My motivation to be a Google Local Guide

[MWitarsa]

I'm a Google Local Guide in São Paulo, Brazil, and a heavy user of Google Maps. I use it on a daily basis to get the best direction when driving or commuting, to share my location with my friends and relatives, or to simple choose a good place to eat.

I always check the pictures and reviews of a place to decide which place to go, and I realized that some places didn’t have proper pictures that show the ambience or the outside appearance (to quickly recognize its location when you are looking for it).

As a photographer enthusiast, I started contributing high quality pictures and also spherical pictures on Google Street of places for about a year.

Recently, I started to record short videos using drones and cameras with stabilization to make good videos with “professional” looking to be uploaded on Google Maps.

In my opinion, quality matters. I don’t mind quantity.

I’m very proud to be a Google Local Guide and quite excited to see that my pictures, with more than 20 million views by now, is helping other people. 

Take a look on some pictures on links below:

https://goo.gl/maps/ZSWZc2pKhfCud1Fk9

https://goo.gl/maps/2xw9EQVhSTK9U9Mn6

https://goo.gl/maps/yVsyNv6EvdfVXWam9

Cheers,

Marc

[Aruni]

Hi @MWitarsa 

Thank you for sharing this with us. Here you can read the 14 helpful tips for using Connect which will help you to interact better.

I’m going to move your post to the Local Stories board on Connect where the Local Guides from all around the world share their local stories and inspiration why they like to be Local Guides and how they contribute to Google Maps.