2022
As "Introduce Yourself" threads get quite long, we start new ones regularly and lock the old ones. Be sure to check the old threads to see who already joined and where they are from (simply search "Introduce Yourself"). If you're new, please use this thread to post your "I'm new" or "Hello world" posts. We will move any posts we find into here to keep the site organized.
Hi everyone! Welcome to Local Guides Connect. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the community.
To start, let me introduce myself:
- Name: Yanni (not the musician)
- Location: Singapore
- What do I love about being a Local Guide: A single contribution from a Local Guide on Google Maps can help users around the world make informed decisions that could result in a wonderful experience. Amazing!
- I love to share: I love to share photos so that other Local Guides can see the world through my eyes.
- How did I hear about Local Guides: I was sharing a review of a place on Google Maps and was prompted to join Local Guides.
- Fun Fact About Me: I love photography and hoped that I could be a nature photographer next time. That’s me truffle hunting in Western Australia!
Your turn next!
NAME: OSAMA (Son,Husband,Father & a Pharmacist)
With My Daughter Anood
Location: AMMAN,JORDAN
What I Love About Being A Local Guide :
I Love The Fact That People Naturally love to Share the Advice (For Free) About where to go for Restaurant, Shopping, & tourist or Just spend quite nice time with family. I love Maps & before Google Maps I buy a Map & (search about Yellow Pages in the hotel 🙂 for every country i visit ,but now its much easier
to see all the world from your mobile navigate the city search about Places & see the real feedback from you about your experiences and you see my feedback , About me this save a lot of Time & Money that spend in searching the internet or reading about the city i will visit , With Google Local Guides We Can Help Millions of People and of course we can help each others as A Local Guides Community
how to tie your shoes & how to use Google maps ( Share location , traffic , contributions) will be critical Life skills for this century and this what i try to teach my Three daughters.
I LOVE TO SHARE :
When My Father died i was a teenager my family give me the Shopping Responsibility with a tight budget to buy all the grocery list, so i practice to search about best quality with best price & now after 20 years i have my own family i still do the same, I LOVE SHOPPING compare prices ,wait the 70% sale
the free parking not crowded places , & i love to share how i enjoy my time with my kids which resturant , children museum , Gardens , Playing Areas .....
How I Hear About Local Guides :
its a funny story : i visit Netherland for business i stay in a nice Hotel and go vegetarian for two days in the 3rd day i go with friend to a turkish restaurant and it was a very very tasty we try the majority of the menu , when i come back i upload the pics on google maps, @ that time i don't know about Local guides after couple of days i receive an email from google : (Thanks for adding photos to Google Maps! Your New Photo is a great addition to google maps Millions of people rely on photos like yours when they search for places. Thanks for sharing your photos with the world. You're invited to join Local Guides! )
I accept the invite without any delay and start to make the world better place as much as i can.
Fun Fcats About Me : one of few men on earth who love & enjoy Playing With kids all the day ( there is a child inside me )
Ikea Ice cream
Where to Meet:
See You All Soon in
San francisco , Jordan & Your City
wish you all the best because you make your best you bring something amazing and valuable to life of thousands of Local Guides and make it easy to help each other Thank you .....
Hello local guides in connect,welcome to the newbies ,here is a short intro of who I am ,remember my name ,I would be the first guy to appreciate your beautiful work.
I have been in connect quite a while back,since Feb 2017 .
This is a gist of who i am .
- Name: Naren Chandra
- Location: Hyderabad(India)
- What do I love about being a Local Guide: I love contributing to the society in every possible way and being local guide has provided a mean to do that.
- What i do other than local guide:- I have just completed my graduation and is in search of a suitable job , i play cricket and football a lot . I sell products on amazon and design Logos , work a bit with Blender and Adobe after effects..
- How did I hear about Local Guides: I was playing Pokemon Go ,walked a lot of distance to collect perks , and while doing that there are several places we need to visit , the images of the places were not available or not so clear. I seared in the internet about them and found that the game depends completely on Google maps and these images are uploaded by local guides . Then i started adding images to those places , my views were increasing , started reviewing places ,editing,adding places.Now i no more play Pokemon Go. I proudly announce myself as a local guide and will be one for life.
- Fun Fact About Me: I love to eat all the time, and burn the calories. People start liking me so quick .
- Name: Deepak kumar
- Location: Sonipat,Haryana,India (Belongs to Muzaffarnagar,Uttar Pradesh,India)
- What I love about being a Local Guide: I want to meet most people from all over the world and make a lot of friends.
- I love sharing: Besides mapping, I love photography so wherever I go I try to take nice pictures to post them on Google Maps & sharing my experience with others.
- How did I hear about Local Guides: One day I see the logo of local guides on twitter and I ignored it. But after few days when I was traveling I found this amazing community on google maps. That was a very happiest moment for me.
- Fun & Fact About Me: I'm a mechanical engineer but i love photography..
same for this month.