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The Points, Photo Views and Video Views leaderboards regularly posted on Connect, each look at specific but different media aspects of our Maps contributions. Based on various metrics, including the number of points and the number of views, the participants on these leaderboards are listed without giving any consideration to their respective country location.
However, it goes without saying that Local Guides in smaller countries or ones where there are significantly less guiding opportunities, such as Barbados, Cameroon and Rwanda, would have less chance of gaining enough points or photo views than those in larger countries such as the United States, Canada or UK and therefore, these Local Guides have less chance of getting onto leaderboards based strictly on points or photo views!
Local Heroes > Local Stories
The leaderboards in this post, are different because they specifically take into account the country location of the participating Local Guides and in this way, they give Local Guides from even the smallest countries recognition and an opportunity to be featured as local heroes in their country, and you will see many are.
There are many great local stories on the Country leaderboards and so if you’re a local hero and you’re not listed on the leaderboards or your country isn’t listed, then you and your country should be and you can make this happen. Simply hit this link or add a comment below and someone will jump in to help you.
Cover image
The cover image of this post shows a beautiful photo taken by level 9 Local Guide @WilfriedB as shown on the home page of the Google Maps Local Guides Top 100 Leaderboards System website. I asked Wilfried to tell me more about this photo and this is what you said:
"Schloss Dyck is a moated Rococo castle within a big park in Northwest Germany between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border. Castle and park are open for visitors. Since a few years, it is also hosting a hotel and a restaurant. Even guests of the restaurant need to pay an entrance fee for the park.
My photo shows the main building and the surrounding water. I posted it to Maps on Nov 12, 2023. Currently shows 934 views, increasing in average by 1,47 daily, thus due to the 1% rule, I see changes only every 4 weeks or so.
During twelve years, I took 6682 photos of castle, gardens and the restaurant. Many posted to the various points of interests on Google Maps in the park. Interestingly, I inherited a black & white photo (shown below) from my aunt, taken at least half a century earlier (between ~1930 and ~1950), which seems to be shot from exactly the same position. She did complete an education as professional photographer in 1948, but never worked in that job and I never knew before finding the documents.
From about 20 meters away of this point, I took the very first photo I ever posted on Google Maps featuring a Baroque bridge, yet another famous point of interest in front of the castle."
Thanks for sharing your great photo and the story behind it with us Wilfried. I look forward to other Local Guides doing the same.
Final Comment:
If you’re new here then you may not be aware that this post forms part of a series of leaderboard posts each covering different aspects of the contributions of Local Guides. To see an index, hit this link.
