Local Guides, 2023 Album of Star Photos

[Mikeinthefalls]

Caption: @Mikeinthefalls's Star Photo of Good Luck uploaded onto Google Maps on 2022-11-12 and showing star views of 8,501,740 as at 2023-12-28

Good Luck  Rochester, NY. USA.

I was travelling through Upstate New York and taking storefront photos for Google Maps. I  took multiple photos (Google Pixel 6) of the front of this restaurant and their garden. This was actually my least favorite photo, but it became the Featured Photo! This is why I ALWAYS take and post multiple photos, then let the AI choose which one it prefers. This photo was slightly cropped to center.

[Stephanie_OWL]

 

Bildunterschrift: Das Sternfoto von @Stephanie_OWL von Fischdeel Land & Meer wurde am 06.05.2021 auf Google Maps hochgeladen und zeigt Sternansichten von 1151871 (Stand: 23.01.2024).

Fischdeel Land & Meer, Eckernförde, Deutschland 🇩🇪

Dieses Foto wurde aufgenommen als das Restaurant noch geschlossen war.

Leider hochkant, nicht waagerecht. Da mache ich mittlerweile bessere Aufnahmen. Auch ist es saisonal mit den Aufrufen sehr unterschiedlich.... derzeit würde ich sagen, dass dieser Stern erlöscht, aber warten wir ab, wie es sich im Frühjahr entwickelt, wenn die Touristen wieder an die See strömen....

Eckernförde liegt an der Ostsee und in den Wintermonaten ist es dort oftmals sehr ungemütlich, regnerisch und sehr, sehr kalt.

Das Foto wurde mit meinem Huawei P30 pro aufgenommen und nicht bearbeitet

[RooksieN]

Caption: @RooksieN's Star Photo of Waffle House uploaded onto Google Maps on 2021-12-31 and showing star views of 1,423,261 as at 2024-01-04

Waffle House, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
This is a photo of the exterior of a Waffle House. I visited this location around Christmas time in 2021.  I am proud of this photo, the thumbnail also looks good, which doesn't hurt. This is currently the first featured photo of the location. I took this photo with my google pixel phone.

[TorM]

 

 

Museum of Childhood, Museum, Edinburgh, Scottland, UK

This photo was shot during my first UK round trip in summer 2021 during my stay in Edinburgh with my son. In fact I'm not sure why this picture has such an view increase.

[MortenCopenhagen]

Caption: @MortenCopenhagen's Star Photo of Kokkeriet uploaded onto Google Maps on 2020-10-15 and showing star views of 30,434,700 as at 2023-12-30

Still the cover photo by the end of August 2023, but the view count is slowing down, I think. 

During September 2023 the views rose only 2-300. Yikes. I think something is not working as it is still the cover photos. ???

Update I now realize that a level 6 local guide stole my image 11 months ago and re uploaded it as his. And it then became the cover photo!  I have escalated this to the LG team. Learn more here: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/How-to-detect-and-report-stolen-photos/td-p...

As of December 30th 2023, the stolen copy of my image is still the cover photo at the place!

Cheers

Morten

[MattGatlin]

Caption: @MattGatlin's Star Photo of Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak uploaded onto Google Maps on 2018-04-10 and showing star views of 26,450,421 as at 2023-12-30

Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak, MGM Grand, Las Vegas

Here's a picture I took inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas while in town attending the NAB convention. Nothing special, just a shot of the host station at the Tom Colicchio's Craftsteak steakhouse restaurant. I think I was walking when I snapped the pic on my iPhone 5s. Probably when I was on my way to the MGM buffet.

[GigiR]

@GigiR's Star Photo of Restaurant Mundart uploaded onto Google Maps on 2017-03-29 and showing star views of 2,045,136 as at 2024-04-30

  Mundart, Restaurant, Oberammergau, Germany

As predicted this this star photo slowly took over 🙂 the Isarhorn Camping place star photo on top 100 for the last few months... 

[jayasimha78]

Caption: @jayasimha78's Star Photo of Clock Tower UC Riverside uploaded onto Google Maps on 2018-04-01 and showing star views of 17,737,259 as at 2022-12-17

Clock Tower, University of California Riverside

My star photo is of the clock tower at the University of California Riverside, in southern California. I captured it using a Nikon D750, during a college tour. I had to capture this in portrait mode due to the height of the clock tower and the lens I had on my camera. It has been the cover photo of UC Riverside till June of 2022. After that not getting much views!

[chiefzero]

Caption: @chiefzero's Star Photo of Din Tai Fung uploaded onto Google Maps on 2021-05-02 and showing star views of 17,378,010 as at 2023-07-17

Din Tai Fung, Costa Mesa, California, United States of America

This was just a quick shot I took outside my favorite restaurant while waiting to be seated.  If I knew it was going to be my star photo I would have tried for better timing with less people but then again maybe that wouldn't have hit as well.  It looks like this is no longer the main photo for the restaurant so it's not doing the numbers it once was.

[AZ_2021]

DeFalco's Italian Deli & Grocery at Scottsdale, Arizona, USA 

This photo was taken with my Samsung 9 camera during a weekend morning plaza walk in mid 2019. This views on this photo is usually almost neck to neck with my storefront photo of Weinerschnitzel. However, in this month, my photo taken of the storefront of DeFalco's Italian Deli & Grocery won by a hundred thousand views. My thought is maybe with the holidays, there is more foot traffic to stores; people want to buy gifts and food for gatherings. I'm happy to see the impact these storefront photos can have. 💕