GeoGuessr

More prep is needed!

2019-05-12

Google Earth at a random location is displayed.

Guess where on earth it is.

I bought the iOS version.

Random across the globe free of charge

Famous Place, Major Cities, etc., you can pay $360 or buy them with points that you accumulate by playing.

Personally, I would recommend buying Famous Place with a quick charge.

'Oh, this is the Louvre!' It'll feel like a play like that.

Considerations on Game Structure

Quiz game with image +α as input and position as output

Unlike typical quiz shows, the interesting point is that the output is not "words" but "positions".

The distance from the correct location determines the score.

A: "Oh, it's in South America, what is it? In the "word quiz", B>>A), but in the "location quiz", C: "Machu Picchu is in India, isn't it? A's score is higher than B's (A>>C).

Even if you know that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is in Italy, if you don't know where Pisa is, you won't get any points.

So it's interesting to see how "non-linguistic knowledge" grows during repeated play!

Pisa is in that part of Italy."

Due to Google Map specifications, the more minor a location is, the more you have to zoom in to see it.

https://gyazo.com/20687fc9d3f7ba500da5e35ac90a10e9

If you know approximately where it is, you can zoom in on that area to find it.

https://gyazo.com/a862985cfd99cdecbb750ec8a3815794

Mont Saint-Michel is in France, but where is it now?

Conversely, it is interesting to note that in some cases "positional knowledge is verbalized and stored

Where is Machu Picchu?"

It's in South America."

It's in Peru, not Chile."

It's in Cusco, Peru."

https://gyazo.com/4cf787c8dc9e6bdc64c86a678c52d419

It's in Aguas something, northwest of Cusco.

https://gyazo.com/880db7c1be8a3b6274e76945f69df911

There it is!"

https://gyazo.com/8372cea96260473c843266bfa9db9313

It's hard to remember where the square monastery is.

I can't remember where the semi-circular castle is.

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