05-11-2019 06:39 AM - edited 05-11-2019 06:42 AM
Other posts in this series:
Best Practice: Find new places to add to the map
Best Practice: Fix inconsistencies in chains
Best Practice: Learn to be patient
Best Practice: Find the right category
Best Practice: Reporting duplicates
Disclaimer: the practices described here as best practice are my personal interpretation, based on my hands-on experience as local guide, and I don't claim any level of official endorsement.
05-11-2019 07:40 AM
Hi @JanVanHaver whenever I find myself in industrial areas I too often find things to contribute, missing phone numbers, entrance in the wrong place, no photos. You'd think these people weren't actually in business sometimes.
If you want to blend in wear a hi-vis vest :).
Paul
05-11-2019 11:02 AM
Quite so @PaulPavlinovich, I have already come across situations where 1 in 4 or so had the map marker in the middle of the street.
05-12-2019 01:31 AM
Thanks @JanVanHaver
I've been trying to come up with new ways to add info to Maps, I was concentrated more on the rural areas of South Africa but your post actually makes more sense for me at the moment as there are plenty of industrial areas in and around Johannesburg as opposed to the truely rural areas.
Thanks for the heads up
05-12-2019 03:53 AM
I still like to work in rural areas when the opportunity presents itself too @LeeBee-SA as you can impact a community positively by adding the business to Maps. Country people are curious and usually ask what you're doing this helps promotes Maps. They tell their friends of the interesting things they saw happening e.g. 360 images then the use of Maps will spread throughout that community. While the people of the town probably know their own local businesses pretty well the new Maps entrys will help bring out out of towners.
Paul