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Mizuti Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York Posts: 972 Good Answers: 23	How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 10:47 AM
	Can you figure out where in the world you are based on some scant details such as shrubbery / random buildings / trees? Try this little in-browser game then! http://geoguessr.com/ It gives you a random Google street view and you have to place a marker as to where abouts you think it is! Try your best without Google'ing names of buildings. My score was - 7390, what's yours? _{^{<this random annoyance has been brought to you by the letter "M">}} __________________ The first law of thermodynamics is you do NOT talk about thermodynamics.
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Randall Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 5826 Good Answers: 322	#1 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 11:04 AM
	I dunno: a dark cellar; a cave deep underground; the Marianas trench, or, somewhere in space with no galaxies. How did I do? __________________ If you spend all your time looking for people and things to complain about: trust me, you will find plenty to complain about.
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Mizuti Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York Posts: 972 Good Answers: 23	#2 In reply to #1 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 11:11 AM
	The best! __________________ The first law of thermodynamics is you do NOT talk about thermodynamics.
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BruceFlorida Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1688 Good Answers: 145	#7 In reply to #1 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 8:57 PM
	Geoguesser does not seem to like my Firefox. All I get is the same black screen that Randall displayed. __________________ Few things limit our potential as much as knowing answers and setting aside questions.
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Usbport Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor Posts: 5363 Good Answers: 647	#3 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 11:39 AM
	I got 10,054. My biggest miss was guessing a location in Spain that was actually in Cuba. __________________ Whiskey, women -- and astrophysics. Because sometimes a problem can't be solved with just whiskey and women.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#4 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 11:58 AM
	9339, but when I missed, I missed big time.
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ronclarke Guru Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 507 Good Answers: 3	#5 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 3:34 PM
	Directly above the center of the earth. __________________ I went to Texas A&M, I am proud to be an Aggee. Proud to be an Aggey, Proud to be an Agie.............Proud to have gone to Texas A&M.
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truth is not a compromise Guru Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8006 Good Answers: 286	#6 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/17/2013 8:32 PM
	Game finished! You got 11294 points in total. Share your score with the url: or let others challenge your score with the url: 30.7K __________________ Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge. - George Santayana
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IdeaSmith Guru Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Out of your mind! Not in sight! Posts: 4424 Good Answers: 108	#12 In reply to #6 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/19/2013 5:46 AM
	http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D only 9000 something. Got that war museum wrong! __________________ Common Sense Dictates
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kramarat Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 13529 Good Answers: 468	#8 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/18/2013 1:07 AM
	Please don't hold this against me, but I'm going to try to answer the question in British.... I cunt finger out what happened to my mailbox. It's gone. __________________ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin
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kramarat Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 13529 Good Answers: 468	#9 In reply to #8 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/18/2013 1:16 AM
	Don't taze me dude....I'm hooked on fonix. __________________ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin
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GM1964 Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1335 Good Answers: 23	#10 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/18/2013 5:27 AM
	Just 8833. Best result: random click in the Aussie outback got around 100K from target. __________________ Madness is all in the mind
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IdeaSmith Guru Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Out of your mind! Not in sight! Posts: 4424 Good Answers: 108	#11 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/19/2013 5:41 AM
	I had 9223 points. accept the challange with the same set of pictures http://bit.ly/13yhaDn See if you can get more! Cheers IS __________________ Common Sense Dictates
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GM1964 Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1335 Good Answers: 23	#14 In reply to #11 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/19/2013 1:11 PM
	12065: and I missed Scone Palace - haven't been there for 30+ years. __________________ Madness is all in the mind
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Randall Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 5826 Good Answers: 322	#13 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/19/2013 12:02 PM
	12804 points after lots of goes where I could never get in the right continent. I just kept getting a simple road in a barren landscape with nothing to go on. I was beginning to think that you guys all knew something about road markings which I hadn't been initiated into. __________________ If you spend all your time looking for people and things to complain about: trust me, you will find plenty to complain about.
