Author Topic: GeoGuessr is genius (Read 2111 times)

BobFromPikeCreek · « **on:** May 13, 2013, 12:23:14 PM »

http://geoguessr.com/

It randomly drops you somewhere in the world in street view and you have to try and figure out where you are.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2013, 12:26:56 PM »

Haha. I just got dropped right in the middle of the Shibuya intersection, so maybe it's not so random after all.

cool breeze · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2013, 12:39:13 PM »

keeps dropping me in long stretches of road with nothing around. now it put me next to a place with a "HI-TECH ARCADE." this is fun.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2013, 01:31:27 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on May 13, 2013, 12:26:56 PM

Haha. I just got dropped right in the middle of the Shibuya intersection, so maybe it's not so random after all.

definitely not. i've seen repeats a few times.

Rufus · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2013, 02:21:37 PM »

This is cool. Just got dropped into an interection in bumfuck nowhere though. Yellow stripes on the road, so, uh... America? edit: And I actually got within about 400km.

My score:

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http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2013, 02:23:31 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on May 13, 2013, 02:21:37 PM

This is cool. Just got dropped into an interection in bumfuck nowhere though. Yellow stripes on the road, so, uh... America? edit: And I actually got within about 400km.

Those are my favorite ones. You gotta cruise around and play detective a bit.

Rufus · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2013, 02:26:48 PM »

A one room insurance agency across from a church. Ah, life.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2013, 02:48:08 PM »

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http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D

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Boom.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2013, 02:53:31 PM »

Getting put in Russia is the absolute worst.

Rufus · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2013, 02:58:10 PM »

Yeah, unless it's a big city you're going to be way off now matter what. I just got put in some restaurant. Unless it's famous for something I'm going to have to start racially profiling the people there.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2013, 06:11:11 PM »

http://tinyurl.com/cmb7ccj

Timber · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2013, 06:28:08 PM »

How am I supposed to tell Sweden from Canada?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2013, 08:02:35 PM »

I got Kariwa in Poland as my first location.

Only 900km off on both my first two guesses

Score: 10,346

chronovore · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2013, 08:43:19 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 13, 2013, 02:48:08 PM

spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D
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Boom.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2013, 09:35:55 PM »

Got a place i knew on the Orkneys !

>> You missed with 0.01 km which gave 6478 points. <<

hells yes

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2013, 09:41:46 PM »

this is amazing - thought processes :

1 - which side the road they are driving on
2 - look for road markings, sign style
3 - look for URLs on bill boards
4 - how are the people dressed
5 - how is the weather

I got Legoland... but WHICH one - Florida? Germany? Denmark? I guessed based on the clothing and the backpacks being on the wrong way round. So good - it's LETS PLAY INTERNET DETECTIVE!

http://bit.ly/10mFzOq <--- 20408 points

pilonv1 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2013, 09:47:29 PM »

Going to have a serious crack at 20k during lunch today. Utterly addicted, I love looking at maps

I think there should be a limit on the amount of "moves" you can make per location. Otherwise it becomes a bit easy

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2013, 10:25:57 PM »

I can't decide if googling is cheating. Like, googling area codes and such. I'm not doing it, but it doesn't seem super unfair.

tiesto · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2013, 10:46:12 PM »

10204 is my highest so far... those Australia ones in the middle of nowhere are the ones that get me every time

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #19 on:** May 13, 2013, 11:08:24 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on May 13, 2013, 10:25:57 PM

I can't decide if googling is cheating. Like, googling area codes and such. I'm not doing it, but it doesn't seem super unfair.

depends - it's fun either way. Not so much that it's "unfair" in that you approach the game differently.

Himu · « **Reply #20 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:01:34 AM »

Got some pic, and it had shitty road infrastructure, tar on the ground, grey skies, trucks, two lane per direction road, with grass in the middle. "That is home. That is TEXAS."

Correct answer. :lenowned

Robo · « **Reply #21 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:04:38 AM »

I got stuck out on a gravel path in the woods near a boarded-up shack flying a Confederate flag. It was in Northern California . . .

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #22 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:22:47 AM »

http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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

Google does make this quite a bit easier.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** May 14, 2013, 08:58:31 AM »

For a real challenge, don't use Google and don't move away from the initial starting position.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #24 on:** May 14, 2013, 10:28:12 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 14, 2013, 08:58:31 AM

For a real challenge, don't use Google and don't move away from the initial starting position.

a friend of mine and I did this when we first discovered the site. we also had a 1 minute time limit. we did surprisingly well when we realized that most places are either Australia, South Africa, or America. The other places are easily identified as Mexico, or somewhere in Euroland.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #25 on:** May 14, 2013, 01:43:20 PM »

Doesn't seem like it's working today.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #26 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:14:09 PM »

It's working for me.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #27 on:** May 14, 2013, 03:47:44 PM »

Won't work for me. :'(

naff · « **Reply #28 on:** May 14, 2013, 11:38:22 PM »

9357. I clicked through fairly quickly, came close-ish on 4 and was way, way off on 1.

http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D

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