GeoGuessr

[Callie]

I'm not a big computer game player, but a friend recently told me about GeoGuessr (www.geoguessr.com). I'm hooked, I can't stop playing. Essentially, you see a Google map of somewhere and you have to figure out where you are. There are hints around - street signs, topography, vehicles, people, shops, etc. - and you get points for coming close to the destination. Last night I visited Mexico, Spain and Montana.

Great fun for the traveler.

Callie

 

[Pauline]

That sounds like something I would like!

 

[chachalaca]

oh, man! It's difficult...but fun! Thanks, Callie

 

[Callie]

It is hard. But I like trying to figure it all out. Just discovered I could limit the photos to more specific places, like Europe or US. I was all over the globe for a while there.

Callie

 

[Cameron]

Fun! I was within 1000km of most places on my first game.

 

[Callie]

Cameron, you're good. I was happy to be on the same continent for a while.

Callie

 

[Cameron]

I thought the game gave me easy scenes -- I could look at vegetation, the roofs of houses, the cars (license plates were blurred out), the type of road construction and narrow it down from those clues. Also, because I could "move" along the arrows as with Google street view, I looked around each scene, too.