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IdeaSmith Guru Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Out of your mind! Not in sight! Posts: 4424 Good Answers: 108	#15 In reply to #13 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/20/2013 10:59 AM
	Look for the kangaroo signs along the road! Other than that go by the road. Gravel Road = Canada Dirt Road = US Mud = Asia No Road = France Canal beside road= Holland Tar on raod = US Cobble Stone = Germany 5 lanes in one direction = US Bushes to the edge of the raod = Italy no bushes = Africa small side strip = Europe no side strip mountanius = South America And so on. Maybe somebody else has some more rules of thumb! Have fun! __________________ Common Sense Dictates
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Ron Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wisconsin USA Posts: 824 Good Answers: 37	#16 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/20/2013 11:34 AM
	First (only) try: 11,147. Haven't figured out how to copy the URL, or to follow the link -anyone know the trick? __________________ " Ignorance and arrogance have more in common than their last four letters. "
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GM1964 Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1335 Good Answers: 23	#17 In reply to #16 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/20/2013 2:22 PM
	There is a box at the top of the page, above the map, with the code in it: just copy & paste. __________________ Madness is all in the mind
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Ron Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wisconsin USA Posts: 824 Good Answers: 37	#18 In reply to #17 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/20/2013 3:27 PM
	"There is a box at the top of the page, above the map, with the code in it: just copy & paste." Sounds absolutely reasonable to me - BUT: I tried copy-&-paste on the box earlier; only got first handful of characters (what actually SHOWS in the box; truncated). Tried using mouse to highlight start of link, and holding down right arrow key until all 780 characters had finally gone by, but it didn't stay highlighted first few attempts. Finally got one to highlight; copied, pasted, but it failed to connect. Tried again, and pasted into TinyURL, got short version made up; it also failed to connect. Tried yet again, and clicked "inspect element". A MUCH longer segment showed near bottom on-screen, and I again did the highlight-and-slide to get it in its entirety. Put into browser, but link didn't work. Pasted it into TinyURL box, got failure when trying both the "raw" version that they display, AND the shortened version. "Inspect Element" also offered options of "Copy Inner HTML" and "Copy Outer HTML" (may not be exact, but close enough to recognize). Not sure what either actually means - but the results seemed to be the same link address with some additional character strings within double sets of quotation marks. They didn't work as links either as-is, nor when the double-quoted section was deleted. Didn't try them in TinyURL. The "Inspect Element" display didn't offer a means to go back to the GeoGuesser page, which was still visible as background surround. Finally just closed the Inspect Element screen, but that also closed the original page. I didn't try to copy or otherwise use the second box at top, only the first one. If ever this site asks me to fill out a survey questionnaire, it will NOT get a decent ranking for Ease of Navigation! __________________ " Ignorance and arrogance have more in common than their last four letters. "
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ScottF Active Contributor Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Western Utah Posts: 14	#19 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/20/2013 3:56 PM
	Scored 11836! Thanks , that was fun! __________________ "To the optimist, the glass is half-full. To the pessimist, the glass is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." Borrowed from DCaD.
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Paddy O'Flanigan Power-User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 255 Good Answers: 2	#20 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/20/2013 5:03 PM
	18765 Geolocating score
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Randall Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 5826 Good Answers: 322	#21 In reply to #20 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/21/2013 6:12 AM
	Well if you're going to cheat 25879 and not difficult to improve on that score __________________ If you spend all your time looking for people and things to complain about: trust me, you will find plenty to complain about.
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Paddy O'Flanigan Power-User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 255 Good Answers: 2	#22 In reply to #21 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/21/2013 9:48 AM
	What a funny quirk... My score was with a fresh game. It looks like you (Randall) were given the exact same spots which you already had a good idea from my locations. Looks like the Geoguessr people need to do some work
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Randall Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 5826 Good Answers: 322	#25 In reply to #22 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/22/2013 5:06 AM
	Not a funny quirk. I cheated as I indicated I was going to by:- Of course if you had just provided that URL then I wouldn't have had the advantage of seeing your answers. __________________ If you spend all your time looking for people and things to complain about: trust me, you will find plenty to complain about.
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ScottF Active Contributor Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Western Utah Posts: 14	#23 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/21/2013 2:33 PM
	26,361 !!! __________________ "To the optimist, the glass is half-full. To the pessimist, the glass is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." Borrowed from DCaD.
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Mizuti Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New York Posts: 972 Good Answers: 23	#24 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/21/2013 5:48 PM
	Relevant - http://xkcd.com/1214/ __________________ The first law of thermodynamics is you do NOT talk about thermodynamics.
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silvCrow Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Aloha or Posts: 659 Good Answers: 19	#26 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/22/2013 11:19 AM
	21437 spent a lot of time on it. My group is below. Nailed 4 right on the money and off on the last by a hundred kilometers http://www.geoguessr.com?s=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%3D __________________ Closed biased minds are utterly impervious to any factual evidence which contradicts their beliefs
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GM1964 Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1335 Good Answers: 23	#27 In reply to #26 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 05/22/2013 4:54 PM
	27861 __________________ Madness is all in the mind
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SavvyExacta Guru Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY Posts: 2313 Good Answers: 59	#28 Re: How Are You at Geolocating? 06/17/2013 12:15 PM
	Was browsing old threads and happened across this one - I got 10420! Thanks for sharing. It's a cool game.
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