07-22-2017 06:20 AM
You're welcome @Mayford.
@Mayford wrote:@SanyaOdare thank you very much
@SanyaOdare wrote:Well done @Mayford and a big thumbs up to @HelloSamsonR for pulling all the strings to make the "Worldwide Map Edit" a great meet-up across the globe.
@Mayford wrote:While we never had an inkling on how the meet-up would go, we still kept planning for it alongside @HelloSamsonR, @OSAMA and @Osaka78forTRUMP who were solidly creating awareness and engaging with more cities to participate. Well, good to say, Lagos was the first to mark the Worldwide event on Friday 21st July, 2017 because of the grassroot elections that would happen on the next day which was initially the stipulated day for the event.
Our meetup began at 3PM Nigerian time with first some cold creams to help with the hot weather (recorded at 32 degrees Celsius) and a brief walk around the mall. Our map edit had started right from inside the mall already, lol.
Moreso, we had selected a particular region of Lagos to map out, which was the Yaba area. There are lots of businesses, schools and organizations located there. Interestingly, many of them are located within the streets and hadn't been added yet. We took out time to really put these places on the Google Maps despite the sunny weather and busy traffic on roads. For a quick one and for efficiency sake, we split into two groups/team. Team A headed for the Westward part of Yaba while Team B descended on the Eastward section of the town. This we needed to do to cover more grounds and add more places.
Furthermore, at the end of our edit, we had successfully walked a distance of over 6km in total; placed more than 20 businesses, several photos (I lost count), although some other edits we made are still pending for review from the Local Guides team - so the figure could be more at the end of the week depending on how fast our edits are approved. These figures may not be the largest but we earned some real good points and as well; made new friends from interactions with business owners; learnt a few tricks on using the GPS on maps and we're leveling up, that's the good part of it.
Shortly after, we settled for a brief discuss and took some memorable images and video briefs of the team. In attendance were wonderful folks including @HelloSamsonR who traveled more than 500km to Lagos just to join in our meetup. We really appreciate his efforts. @SanyaOdare helped with the Lagos Local Guides Flag which we used for recognition sake. Meetup ended at about 6PM Nigerian time. That's about some 3-hour meetup.
Our photo album can be found here
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8ALKwpVzywFds8uG2
There are a few pictures pasted below for your view.
As well, our video Recap can also be found here
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QebPQsuIPonYFRKt1
We are thrilled by how much contributions we were able to make and thanks to all members of the Lagos and Nigeria Local Guides Community as well as all wonderful members of the Local Guides Connect who have all been part of this project. We are happy with the turnout from over 30 cities of the world for this event.
We wish every other city and participants a successful meetup and map edit. See you all on the next one.
@TraciC, you have the floor.
07-22-2017 06:20 AM
Sure bro @SanyaOdare , keep me in ur pray 😊😊😊
07-22-2017 06:25 AM
Excellent @Mayford You are amazing, what a fast recap 😊😊😊
07-22-2017 06:54 AM
Thanks @SanyaOdare For the Support. 😊😊
07-22-2017 07:00 AM
Thanks @OSAMA For the support .😊😊. You are amazing, waiting for Jordan as well 😊😊👍👍
07-22-2017 08:02 AM
07-22-2017 11:27 AM
Hi, @HelloSamsonR bro I have to share on here as well bro I have a Google photos link from my Google Photos album @DavidTito
click this link below for the full albam
@HelloSamsonR wrote:Thanks @OSAMA For the support .😊😊. You are amazing, waiting for Jordan as well 😊😊👍👍
https://photos.app.goo.gl/B1dLecVqm3bhSLKW2
07-22-2017 11:36 AM
HI, @HelloSamsonR I am not sure if you got this post on Google+ or not? hopefully, this link works.
click this link below to see the post from Google+
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DavidTitoModerator/posts/PKwayagUyfy
@HelloSamsonR wrote:Thanks @OSAMA For the support .😊😊. You are amazing, waiting for Jordan as well 😊😊👍👍
07-22-2017 12:15 PM
Hi @DavidTito You can create a fresh post for yourself, sharing your recap experiences. I will as well get your stories from there 🙂
07-22-2017 08:10 PM
Dear Isaac_O, hope all's well with you. Thank you for sharing your story. Beautiful city of Lagos, happy Lagos Local Guides. Your smiles are beaming around the world.
Yesterday, before Perth's LG meet-up, some 5 African miners, who were visiting for an international conference, were proud and amazed to hear about World Wide Map Edit Walk and how it originated with Samson and kicked off with you Lagos Local Guides. Your story is very powerful.
Please welcome David Tito, a brave New Zealander, who has courageously brought together the Perth Local Guides community from scratch.
Thanks again, Isaac_O, we loved participating side by side with you and your Local Guides friends from Lagos.
Kindest regards to you all from Osaka78