Celebrating 10 Years of Local Guides mapping the world, together

Thank you so much

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Thanks For sharing :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Wow It’s absolutely Amazing thanks for sharing @TiffanyBnyc

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I never thought I would be interested in Maps, then I started reviews and photos and the bug bit. 10 years is a stunning achievement @TiffanyBnyc

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thank you @TiffanyBnyc
share the post journey to 6 years.

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Wow this is an amazing celebration. Imagine all these great achievements. Congratulations to all for these achievements.

Thank you @TiffanyBnyc

Thank You @LovePathak28 we started this together.

Thank you @MarcoDavoli the chief man and co-host for TRAC

Thank you @Lukas_B you are my friend and confidant on TRAC.

Thanks to all my numerous fellow local guides who support and as still supporting me on this. See you all soon down the roads on TRAC
Happy 20th Anniversary Google

Happy 10th Anniversary Local guides

Cheers

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Best wishes to all amazing Local Guides. Thanks @TiffanyBnyc for sharing such wonderful article.

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@TiffanyBnyc wowww :open_mouth: this is incredible journey. It’s been a good journey for me as well as i learned so much from everyone. Thanks for sharing this post and best wishes.

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It’s an amazing journey so far for Google Maps, Local Guides and for Local Guides Community. Thank you, @TiffanyBnyc, for sharing the timeline of the Local Guides Program. Happy Anniversary Local Guides, for too many years ahead! Proud to be part of this community. My most memorable moment is I have won an Accessibility Challenge on Connect!

#BangladeshLocalGuides #localguidesbd #BDLG

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Congratulations & thanks to everyone.

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Thanks for sharing @TiffanyBnyc
Best wishes.

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Thanks for the amazing highlights over 10 years @TiffanyBnyc

Here are some recent highlights that I remember:

50 Meetups of Local Guides in India in 2024.
20 Creative Ways Local Guides Made Meetups Engaging.
The 10 Amazing Women Local Guides of India.
25 Emerging Meetups Hosts.
25 Meetups in a month supporting local small businesses.
50 Meetups in a month celebrating 10 Years of Google Local Guides.
50 Meetups as a host by @NareshDarji
75 Meetups as a host by @TusharSuradkar

I’m looking forward to a fascinating 2025 when we plan to celebrate the decade of Local Guides with community-led events via 250 meetups across India.

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Happy Birthday Local Guides!
It was an amazing long way with this community!
I joined this community in 2016 and from my start, I was constantly active on Connect!
I tried to join every initiative of this community!

Local Guides Volunteer Day 2016 was the first official initiative I participated in with my Bangladesh team.
I joined the 36 Photo Walk by Paul which was an amazing idea about photography!
Joined Mapping Your world week from my home city Cumilla.
I also hosted a great event to collaborate with Local Guides clean the worldin Dhaka
2018 I also hosted my first Accessibility Meetup to make aware of Google Maps accessibility facilities and Local accessibility rights in Dhaka!
I was one of the first initiators of ASIA One Summit, held in 2019 by India Local Guides!
Awarded as an Accessibility Champion on 2019
During the Pendemice in 2020, we hosted a great Local Guides virtual meetup series.
Awarded as a Connect Moderator for my quality time on Connect!
Awarded Guiding Star 2022 !
I also continued a Map Accessibility campaign in Bangladesh to be aware of Google Map Accessibility and marking Accessible places with a unique Sticker! This campaign was started during my first accessibility meetup held in 2018! Still, now we have 12+ Accessibility Meetups under this campaign in Bangladesh!

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Indeed there are so many milestones all the way from 2015 from the likes of @PaulPavlinovich , @TorM , @EmekaUlor, @ErmesT, @Denise_Barlock, @Kwiksatik, @JanVanHaver, @AdamGT, @JaneBurunina, @KashifMisidia, @AdrianLunsong, @SholaIB, @Rahul001 and other Connect moderators all the way down to 2025.

2025 will be a great year and i appreciate you all for engaging Connect. I am looking forward to achieving a great milestone this year and definitive pushing an initiative. Thank you @TiffanyBnyc for all you do.

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Congratulations all, who featured in this post. :tada: And congratulations @Rahul001 bhai for your initiative and got featured. And thank you @TiffanyBnyc for sharing it. :handshake:

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Congratulations for your new badges. @SanjayBDLG :tada:

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch und vielen Dank für die Erinnerungen an 10 Jahre Connect :sparkler: @TiffanyBnyc
Für mich gibt es nicht den einen Moment.
Connect ist eine großartige Plattform um mit Menschen auf der ganzen Welt in friedlichen Kontakt zu treten und ich freue mich immer über die wunderbaren, interessanten Beiträge.:heart::sparkles::heart::sparkling_heart:

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@TiffanyBnyc Thank you the highlight. Wow 10 years of wonderful memories.

It’s been a very interesting journey! People we met along the way, friends we made and of course making maps useful and helpful for billions of users makes me smile. Thank you Google and the entire Local Guides!

Some of my memorable moments:
2017: Google invited top Local Guides in Lagos for “Map the World Week.” I met some awesome LGs for the first time.
@U-RoyEmeka @SanyaOdare etc

2018: I got an opportunity to meet Local Guides from over 50 countries in San Francisco. It was fun to see folks I interacted with on Connect Forum in person.
Karen, Ermes, Paul etc.

2019: With inspiration I got from Traci and motivation by top Local Guides and Googlers in California, I started One Accessibility Initiative. The cooperation and teamwork was superb. I loved how everyone supported the idea to add more accessibility information to maps.

Our initiative created massive awareness and enlightened many Local Guides about what accessibility and inclusion was all about. Many of these Local Guides became our team members and many more went on to become Accessibility Champions!

This singular achievement makes me happy everyday being a local guide! Thanks to the entire GMs for their support. Let’s do more.

Happy 10th anniversary guys!!! :tada::partying_face:

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Huge congrats to all the featured Local Guides! Your passion makes this community thrive. :tada:

Thanks @TiffanyBnyc for the inspiring thread!

Definitely the Patan #50LGmeetup by @NareshDarji and the Indroda Park 10th anniversary meetup by me.

Connecting with fellow explorers and exploring amazing places like Rani Ki Vav and Regional Science Center makes being a Local Guide so rewarding! :rocket::earth_africa:

Super excited for 2025 as a Local Guide! More meetups, hidden gems, helpful reviews, and fun posts on Connect are on my list. Fingers crossed for some Google goodies to celebrate the community’s 10th anniversary too! :crossed_fingers:

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Thank you very much for making such a platform for us where we can connect with other people beyond borders. As well as we can learn many things from here.

The most memorable moment for me is the 10th years celebration of BDLG. Around 200 local guides came here from all over the country. It’s a proud moment for me to attend such a program.

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