Addictive Google Maps Game

GrumpyFrog said:
First go 23,478 !

Mind you I was given 3 in Europe which were pretty easy (Romania, Sardinia, Holland). I located the one in Holland to within 0.028km due to the signs on new building plots.

Of the other 2, the first (round 1) was a dusty road somewhere in Australia and I lost the will to live. I stabbed my finger somewhere in the middle of Oz and it turned out to be northern Queensland.

The last one (round 5) was a featureless road in Georgia, USA. Mind you I was getting the hang of it by now and persisted until I found a road sign.

Absolutely wonderful game. Makes me glad I don't live in Queensland or Georgia.

I think it would be improved by deducting points for every click of the mouse you make and/or setting a time limit of 5 mins for each round. Thus forcing you to make an educated guess based on limited info.
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So you can travel from where it puts you until you see something with writing on. Did not know that.
 
Even when I get ones I've had previously i still fuck it up and finish below 10,000. How does anyone get 20k +?
 
If you wander around far enough you'll come to signposts or adverts which give you a clue. When I landed in Sardinia I saw no clues except a road sign for SS 389 (or similar) so I popped onto Google search to find out where SS 389 was.
The remarkable realisation is that you could physically land anywhere on the planet and, armed with a laptop/phone with internet access, you can work out where you are pretty quickly.
However for a game to work you need a constraint of time and/or clicks. As it stands the game rewards the patient plodder rather than the educated guesser.
 
GrumpyFrog said:
If you wander around far enough you'll come to signposts or adverts which give you a clue. When I landed in Sardinia I saw no clues except a road sign for SS 389 (or similar) so I popped onto Google search to find out where SS 389 was.
The remarkable realisation is that you could physically land anywhere on the planet and, armed with a laptop/phone with internet access, you can work out where you are pretty quickly.
However for a game to work you need a constraint of time and/or clicks. As it stands the game rewards the patient plodder rather than the educated guesser.
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I've only ever played without the help of Google. I'd like a crack with it and may well have a dabble. Played a game since my last post on here and the first location was inside Wolfsburg's stadium.
 
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