Google Maps is one of the best apps to find directions and places across the world. It offers many useful services and Local guide is also one of them. Many people are not much aware of this unique characteristic of Google Maps – ‘Local Guides’, but it is an interesting feature one should know about.
Local Guide is an amazing feature introduced in Google Maps to help people. It forms a community where local people give their suggestions and correct the details of any place. It not only helpful for the tourist but also for the people who make their contribution to earn rewards. So here, we bring a guide for you to inform more about Local Guides.
Guide to use the Local Guides on Google Maps
Google Maps allows users to share their experience by giving reviews and ratings, you can present your content, share photographs, give the answers, edit about any place, share information and add missing places. This feature helps many people in several manners and you became a local guide on Google Maps.
Google Maps facilitates its users with many rewards who make enough contribution to Maps and became Local Guides. The simple ways to check your contribution is just simply open the Google Maps app on your device and move towards the Setting menu. Select the option “My Contribution”.
In that section, you will get to know about your contribution, levels, and points that you earned by sharing your experience with others. You can gain more points by contributing more. By becoming a Local Guide on Google Maps, Google rewards you with many wondrous benefits. For instance, Google gives you the facility to early access all its latest services. Even you get many discounts from its partners as well. The new promo of Google offers 3 months of free Google Play Music subscription and 75 discount on rents in Google Play Movies. After completing certain levels on Local Guides’ Contribution, you can get numerous advantage, also awarded by a “Google Guide Exclusive Badge”.
The Bottom Lines
Local Guides by Google Maps is a very useful feature for both the users and contributors. One will get right and accurate details of the places and others will get cool rewards. So, if you still not contributed to Google Maps, go and be a member of Local Guides community to help others and get valuable rewards.
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