GeoGuessr

Dowly · 05-13-13, 09:43 AM

Saw this at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, pretty fun.

It's simple: you are thrown into a random location on google street view and you
have to figure out where you are.

mookiemookie · 05-13-13, 10:26 AM

My first game: 18,724.

I was doing well until they dropped me off in the middle of nowhere Australia. I was lucky to even have guessed the continent right.

Dowly · 05-13-13, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I was doing well until they dropped me off in the middle of nowhere Australia. I was lucky to even have guessed the continent right.

Aye, happened to me too. The image quality was so crap that I couldnt read any
signs or anything.

Jimbuna · 05-13-13, 11:41 AM

Best I've managed:

You missed with 371.169 km which gave 2555 points.

mookiemookie · 05-13-13, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Best I've managed:

You missed with 371.169 km which gave 2555 points.

I've gotten to within 6 or 7 km of the spot.

Now does googling the name of a bar or hotel you find on the street view count as cheating?

Dowly · 05-13-13, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Now does googling the name of a bar or hotel you find on the street view count as cheating?

I use google all the time. That's what I find so amusing about it; Look for hints
and use them to find the place with google.

AVGWarhawk · 05-13-13, 02:42 PM

Sheesh...I suck at this. I need to get out more often.

Jimbuna · 05-13-13, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Sheesh...I suck at this. I need to get out more often.

Rgr that

AVGWarhawk · 05-13-13, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Rgr that

But I can get within 214 km from Budapest. What the......

Jimbuna · 05-13-13, 02:48 PM

Google earth is a handy tool....until you become dependant on it

05-13-13, 03:13 PM

missed by 0.574km

Jimbuna · 05-13-13, 03:53 PM

Amatuer.

05-13-13, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Amatuer.

I blame the map for the discrepancy

u crank · 05-13-13, 05:28 PM

Now here's a time waster.

Fun. Bookmarked. Thanks.

CCIP · 05-13-13, 06:36 PM

Cool! I got 16457 on my first try. My first one I was really off (guessed somewhere in the Riviera when it was actually in mexico), but the others were a lot closer. My favourite one was where it dropped me in front of a hotel in Key West, that was easy to figure out

05-13-13, 09:43 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	GeoGuessr Saw this at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, pretty fun. It's simple: you are thrown into a random location on google street view and you have to figure out where you are. http://geoguessr.com/

05-13-13, 10:26 AM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	My first game: 18,724. I was doing well until they dropped me off in the middle of nowhere Australia. I was lucky to even have guessed the continent right. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

05-13-13, 11:41 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Best I've managed: You missed with 371.169 km which gave 2555 points. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-13-13, 02:42 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Sheesh...I suck at this. I need to get out more often. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-13-13, 02:48 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Google earth is a handy tool....until you become dependant on it __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-13-13, 03:13 PM	#11
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	missed by 0.574km

05-13-13, 03:53 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Amatuer. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-13-13, 05:28 PM	#14
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Now here's a time waster. Fun. Bookmarked. Thanks. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-13-13, 06:36 PM	#15
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Cool! I got 16457 on my first try. My first one I was really off (guessed somewhere in the Riviera when it was actually in mexico), but the others were a lot closer. My favourite one was where it dropped me in front of a hotel in Key West, that was easy to figure out __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)