GeoGuessr

At 4pm on Friday my co-workers and I decided we had been productive enough for the day and were just sitting around the project table when one of them mentioned this online "game" - GeoGuessr. I had never heard of it before, so I opened it on my computer and soon there were about 5 or 6 of us huddled around my desk playing it together. We didn't even realise that 5pm had come and gone and we were free for the weekend.

The concept is pretty simple - the game uses goggle street view and drops you off anywhere in the world. You have to guess where you are by searching around for clues - perhaps geography/geology of the area, vegetation, street signs, vehicles, architecture, etc.

Check it out if you haven't already... GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

 

It's very difficult.

 

I think I did pretty good considering I've only left Texas once.
Score was 9984, and the worst one I got was confusing Australia for South Africa.
I guessed Kansas for Mississippi, Norway for Norway, and France for either Liechtenstein or Italy (couldn't tell which it was)

 

I guess it helps if you have a bunch of people playing who have different backgrounds. Out of the 5 of us we'd all been overseas, one geologist, one biologist, someone who grew up in Eastern Europe, someone who took linguists and studied in Australia, etc.

I came home and showed the game to my gf. Didn't think she'd be so good at it but I should have - she works in worldwide logistics. We were dropped on a highway in France and by the look of the transport trucks she knew exactly where we were. In another round we were dropped off right in front of a sign that said "Republic of Botswana"... so we got a lot of points for that one

I like the game because it kinda makes you feel like you've spent the last hour travelling the world, lol.

 

20267 points!

There were a couple Canadian ones that really helped.

 

Not bad scores!

I wish there was a Canadian version.

 

Managed 9655 points. Most of that was from the picture of the truck with the name of the company located in Estonia on the side. Wasn't even sure where to look for Estonia on the map.

 

Good fun 19494 worldwide
GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

 

Same principle, but I like this one better: Map Race | A Geography Guessing Game

The goal is to guess the correct city as quickly as possible. You can explore as much as you want, but of course the clock is ticking... Wrong guesses get a time penalty.

You can do North American cities or World cities, and varying numbers of multiple choice or simply typing in the right answer.

I'm ranked in the "North American cities/Medium" category.

 

Just tried it again and scored an underwhelming 5503 points total. Guessing 4-5,000+ miles off drops it quickly, but I did at least get the correct country when they showed Japan.

 

THis game just makes me want to travel! So much fun!