GeoGuessr!

[birdienl]

Thanks to moredetails, I discovered a really cool (and addicting) new game: GeoGuessr. It's terribly simple: you are 'dropped' somewhere in a Google StreetView location and you have to guess where you are. You can move around, follow the street you're on, like you normally can in StreetView. You can use clues like vegetation, street signs, what side of the road the cars drive on etc. and then pinpoint the place you think you are on the map. The closer you are to the real location, the more points you get. You get five locations in total and then are awarded a score. My high-score so far is 13682!

The tagline of the game is 'let's explore the world' and funny enough, it really does feel that way. In two days, I've been everywhere from the middle of nowhere in inner Australia to busy provincial towns in Brazil to the drive of a castle in Czech Republic! And I've discovered I really can't distinguish a back road in Mexico from one in Brazil....

Have a go at it and let me know how you fare!

Comments

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this is a fun game! I always seem to get Australia, haha. You are really good! I never seem to get very close at all...

[richyl88.livejournal.com]

That sounds cool,will have to play when I get a moment,

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Practice makes perfect! And you just have to be a bit lucky as well, get a place with clear streetsigns in stead of five dirt roads....

[lunalove24.livejournal.com]

This is really fun! My high-score is 14.252 so far. But I kinda got lucky on that one. I also found myself on a beach somewhere - no streets, no signs, just a couple of houses and the ocean... I failed miserably on that one - go figure! ;)

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Wow, great score! I also had a higher score since I posted. The rounds can be so different. Sometimes you're 'dropped' three out of five times in the middle of nowhere, sometimes you're lucky and get villages or busy roads all the time.

[lunalove24.livejournal.com]

I hit a 19.000&something!

But mostly I'm dumped out in the middle of nowhere, on a long straight road with either fields or trees on both sides and not a sign or another car close by! >_<

I haven't gotten a full town tour yet... But it's fun!

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Oh, those are the most annoying. At least if you see another car you can rule out left- or right-riding countries! But even more annoying than those are if you got bad quality photographs, because even if there are signs, you can't read them!