It is on a Saturday morning. After having an eventful Friday evening, you don't feel like waking up to attend this meetup scheduled at 8:30 a.m. You are never used to missing meeting, so you force yourself out of the blanket, take a quick shower then rush to the meetup. You arrive a few minutes late but luckily the meeting has not commenced yet. You rejoice to be among those who arrived first though late. The facilitator starts with introductions and being at the front row, you have to start the group off. You quickly say your name and where you are from just the normal way you would answer the tell us about yourself question. After introductions, the speaker starts by asking whether anyone has ever made a contribution to Google Maps. Ooh boy, you are the helpless because you can't recall the countless times you have searched for places and their directions on either Google Maps or Google Earth without ever asking yourself where Google gets that pool of information and addresses. You admit you have been unfair to yourself and to the rest of the world by being selfish with sharing and contributing location information partly due to your ignorance. The session takes Thirty minutes and now you know how to contribute by adding missing places, Reviewing places, Rating places, adding Photos,Videos and knowledge. You get to know that you earn point by contributing to Google Maps. This excites you as make your contributions and see your points increase and earn a few badges as you traverse the various levels. You are now officially a Local Guide. Now you are enthusiastic about this wake up call to map the world and you make it your goal to contribute at least every day to Google maps. This is what happened to me last weekend on Saturday, 14th of April 2018. Am super excited. How can one improve on the quality of their contributions so that they are as accurate as possible even in remote areas which require approval before publication?
nicowanjala
2022
