This worked great in my area. It was hard enough to make it fun but not too hard. I got a score above 90% so I’m stoked
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#12The streets in my town were not completely highlighted and counted off points. I assume that is an issue with how the shape is interpreted because the street name changes in a turn that isnt a clear intersection.
If you could give me an example, I'll look into it.
I ran into issues like this with a strange streets (described here https://adamlynch.com/back-of-your-hand/#the-lioscarrig-driv...), so I consider any two streets with the same name in the OpenStreetMap data to be the same street. I.e. if you put a marker down near any of them, you get points.
However, if the section of road has a different name, then it's different.
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#13Very fun! I managed a score of 450 in the area I grew up in and learned to drive in. Definitely the best case scenario for me.
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#14This is great!
> The map tiles are loaded in from two OpenStreetMap tile providers (one with street names, one without).
You probably don't need to do that. You can use the same tiles, the same stylesheet even, and just hide the street names layer in code:
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey Patrick, there are buttons to zoom in & out in the top right of the map. You can then click/tap on any town / anywhere on the map to set the location. And it'll remember that location next time. (You can also click and drag the map to move around)
On iOS, the two finger manipulations (drag and pinch zoom) worked very well, then a single tap to place the game area. I was pleased at how fluid the map manipulation was; nice work!
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks, I was worried something was broken
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#16This is fantastic. My gf and I have been playing it in a cafe, and doing abysmally - but just sent it to our parents who will greatly enjoy quizzing themselves! Thanks, you've made our day a little bit funner and help keep our families a little bit closer.
Glad to hear it! My older family members love it the most. Maybe because they didn't grow up with Google Maps
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#17adam, I loved this and also shared it in my family WhatsApp group. we all had a lot of fun playing it, thanks for the great idea and execution!
one minor suggestion: consider adding a cross or some other indicator at the circle of the screen during the map selection stage. I found that sometimes you want to move the circle a few metres in some direction, but it's difficult to guess/tap where the new center should be without knowing exactly where the current one is.
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#18I didn't realize it was just going to be street names, and picked my area in Manhattan. The streets and avenues are numbered :)
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#19Would be cool if bars, restaurants and tourist attractions were added! But a fun little geoguessr like romp either way.
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#20Fun, but you know what would be really cool ?
A Blue Book mode.
For those unfamiliar Blue Book refers to test "runs" done by London taxi drivers when they do The Knowledge[1].
It would be fun to be given, say "Australian High Commission, WC2 to Paddington Station, W2" and have to place multiple pins on the map and then graded on your result.