Playing Geoguessr
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Geoguessr is a free game designed to enhance image recognition and geography skills by having players guess the location of random Google Street View images. Players can earn points based on the accuracy of their guesses, and additional focused games are available within the community. To play, users must create a free account, select a game mode, and guess locations before receiving a score and digital badge.
Playing Geoguessr
- 1. John Allan 2020 Geoguessr Geoguessr is a free game that promotes developing skills of image recognition and accessing of world knowledge. The game is played by guessing the location of a Google Street View image anywhere in the world chosen at random by GeoGuesser, you could also use the filtering options that constrain the location, to the Canada for example. Points are earned by correctly guessing the locations seen in the Street View images. The accuracy of a guess determines the points the student earns. Recognizing landscape features and synthesizing personal knowledge of landform types, weather, vegetation, climate, and cultural features like building styles or languages present in signage to identify the on-screen location. How to play a Geoguessr game 1) Got to the website www.geoguessr.com. 2) To play, create a free account by clicking on the Create Account button. 3) After you have registered, click on the Continue button. 4) Select the game, World by clicking on the Play button.
- 2. John Allan 2020 Note: Without a paid subscription, a student can only play one game per day. 5) Clicking on the Play button. Note: At this point students can choose between a Single player or a Challenge game. In this example, the Single Player game is chosen. 6) Click on the Single player icon, and then click on the Start Game button. Note: The Challenge game is limited to subscribers only.
- 3. John Allan 2020 7) A Street View location appears. Look around the screen for clues. 8) Click on the map icon and click on the where the place where you think this place is located. 9) After the location guess is pinned on the map, click on the Guess button.
- 4. John Allan 2020 10) The results appear. In this case the guess was bad so the learner earned only a few points. 11) The player reads the results from the guess and then clicks on the Play Next Round button. 12) A new Street View location appears. There are 5 locations in each game.
- 5. John Allan 2020 13) After the last location guess, the player clickson the View Summary button. 14) The player is awared a digital badge. 15) Click on the Continue button. 16) The final score is diplayed and an invitation to play again is displayed, but the player will have to wait 24 hours.
- 6. John Allan 2020 Additional Games There are games that define a focused geographical area or genre. Most of these are made by individual in the Geoguessr commmunity. Examples of these are: • Countries • Various topics • Cities