Two different styles of competitive play my fiancee and I tried:
1. You can spin around, you can't move and you can't Google. 2. You can spin around, you can move, and you can Google - but you only have 10 minutes for 5 guesses.
GeoGuessr: Guess the location from Google street view
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#82I'm very curious about how it calculates the score, but I can't find an explaination. I know nearer is higher.
I only tried it briefly last night so I'm not sure about this, but probably (circumference of the earth) - (straight line* distance between guess and actual location)
A bit more experimentation should reveal the real answer.
*I'd have thought they'd use great circle, but no: it's just a big straight line on the map.
Re: GeoGuessr: Guess the location from Google street view
#83you should add the time it took and the number of clicks (ie. how far you traveled by clicking on the arrows) to the score.
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#84Three suggestions that came to mind after playing this game for a while (skipping over performance issues, as they seemed to be from the Google street view API and not the app): local storage to save any progress when accidentally leaving the page, specific region gameplay and custom mapping for challenging friends.
By "specific region gameplay" I mean allowing the player to crop a certain region on the map and let them play within that area. For instance, America could be cropped and the player could then be tested at his/her ability to spot the different characteristics of each state. This basically just adds a certain ease to the gameplay instead of being placed into a secluded forest in Asia.
And custom mapping is basically how it sounds: allow the player to place their own markers and share the link with friends. Though since the "sharing link" is currently just a base64'd JSON string, I'm sure customized links could be created with a little manual effort if needed.
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#85Excellent game!! I scored 17 349 but did allow myself to Google anything I could find (but for some places there are very few clues). The urls should be shorter! http://www.geoguessr.com?v=eyJ0b3RhbFBvaW50cyI6MTczNDksInZlc...
I don't know if using Google is supposed to be within the spirit of the game, but it's incredibly satisfying to scrape together a few clues, and then home in on the exact spot. Playing it without Google is a lot more boring in my opinion. The biggest problem is that South Africa, Mexico, and Australia all have extremely similar looking endless expanses of nothing.
Tip: cars drive on the left in Australia, so road signs and posts will be on the left.
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#86Loved looking for signs, and clues. Very addicting. Makes you feel like a world traveler and a super sleuth at the same time.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know if using Google is supposed to be within the spirit of the game, but it's incredibly satisfying to scrape together a few clues, and then home in on the exact spot. Playing it without Google is a lot more boring in my opinion. The biggest problem is that South Africa, Mexico, and Australia all have extremely similar looking endless expanses of nothing.
Tip: cars drive on the left in Australia, so road signs and posts will be on the left.
They also do in South Africa too, which is unfortunate.
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#88Interestingly my guesses based on roads (when it was middle of nowhere) were all wrong. I always mixed Australia and South American countries. Cool game though.
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#89What's the etiquette: is it fair to Google what you find on signs?
Sometimes I play with the "no-Google" rule, sometimes not. I am obsessed with this game. It's useful to study the Street View coverage map [1].
My best non-Google ever was being plopped down in front of a motel in Idaho City I'd stayed at; the second best was in front of the Miaoli train station in Taiwan. Both times, within 5m of the original location.
[1] https://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answ...
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#90Sugestion : it will be challenging if it could be possible to limit the steps in one location to max 10 - 15, then it can be very interesting to see who scores >10k points.