GeoGuessr - your best tips needed

I've have a departmental PRO subscription to the GeoGuessr site

I used to play this when it first came out in 2013. It was developed by Anton Wallén, and was originally free, but has moved to a subscription based model and now has a thriving community and a whole range of boards and challenges, including trying to identify countries in a streak as well as a daily challenge.

There is also the option to create your own map using the Map Maker tool.

There are lots of sites giving tips on how to identify countries from a range of clues.

It also makes use of Google Street View, which doesn't cover the whole world of course. A map of the coverage is here.



Interestingly, the game gained a lot of additional popularity during lockdown when people started playing it as a way of 'travelling the world'.

There are some very sophisticated groups out there such as GeoTips, who have their own Discord server for keeping track of activity and World Record attempts.

There are also Twitch streamers who play the game live, perhaps in Battle Royale mode, where you compete against other players to identify locations the soonest.

I'm going to be putting together a little user guide / training guide to upskill the players to get better scores.

Also, any guidance on playing the game on UK rounds - how do you know which part of the UK you are in? There are some obvious clues for Wales and Northern Ireland including road markings at bends, for example.

Any other GeoGuessr tips and ideas welcome.

Use the GOOGLE FORM here.

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