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Re: Worldle

#61

Post by aylons »

jeffbee wrote: post #59
Aunche wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the center of the US anyways? Does it include Alaska and Guam?

Great question! Is it the center of a convex hull containing the extent of territories? Or would you weight it by population? Is it in two dimensions on the surface of the Earth, or in three dimensions? Consider the possible “center” of France. There’s probably some village in France proper with a monument, but unless you eject Guiana and Réunion I think it must be in the Atlantic somewhere.

Territories (eg French Guiana) are specifically separated in Worldle, even being possible answers themselves.

Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. Maybe with some error due to projection (not sure how they implemented the map), but should not be a problem for solving the puzzle.

Re: Worldle

#62

Post by Ansil849 »

aylons wrote: post #61
jeffbee wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great question! Is it the center of a convex hull containing the extent of territories? Or would you weight it by population? Is it in two dimensions on the surface of the Earth, or in three dimensions? Consider the possible “center” of France. There’s probably some village in France proper with a monument, but unless you eject Guiana and Réunion I think it must be in the Atlantic somewhere.

Territories (eg French Guiana) are specifically separated in Worldle, even being possible answers themselves. Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. Maybe with some error due to projection (not sure how they implemented the map), but should not be a problem for solving the puzzle.

> Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull.

I don't follow. How does this being a map game make it intuitive that the distance outputs are based on hull centers? To me, closest border would seem be the most intuitive reading of the distance...this being a map game.

If you poll 10 random people, I guarantee 10/10 would say that they consider borders to be the intuitive means of measurement of distance between two countries, not their (hull) centers.

Re: Worldle

#63

Post by function_seven »

Ansil849 wrote: post #33

I was extremely confused about the distance values in relation to the percentages until I read the help: > The distances displayed correspond to the distances between the selected and the target territory centers. > For instance, the computed distance between United States and Canada is around 2260km even if they have a common border. That's extremely deceptive and non-obvious unless you read through the documentatio…

So what is the percentage indicate separately from the distance?

I think the "right" way to display the distance would be from the closest points in the guessed and target territories. So United States and Canada, sharing a border, would be "0 km", while Canada and Mexico would be whatever the shortest path from border to border would be (like 2,000km?)

I have a feeling that's a bit more difficult than centers, though. But it wouldn't be a problem as far as outlying territories go; the image is of a contiguous landmass, not the entire country.

Re: Worldle

#64

Post by jeffbee »

aylons wrote: post #61
jeffbee wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great question! Is it the center of a convex hull containing the extent of territories? Or would you weight it by population? Is it in two dimensions on the surface of the Earth, or in three dimensions? Consider the possible “center” of France. There’s probably some village in France proper with a monument, but unless you eject Guiana and Réunion I think it must be in the Atlantic somewhere.

Territories (eg French Guiana) are specifically separated in Worldle, even being possible answers themselves. Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. Maybe with some error due to projection (not sure how they implemented the map), but should not be a problem for solving the puzzle.

Interesting, since my understanding of the matter is that the status of Guiana within France is as integral with that nation as Alaska is with the U.S.

Re: Worldle

#65

Post by X6S1x6Okd1st »

Ansil849 wrote: post #62
aylons wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Territories (eg French Guiana) are specifically separated in Worldle, even being possible answers themselves. Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. Maybe with some error due to projection (not sure how they implemented the map), but should not be a problem for solving the puzzle.

> Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. I don't follow. How does this being a map game make it intuitive that the distance outputs are based on hull centers? To me, closest border would seem be the most intuitive reading of the distance...this being a map game. If you poll 10 random people, I guarantee 10/10 would say that they consider borders to be the intuitiv…

Please do

Re: Worldle

#68

Post by jefftk »

Galanwe wrote: post #47
kej wrote: post #7

Globle is another daily geography game: https://globle-game.com/

It seems very buggy. - lots of country guesses raise an error saying it doesn't exist. Such as "brasil". - if you zoom on the map, there are flashings of the underlying map layer with country names... - I got to find the exact match of "French Guiana (France)"...

> lots of country guesses raise an error saying it doesn't exist. Such as "brasil"

In English it's spelled with a "z", and they're probably using an English dictionary?

Re: Worldle

#70

Post by [deleted] »

Ansil849 wrote: post #33

I was extremely confused about the distance values in relation to the percentages until I read the help: > The distances displayed correspond to the distances between the selected and the target territory centers. > For instance, the computed distance between United States and Canada is around 2260km even if they have a common border. That's extremely deceptive and non-obvious unless you read through the documentatio…

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