World Guesser

A location-guessing game played from inside a photograph. You are dropped somewhere in the world at street level, you can look around, and the task is to work out where you are from whatever the view contains — then place a pin on a world map. The clues are more systematic than they first appear. Which side of the road traffic drives on halves the world immediately; road markings, bollard design and number plate shapes narrow it to a region; vegetation and the angle of the sun narrow the latitude; and any text at all usually settles it. Learning to read those in order rather than hunting for a recognisable landmark is the difference between a wild guess and a close one. Scoring is by distance, so a correct region is worth a great deal even without the exact place, and that keeps the game rewarding long before you are any good at it. Rounds take a few minutes and several make a session. It needs a mouse or a touchscreen to look around comfortably and a moderately capable connection for the imagery. There is no account required. One of the better ways to accidentally learn a great deal of geography while thinking you are playing a game.