Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Google Maps - 1,500 Photos, Five Million Views

According to recent stats from Google Maps, I've uploaded more than 1500 photos to Google Maps. Also, according to the stats, those photos have received slightly more than 5,000,000 views.

The number one viewed photo - with more than 200,000 views - is the (so-called) Silliman University Anthropology Museum. The building is still there, of course, though the name has changed. The building is now longer used as a museum.

Number two - with more than 85,000 views - is the now closed, FilOil-Airport Gas Station which is now Eco Oil.

Number three - with 81,000 views - is the Saint Joseph Parish church in Cebu city.

Number four- with 62,743 views - is the church in Dumaguete where we attend Mass on Sundays, Our Mother of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church.

Coming in at number five - with 100 fewer views than Our Mother of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church - is the Star Oil gas station located near the airport. Why this gas station should have received so many views is a complete mystery to me.

Equally a mystery is why the basketball court in Cangmating, Sibulan should come in number six with 52,000 views. Surely, this must be the work of bots.

At number seven is the Uling Roasters on the National Hwy in Sibulan. The photo has received 44,000 views. The chicken there is very, very good. It's unlikely, however that they will ever have 44,000 customers.

One of my photos of Negros Oriental State University comes in at number eight with 40,000 views

Number nine - with 36,635 views - is the Manhattan Suites Inn on the South Road, in Brgy Calindagan, Dumaguete.

Another popular hotel comes in at number ten with 36,494 views. The Bethel Guest House on Rizal Blvd.

It goes without saying that I'm pleased that my photos have received 5,000,000 plus views, but I can't understand why some of the photos that have received the most views have received the numbers they did.

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