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pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
8/2/13 8:20 a.m.

GeoGuesser

This site randomly plops you down somewhere on Google Earth, and you have to guess where. You get 5 locations, the closer the guess the more points you get. I am starting to be able to guess the Country 9 times out of 10 from the first glance. Perhaps I should get back to work.

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand Reader
8/2/13 8:31 a.m.

Man you were not kidding when you said it was addictive.

PHeller
PHeller UberDork
8/2/13 8:46 a.m.

You can pan around the street view which sometimes will give you information to improve your guess. They should have limited that ability.

Conquest351
Conquest351 UltraDork
8/2/13 8:58 a.m.

You got 9343 points in total

WonkoTheSane
WonkoTheSane GRM+ Memberand New Reader
8/2/13 9:02 a.m.

13107 my first go.. .and I'm closing the window and backing away before I lose all friday's worth of productivity!

Flight Service
Flight Service MegaDork
8/2/13 9:04 a.m.

that is awesome!

tuna55
tuna55 PowerDork
8/2/13 9:04 a.m.

I got pretty close on the second try when I realized that you could move around and look at the road signs and stuff. Then I closed it in a panic because I could do that all day.

mtn
mtn UltimaDork
8/2/13 9:13 a.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
8/2/13 9:41 a.m.

9750 best so far.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
8/2/13 9:42 a.m.

I am so deep, I can identify Poland from the Ukraine by the differences in their concrete light posts. Walk away! I am warning you!

slefain
slefain UltraDork
8/2/13 9:42 a.m.

31,896

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
8/2/13 9:46 a.m.

It doesn't show anything except a big black page with some other stuff on it for me.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
8/2/13 9:49 a.m.

12499 first try.

http://url.geoguessr.com/3O7h

Proof!

I am proud.

02Pilot
02Pilot HalfDork
8/2/13 9:54 a.m.

13867 first time around. I was pleased to see that two of my guesses were within 50km; the others not so much. Distressingly addictive....

02Pilot
02Pilot HalfDork
8/2/13 10:12 a.m.

Woohoo! 18808!

To be fair, one of the locations was right next to the giant sign reading "Welcome to NTC Fort Irwin"...

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade UltraDork
8/2/13 10:27 a.m.

I had no idea how many backroads look just alike.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
8/2/13 11:13 a.m.

9323 for me. I guess I'm not well traveled enough. Then again when they plop you down on a 2 lane country road without a car or building in sight it's a little tough.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
8/2/13 11:24 a.m.
Toyman01 wrote: 9323 for me. I guess I'm not well traveled enough. Then again when they plop you down on a 2 lane country road without a car or building in sight it's a little tough.

I got one of those. I guessed the middle of Montana and was rewarded with 2400 points.

mattmacklind
mattmacklind UltimaDork
8/2/13 11:24 a.m.

Very addictive. My best so far was 266 KM away in France. South Africa, Australia, Canada and midwestern US look much more alike than I would have thought. Took me a few rounds before I realized the map has full Google functionality, so you can roam a little before guessing.

It put me down in the middle of the Simon Frasier University campus. I did not know that at the time but was awestruck at the architecture and the fact that I could see mountains pretty much all around.

Turns out Battlestar Galactica (new) did some filming there, as did the Halo 4 live action trailer. Striking place.

File:SFU AQ Gardens.jpg

tuna55
tuna55 PowerDork
8/2/13 11:56 a.m.

18830 and that was with one completely desolate place that was not in South America, but in Australia.

nderwater
nderwater UberDork
8/2/13 12:09 p.m.

16,477 first try, but I got lucky because one was pretty local and a second was a pretty easy guess.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
8/2/13 12:12 p.m.

This time I worked at it. That netted me 18698. I still ended up with one in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road on a beach. The image wouldn't let me move so I had to guess. I guessed the NC Outerbanks and it ended up being on the Black Sea in the Ukraine. That one cost me a bunch. My closest guess was a lot less than 1Km.

Fun site.

Kendall_Jones
Kendall_Jones HalfDork
8/2/13 12:47 p.m.

I like it when they drop you down on a spot you've been to before - Peel Castle, Isle of Man, I was 0.0074km away (and ~6k points)

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
8/2/13 12:51 p.m.

I hit 16,517. I suck at central American countries apparently.

mndsm
mndsm PowerDork
8/2/13 1:20 p.m.

My best guess so far.... 1.73km. It dropped me in the middle of a brazilian street, and there were phone numbers on the buildings. Google took care of the rest.

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