2022
I am John Peter, Level 10 Local guide from Chennai, India.
About me:
I love to guide through my reviews, photos, videos, 360’s, adding new places, editing, fact-finding & answering questions. I am also getting guidance from other local guides, moderators through Google map and Connect. Two years back, I have just joined this program for fun and for getting points, but soon I realize the core value of the program and decided to give my best. As I am living in a metropolitan city like Chennai my contributions are holistic, but my main focus in Micro & medium level businesses as they are the one seeking publicity and has the least visibility. In recent time I love to contribute more on google listings, discovering new tourist spots in my area and helping people to engage in the social cause.
My resolution for this year: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/2019-Resolution-amp-Vision-2020/m-p/1235002...
Why I love Local Guides program?
Now local guide program became part and parcel of my life because I believe that "my contributions will continue to guide people even if I am no more on this earth".
1. Keeps me active and fit: Through Local guide program I able to use my time in a meaningful way and keep myself fit psychically
2. Helps me to learn & update my knowledge: I have learned 360 photography, Streetview, crowdsource, beta testing, meetups, Google products & developed my writing skills.
3. Encourage me to become a good citizen: Through local guide program now I am involving in many Social activities like Turtle preservation, save sparrow, go green, go clean, helping the needy through red cross & Robinhood army.
Save Sparrow: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/World-Sparrow-Day-I-love-Sparrow/m-p/141724...
Turtle walk: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Turtle-Walk-Olive-Ridley/m-p/1308710?advanc...
Robinhood Army: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Robin-Hood-Army-Chennai-India/m-p/1563678?c...
4. Helped me to find new friends & likeminded people:
5. Helped me to become "Top Neighbor": I am able to help my neighbors through the knowledge I gained from the Local guide program.
6. Helped me to discover my own city: Before I became a Local guide, I know very few tourist places or business hubs. But now I fallen in love with my own city by discovering new places and exploring businesses.
150 Tourist attractions in Chennai: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/150-Tourist-Attractions-in-Chennai-Local-Gu...
My favorite place:
I love Chennai Marina Beach because it is located within the city, has a great heritage site and entertainment spots. I often go here with my family and kids love to play in the seashores, in the morning I come here for a walk and also our Robin Hoor army food distribution driver happening here every Friday, like that many events happening here.
Why people visit Chennai:
My Achievements:
Through the encouragement messages, points, view counts, I could able to achieve certain levels, still long way to go...
Local Guides Connect forum:
Local guides connect forum has been a great encouragement and helped me to give quality contributions. I take this moment to thank connect moderators and google moderators also the technical team for making this forum more active and informative. Here are a few achievements from connect:
Trusted by Google: I too learning from other local guides about the other google map related programs and successfully got these two prestigious badges.
Meetups:
I have successfully hosted 9meetups and attending 3 meetups and one Special meetup with google team.
Meetup hosted:
1. Chennai metro Train Meetup: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Let-s-Meet-Up/Recap-Chennai-metro-Train-Meetup-28-04-2018/m-p/...
2. World Tourism Day - Madurai Meetup: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/World-Tourism-Day-Madurai-Meetup-27-09-2018...
3. Aurovilla Meetup, Pondicherry: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Recap-Aurovilla-Meetup-Pondicherry/m-p/1137...
4. Indian Heritage walk, Chennai: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Recap-Indian-Heritage-Walk-Chennai/m-p/1179...
5. Accessible Chennai: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Accessible-Chennai-Meetup-Recap/m-p/1212021...
6. Christmas in Chennai: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Recap-Christmas-in-Chennai/m-p/1221975?adva...
7. Science Tour – Chennai Gundy : https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Meetup-Recap-Science-Tour-Chennai-Guindy/m-...
8. Chennai Egmore 36 Walk: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Recap-The-36-Photo-Walk-Chennai-Egmore/m-p/...
9. Cycle accessibility Ride: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&allow_punctuation...
10. Heritage walk II - Chennai (hosted event on 5/05/2019
Meetups Participated:
- 360 Meetup Kanchipuram: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=360%20Kanpur%27s%20meetup&page...
- OMR food street: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Let-s-Meet-Up/Chennai-Street-Food-Hunt/m-p/995172?advanced=fal...
- Bombastic edit to Chennai : https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Recap-Bombastic-Edit-to-Chennai/m-p/1261800...
- Heritage walk ( Yet to complete 4/05/2019)
Special meetup with Google Team:
LG session – Visakhapatnam Recap: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/LG-session-Visakhapatnam-Recap-28-11-2018/m...
A special gift for meetup participants: I have distributed badges and cap to encourage local guides to join the events.
My Local community groups: After my first meetup I have started a WhatsApp group in the name of "Chennai Local Guides" It was with just 4 members. Now it is very active and almost 77 active members are in that group. Most of them joined the group through meetups. It helps us to discuss local guide program, share our experience, help and guide other new local guides and be connected.
Whatsapp group:
Admin of Chennai Local Guides
Admin of The great Indian heritage walk
Admin of Google Local guides Vizag
Member of India Local guides
Member of South Indian local guides
Member of Kerala Local guides
Member of Local guides world
Facebook: I am also a member of "Local guides world group" and also following other local guides groups.
My longest Streak on Local Guides contribution:
My Hobby :
1. Photography
2. Collecting tools (hand tools and power tools)
3. Cricket
My Future goals as a local guide:
1. Want to involve more into social activities groups & help the tourist to spend their time for the noble task.
2. Want to concentrate on Road edits and New road adding
3. Get Expert Director badge by adding more videos
4. Want to conduct events for introducing "Local guides program" in schools, colleges
5. Want to take the google map program to Rural area
My Video application link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O8ZazF95cE
Why I apply for Connect live 2019:
I love to meet other local guides, moderators, googlers and technical team to learn from face to face session. It will be also a great time to share my feedbacks and hearing the stories of local guides around the world. I have also a few clarifications, so if I get a chance to meet technical team, I can get guidance from them.
Also my lifetime ambition is to visit "google office because I heard that working in Google is a fun" and also wanted to see Niagara Falls. So if I am selected one ambition to visit google office will be fulfilled.
Thank you google for making the map so handy and easy. In my school days, I had fear of maps "map phobia" but when Google made me map maker, map editor, and map contributor.
Thank you
Sincerely yours,
John Peter
