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Tougher than it seems. It's not so bad when you're in a city and there's some kind of writing and architecture, but often as not you're in the middle of nowhwere and it's all guessing based on rocks and trees.
Challenge mode: Leave the guessing map at default zoom. 20 minutes or less. http://bit.ly/1a4y8Ne
Without Googling anything or moving the StreetView car (you're allowed to rotate... or not for a super-challenge).
Tougher than it seems. It's not so bad when you're in a city and there's some kind of writing and architecture, but often as not you're in the middle of nowhwere and it's all guessing based on rocks and trees.
There's other things to look for. Are they driving on the left or right? Is the road dead straight (if so maybe Australia/USA?) Is the road line down the middle yellow (USA and I think SA) or white? etc.
Challenge mode: Leave the guessing map at default zoom. 20 minutes or less. http://bit.ly/1a4y8Ne
But what's the point of not zooming in the guessing map (in the top right)? That's just the interface for giving the answer; and restricting zoom just makes it a pretty poor mouse accuracy game. If you know the exact position, you should be given the interface to mark it exactly.
No google help etc. score is http://www.geoguessr.com?s=eyJ0b3RhbFBvaW50cyI6MTEzOTcsInZlc...
Damn, I thought I'd beat you, but your last one was really close and made for all points I were ahead of you.
I have to admit I found "Antibes" written on one of the posters and got 6k points just for one guess.
Challenge mode: Leave the guessing map at default zoom. 20 minutes or less. http://bit.ly/1a4y8Ne
I understand not moving around the car and not Googling (and even not rotating though I consider it extreme) -- all that is part of the inherent challenge of finding out where you are from visual information. But what's the point of not zooming in the guessing map (in the top right)? That's just the interface for giving the answer; and restricting zoom just makes it a pretty poor mouse accuracy game. If you know the…
And it's also a bit of a geography test. I guessed Moscow (wrongly, it was Minsk) and had to test my knowledge of where in the giant unlabeled shape of Russia that was. Similarly, pinpointing Montana out of all North America (with no country or state boundaries) is a lot harder than guessing "somewhere in Montana" when you can see the outline of Montana.