GeoGuesser - Geography Detective based on Google Maps

One day I opened my eyes and realized that I was in some kind of a totally unfamiliar place. I was standing on the road in deserted seem countryside nearby could see some pretty ugly houses. I began to remember what this place is and how I got here, but the memory was a complete void. I went on the road, trying to figure out where I am. As luck would have it, on the street was not a single person, and rare cars pass without paying any attention to me.

Do you think that I have decided to tell you a story or second-rate horror film about their dreams? No, this is a new and very exciting game based on Google Maps, from which you just can not break away!

The game is called GeoGuesser and it is based on technology from Google StreetView company. About its meaning I have described above: you are in a totally unfamiliar place and your task is to figure out where you raised the unpredictable choice of service. To do this, you can move around the area, read the signs, look for road signs, trying to determine the names of stores or shopping on a passing car. In short, use any extracted information you need to determine your location.

Sometimes it can be quite easy and you just a few minutes, find a place of his stay. But sometimes you can enter somewhere on the highway in the Australian wastelands or in the Asian hinterland, where all the characters, and you have a good run around the neighborhood collecting the clues. In most cases, impossible to find without the help of Google and other sites use, but if suggest that there is a lost traveler in a pocket smartphone with access to the network, it is quite really.

Once you understand the place of its location, it should be noted that point on the map to the right. Please note that you need to note is the place where you were in the beginning, and not where you are after your searches. After that you will be the right place and the distance to the place that you have specified. Depending on your accuracy will be credited with the appropriate number of points.

The game consists of five rounds. When you complete all five tasks will be the final map, which will show all of your points and the total number of points accumulated by you. And yet there is a link through which you can share your results with all of your friends. Rather even two links: with the first, you can just show off their success, while the second allows you to call everyone to the competition by offering the same set of tasks that you just We decided.

GeoGuesser It is not the first example of the use of Google maps in gaming purposes. But it is so exciting and interesting realization I honestly do not remember. The discovery of the smallest clues, search for specific items, exploration of new countries addictive is not a joke, like a good detective hooked. Let's not forget the social element that allows you to compete with your friends in geoorientirovanii.

For example, it is possible to hold a competition for the title best detective geographer at Layfhakere! I suggest that you decide These five tasks and publish their results in the comments. I for example, scored as a result of 28246 points. And you? Share in the comments!

GeoGuesser