connect Live 2018 in San Fran in October. Everyone was so cool and I have made friends for life. Thank you. 

Level 10

I was very proud to have participated in Connect Live and tell my friends what it's like to be a local guide.


By 2019, I plan to be level 10, rejoin Connect Live, help new small businesses by taking photos and explaining to them how to participate, create more posts and be a inspiration for new people to be Local Guides, and hopeful that the lists  I create are useful for more people, I love helping people.

 

 

Level 6

I thank every guide in Google and wish to collect the first #100 # tour guides in Google from the beginning of 2019 Me . NO,100

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And thank 4 all

Level 6

Each year, and you're good 2019

Level 10

2019 is going to be more awesome

Level 8

Bom dia!

Parabéns Albry pelas conquistas.

Level 8

2018 was a great year. I made 3 855 contributions and reached Level 8: Top 1% of Local Guides in Sofia.

 

Being a Local Guide I'm most proud I shared about the Sofia Sound Logo as I believe we will soon be able to listen to the sounds of our cities and places.  

 

Thank you to Google Maps and Local Guides Connect for the opportunity to express our local knowledge online in many diverse ways and be supported on Local Guides Community. 

 

For an even better 2019! 

 

 

#BeKnownForWhatYouCreate
Level 8

So NYC Albry hii nice to see you soon there site 

Level 10

Thanks you so much!

great yaar

 

Amit Gupta
Level 10

It unleashes me to discover myself, I find myself more useful to society. It gives me opportunity to share my experience with people through photos & videos. Whenever I post review on maps its gives me realization that this is going to help people those who are visiting later so i carry that responsibility to keep it genuine & honest from my side.  #localguide #letsguide #googlemaps #honestcomment #happybeinghere 

Level 3

Amazing 

Congratulations  

Level 8

@Albry

Great going 2019

Best of luck to all

Keshavan Madabushi

Level 8
  • I think am good working on Google local guide                        . 2 I love this sight                             . 3 my experience.,knowledge on my mind no study in the my life     4 so just let me know                       5 my life no good                               6 so just I want a proof I am best citizen                                                  7 share Google map keep it always                                                  8 i don't  know right,wrong              9 so I love this platform                   10 thanks Google map 
Level 8

Super perfect 

Level 4

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