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nolan   Ireland. Jun 23 2014 07:29. Posts 6205 | | |
Sup dudes,
Anyone ever mess about with Geoguessr?.
I figure since probably a decent part of the userbase here has traveled or gone on some neat road trips people here would do pretty well at it. I find it funny how addicting this pretty simple game is.
If you don't know, basically it puts you at a random location of google street view and your goal is to try and guess as close as possible on a map where you are. Some people put their own little rules into play about how far you can move around on street view (if at all) and if you're allowed to google any roadsigns or other things you can see from where you are.

I believe this is a current depiction of their street view coverage to give you an idea of where it could put you. I'd note that the Maldives is also covered but hard to see on that map.
Once in awhile you get dropped in some pretty ridiculous spots, including occasionally inside buildings.
Anyways, been grinding a mega geoguessr session and figured I'd share in case it would interest anyone.
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bigredhoss   Cook Islands. Jun 23 2014 10:35. Posts 8649 | | |
goddamnit, why did you do this to me |
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devon06atX   Canada. Jun 23 2014 12:10. Posts 5460 | | |
| On June 23 2014 09:35 bigredhoss wrote:
goddamnit, why did you do this to me |
This. Sometimes I hate you Nolan hahaha |
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mnj   United States. Jun 23 2014 12:30. Posts 3848 | | |
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napoleono   Romania. Jun 23 2014 13:30. Posts 771 | | |
15071 pts at first. Was pretty close on all of them :D |
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k4ir0s   Canada. Jun 23 2014 15:27. Posts 3480 | | |
brilliant!
makes me smile when I look around and so often see an american flag. or a ford pickup truck. ez points^^
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GoldRush   United States. Jun 23 2014 16:17. Posts 1025 | | |
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lhr0909   China. Jun 23 2014 18:46. Posts 423 | | |
I am so unproductive today because of this LOL. got my coworkers play it too! |
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TalentedTom   Canada. Jun 24 2014 00:12. Posts 20070 | | |
ty nolan, those are hours of my life i aint getting back |
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ggplz   Sweden. Jun 24 2014 12:24. Posts 16784 | | |
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TalentedTom   Canada. Jun 24 2014 22:15. Posts 20070 | | |
| On June 23 2014 12:30 napoleono wrote:
15071 pts at first. Was pretty close on all of them :D |
how so high ;0 i find myself completley guessing very often |
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bigredhoss   Cook Islands. Jun 25 2014 05:53. Posts 8649 | | |
| On June 24 2014 21:15 TalentedTom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2014 12:30 napoleono wrote:
15071 pts at first. Was pretty close on all of them :D |
how so high ;0 i find myself completley guessing very often
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it just depends on what rules you set for yourself...i've gotten 15k+ a few times but each of those times i've moved around at least a minute or two looking around to see more of the area, looking for the language on road signs, etc. (esp on a couple of the ones that are just a road with a bunch of trees that could grow on like 4 different continents, i can't imagine guessing those without moving around some).
or you can just explore until you see street names/buildings/restaurants/etc. and google them obv but that kind of defeats the purpose |
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Silver_nz   New Zealand. Jun 25 2014 06:06. Posts 5647 | | |
Grinding Geoguesser sessions hahaha |
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devon06atX   Canada. Jun 25 2014 12:34. Posts 5460 | | |
The second one I did was a place that's about an hour and a half drive from where I live. Crazy huh.
I was like "I know this stretch of highway!" hah |
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Daut   United States. Jun 25 2014 15:24. Posts 8955 | | |
i got something around 23500. had a few 4997 (1 kim away i believe) 4995s and one i was a few hundred km off. the more time you put into it looking around, the closer you can get. |
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PuertoRican   United States. Jun 25 2014 20:14. Posts 13187 | | |
I got 9271 on my first try. I'll play this a lot after I finish my school quarter on Friday.
I totally fucked up on my first guess. I picked a place that looked similar to an old style of South America, similar to the countryside of Peru, but it was actually Romania. 
Anyway, good find. |
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