In the past few months quite a bit of exciting new things have popped up, both on Google Maps and in the local guides program. So what else could I do but put together a brand new “News & Updates” episode? And as a bonus we have some exciting details

In February 2019, the first episode of the LetsGuide Podcast was released. That is now 5 years ago, and to celebrate this milestone, I decided to make a special episode - one where the content is created by the listeners. So, a while ago I reached out to

Okay, not only is the Google Maps team continuously releasing new features, Im now also receiving an increasing amount of messages from fellow local guides and podcast listeners about novelties they have noticed. So, it is high time for another news &amp

Sometimes you come across special projects using Google Maps as their main tool. Perhaps you might recall episode 12 about EdPins, a project focusing on schools. In this episode we look at a project that aims to add water taps, places where you can refill

In episode 35 we covered the basics about adding roads, but since then a lot has been going on in exactly that domain, so heres another episode with additional info on adding roads, which also includes official answers from the Google team to a number of

It has only been 3 months or so since the previous News & Updates episode, but still I have already come across enough topics to fill another one. So here we go again: an overview of the interesting and/or newsworthy things related to Google Maps an

The very first episode of the LetsGuide Podcast dates back to February 2019 - more than 4 years ago. It was called The basics, as it explained in detail what it means to be a local guide. For a while now, I have been wanting to make an update of it, but

Its been a while since we had a News & Updates episode, and obviously, the Google Maps team has not been sitting around idly all that time - which means its high time to check out again what new features have been introduced (or spotted as preview)

There is a lot of information on Google Maps - an overwhelming amount in fact. If you zoom in or out, other types of information will be shown to you: e.g. city or even country names if youre zoomed out, and individual street or place names when youre z

Being an active local guide is to some extent a numbers game. There are the points you earn when you contribute to Google Maps, the levels you reach by getting those points and the counters for the different types of contributions (how many reviews you wr