Dan Goodchild Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 http://geoguessr.com/ It plunks you down in Google Street View and asks you figure out where you are. Play along and post your scores here. My best so far is 24,522. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Darsc Zacal Posted June 11, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2013 It's a bit tricky to play on a smart phone, and it wigged out when I tried to zoom in to read what my final score was, but it wasn't anything close to yours. My nearest miss was under 500km. My worst was something we won't talk about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Goodchild Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 Heh. My worst was ascribing a back road in Arkansas to one that was actually in Austrailia. My nearest miss was under 100m but that was an easy one; it plunked me down in a small town in Saskatchewan right across the street from a TD Canada Trust with its address clearly displayed on the front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanguad Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 So far I've gotten down to 26m. I'm assuming that reading street signs and using Google (but not maps) isn't considered cheating. Because if it is... I'm lucky to get on the right continent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Tried it once. Got 24,214. I think the closest I got was around 50m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) I was under a kilometer on a guess and only got 6000 pts. :/ Some of my guesses were on the wrong continent, BTW. ;) Edited June 12, 2013 by SaintRigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Spent an hour last night wandering the country side in a desperate attempt to find something that would clue me in. I clicked for 36 km before coming to a city, wandering through the bars proudly displaying Tecate and Corona ads, and finally stumbling upon something Google-able. Santa Maria del Oro, in case you are curious. Plan to have another couple of rounds of that tonight. The game, not the advertised beverages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 First two tries I didn't realize you could navigate and was just guessing based on the first picture it showed. My score didn't improve much after that :) I could usually get the country and got lucky a couple times (red square). My worst was guessing Colorado when it was Alaska. I didn't explore too far or use google to cheat, usually around 15,000/game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Goodchild Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I hate it when it lands me on a back road in Alaska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I played once on the iPad yesterday and that was more difficult. I gave it another chance today. I just got this: Your guess was 1.902 km from the correct location and gave 6321 points. I also got this one: Your guess was 0.36 km from the correct location and gave 6449 points. Those were my best two for a total of 25380. It said this link should let you see my score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 This is addictive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Darsc Zacal Posted June 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 12, 2013 I just look around at the photo it shows. I don't travel down roads or use google. I have tried to zoom in on signs and such a couple of times, but when I do, my phone glitches out and while it doesn't power down, it acts as if it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowRaven Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 that's pretty cool. half the time I was lucky to be on the right continent mind you. Who knew the scrub brush in the Yukon looked so much like the Australian Outback? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erifnogard Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Score of 21719. Got the first four at 0.5 km or better. Last one I incorrectly thought was in Korea but it was in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Oh, I travel. When it plunks me down in who knows where and I'm going along with no sign of civilization and then - what's this? A sign! A sign at last! I can maybe determine the language! Or perhaps it even points out location and distance! Perhaps - oh. No. No it's just an arrow on a yellow square. On the plus side, there aren't any wolves to eat me. There's that. So . . . I guess I'll just go west until I find something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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