Posted by jpluimers on 2019/02/01
Reminder to self: Local Guides Nederland moved their [WayBack] G+ community over to [WayBack] Local Guides Connect – Help Desk – Local Guides Connect which is part of [WayBack] Local Guides Connect and powered by [WayBack] Powered by Lithium | Lithium.
Since that is not part of any other social media platform I subscribe to, I will likely only see new stuff when I actively go to that place: hopefully that is more than once a year.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/18
Reminder to check if it already rolled out on my smartphone: [WayBack] Local Guides Connect – Big news about reviews: now they’re worth 10 point… – Local Guides Connect .
It seems to work both on mobile and on maps.google.com/localguides/home
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/11
Via a private share: If you ever loose your Google Guides level for no apparent reason, still can post reviews, but cannot post to the Google Guides forums, then just mail Google. They can usually fix the situation.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/03
Google is smart; you can ask it https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+my+location
This is accurate enough for many uses (it’s off for a couple of kilometers):
curl "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=firefox&key=AIzaSyDBgL8fm9bD8RLShATOLI1xKmFcZ4ieMkM&sensor=true"
Some links about the above API:
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] I need help; I want to know the geographical location of the place where I am…
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/01
Find one of these in all levels:
Location sharing.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/20
[WayBack] Google Maps gets a new look:
Via: [WayBack] New looks! – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/19
A solution for:
The problem with Google Now’s predictions though is that sometimes they can be inaccurate from the start or take a little longer to adapt to change. Moved your home? Switched jobs? Went for a month or two to a vacation house? Google Now might stubbornly want to keep your old addresses.
Source: PSA: Manually Assign Any Coordinates As Your Home Or Work Address In Google Maps And Google Now
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/07/04
Just so you know:
Yann Penduff said: …
I’ve read reports that it seems to take 2 or + weeks for the 1TB promotion to take effect.
Source: Local Guide – Level 4 (1TB on Google Drive) – Google Product Forums
In practice it’s usually not that bad as most of the times it’s a matter of days not weeks though it can take up to 5 weeks.
It’s nice to be a Google Local Guide as you learn a lot of new things and people that way for instance through the Local Guide events.
If you’re interested, read Level 0-4 in 40 days, what I’ve learned from Google Local Guides – Pocketables
I only discovered about this a while ago as it was early last year for Google Replacing City Experts with Local Guides Program | Understanding Google My Business & Local Search
What really helps contributing is to view your Google Maps Timeline
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/07/01
I checked our home using the recently improved Google satellite imagery: from Google Earth you can get better detail than from Google Maps.
You can even count our solar panels and see one is misaligned after a storm (a few days after this image was taken I managed to re-align that panel).
13 PV panels and one hot water panel lowered our energy bills for more than EUR 1000/year.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/06/24
Add your Hidden Summer Hotspot in Amsterdam and share with other Local Guides. Where to find that small theatre, that cosy restaurant or that hidden museum in remote streets? Created live during the Amsterdam Hotspot Party by Local Guides in the city.
Source: Local Guides Hidden Hotspots Amsterdam
Short: http://g.co/hiddenAmsterdam
–jeroen
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