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Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by wincy »

royalewithchees wrote: post #23
wincy wrote: post #2

That’s fun. Although a picture indoors seems unfair. Somehow I knew one of the pictures had to be West Virginia and got within 40 miles. But the indoor one I got the exact opposite of the country because how are you supposed to tell? Literally all convention centers in the US have the same walls and awful garish carpeting.

Indoor photos can still provide good clues. I had no idea where the first picture was. I guessed somewhere in Vermont. But that second picture had me guess West Virginia because David McKinley was in the photo.

Ah thanks for the info! Yes that would likely substantially narrow it down, I didn’t recognize him but there was at least a clue.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by ryukoposting »

cbfrench wrote: post #15

Got 0 mi on my first guess because I thought “That’s [state]” and then picked a random spot on the [other state] side of the state since it had that feel. I feel like I might as well quit at this point, lol. Edited out spoilers.

Went purely on feel and got 40mi on my first guess, and I felt pretty good about that! Took a couple silly guesses because I didn't see that the picture changes after each guess - the [geological formation] in the later photos should have been a dead giveaway.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by wholinator2 »

davidw wrote: post #30

So everyone got the same pictures? Seems kind of non-random in terms of where the locations were, too. Nothing from the west coast in 5 photos?

Don't know if everyone got the same pictures, but I believe it's like a wordle type game where you get 5 guesses to get the correct location, all the images are for the same location, and every day they release a new 5 image puzzle. You click and it tells you how far away from the location each click is which honestly allowed me to get within 30 miles by the end of every set cause I could just triangulate approximately where it wanted me to click.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by Solvency »

I started at 100miles, diverted to 140 miles, then quickly narrowed into 40mi accuracy by guess 5. In under 30 seconds.

Certain parts of America just have a "look".

A rusty, sad, religious, whitebread, Under Armour Tucked Into My Jeans look.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by jamilton »

fishtoaster wrote: post #8

This is pretty neat! Although I find myself relying far more on triangulation via the distances than I do the images.

Same. The image helps with a first and maybe last guess, and sometimes there's something highly identifying in the image, but triangulation would be enough if I could only accurately estimate distances. The scale on the map helps.

It would be cool if the radii were drawn at the end? It would be too easy if they were drawn before, I think.

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by dh2022 »

brezelgoring wrote: post #34

I got 0 mi! [1] After the first 2 I stopped attempting cities and figured the picture didn't matter, it was a game of triangulation. Nice game, I like it, even though I've never set foot in the US. [1] Spoilers! - https://i.imgur.com/azCWc3i.png

I tried a similar approach. I only got as close as 126 miles...

Re: Where in the USA is this?

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Post by kdmccormick »

ethbr0 wrote: post #28
cbfrench wrote: post #15

Got 0 mi on my first guess because I thought “That’s [state]” and then picked a random spot on the [other state] side of the state since it had that feel. I feel like I might as well quit at this point, lol. Edited out spoilers.

Spoiler alert? :P

Read the article before reading the comments? ;)
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