GEOGUESSR

Updated 05-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about GEOGUESSR!

GeoGuessr – Let’s explore the world!: GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.

Spiel mit Google Street View: Mit dem Online-Quiz „Geoguessr“ die Welt entdecken: „Wo bin ich hier gelandet?“ Diese Frage stellen sich Spieler des Online-Spiels „Geoguessr“ des Öfteren. Sie werden über Google Street View an einen beliebigen Ort in der Welt ausgesetzt und müssen raten, wo sie sind.

Find yourself with Geoguessr: Ok, now that Chris Hayes has blown up the spot by featuring Geoguessr in tonight’s Click 3, we should all get on the same page about how great this game is

I just discovered GeoGuessr, a free mystery game that will show you the world: Google’s vans have spent the last 16 years driving the world’s streets, capturing 360-degree pictures of the world’s roads. Well, GeoGuessr, which was written by a Swedish IT consultant named Anton Wallén, is built on top of Street View.

A National Geographic Cartographer Explains How to Win That Google Maps Guessing Game: Some online quiz games are rendered pointless by Google. But here’s one that would be impossible without it: GeoGuessr, a “where in the world are you?”…

Get lost with Google Maps-based game GeoGuessr: Developed by Anton Wallén, GeoGuessr is a Google Maps-based game that sets the player in a random locale in the world and, by navigating with Google Street View, the player must work out where they…

GeoGuessr: Where in the (Googleable) world are you?: I’m one of the millions of people who have recently become absolutely, incurably addicted to the new online game GeoGuessr. If you’re a regular reader…

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the game uses a semi-randomized Google Street View location for paying members and Mapillary for non-members . the website received hundreds of thousands of unique visitors per day within a week . GeoGuessr uses the Backbone.js JavaScript library and version 3 of the Google Maps API . for non-members Mapillary is used for the locations . wallén posted the completed game GeoGuessr reveals the true geographic location and assigns the player a score depending on how far away the player’s guess was from the true location . scores range between 0 for a guess at an anti new features include a variable time limit and grouped challenges . non-paying members are now restricted to play one game a day on Google Street View . creating challenges, where several players compete on the same map, is now