![]() ![]() 939:Zhigansk,founded in 1632, 865:Agraphena Island. Knowing well that downstream from Yakutsk there are at least some settlements, I made a quick Google/Wikipedia search for those and found 1710:Yakutsk. I just tried out what Cueball suggests, and the first city I found was Yakutsk. Saved him many of the times he was dumped in the north pacific. My son, then ten years old, scored a major coup by finding a giant barge on ebay for $800. You got more money for the next round if you survived, and bonus points for how quickly you could identify where you were on the map, starting from the mostzoomed in point. It was called "Would you live?" and involved getting a sum of pretend money with which to pretend buy things on ebay, after which you would be dropped at a random point on the map. 194.106.220.85 09:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC) My kids and I invented a similar game using google maps. Participants would "drive" around the map, collecting clues and answering questions, and the like. It involved a Rand McNally map of the USA (and it had the be the right Rand McNally map for the year). There used to be a game (don't know if it is still played) called "Table Top Rallying". It starts by putting you at a random point and the zoom is disabled. It's just a piece of software he uses as a game.Įrm. That would imply Google Maps is a game too. Click click click My hobby: Getting lost on Google Maps satelliteĪdd a comment! ⋅ add a topic (use sparingly)! ⋅ refresh comments! Discussion The scroll wheel tempts me, but I will not cheat. It has been nearly half an hour and still no sign of civilization. Transcript February 4th: Departed the mouth of the Lena River, heading south. This often necessitates the user making their way from the middle of the wilderness to some manner of civilization, exactly as in the comic. In the years since, a game called GeoGuessr has been released, with the user being put into a random location in Google Street View and asked to guess where they are in the world by analyzing clues in their environment. ![]() The title text states that he apparently somewhat still treats it as a game and that he has been on it for at least a decade. It appears that Cueball is simply trying to explore the world without leaving his laptop or purchasing an expensive game.Īlternatively, he may be playing Mapcrunch, this 'game' randomizes a street view location with the goal of finding the airport. Traveling south up the river will lead to the city of Yakutsk and eventually to Lake Baikal. The Lena River is a river in northern Russia, flowing into the Arctic Ocean (with a large delta).Ĭlicking on the comic leads to an online Google Maps page showing the satellite imagery of the Lena Delta. Using the scroll wheel, the user can zoom out to see a larger area. Google Maps is a service provided by Google that offers a map of the world including satellite and aerial imagery for free. Title text: I'm pretty sure I've logged more hours in Google Maps over the past decade than in any game. ![]()
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