It’s about your ability to pick up on the details of the world around you, not your Google-fu. GeoGuessr isn’t really about high scores. That’ll certainly help your score, but it’s the wrong way to play the game. In many cases, you could even deduce your exact address by traveling down the road, zooming in on street signs or business names, and then doing a Google search. Memorize the basic contours of this map, and you can rule out entire regions from the get-go. One last, crucial hint: Google’s Street View cameras have covered an impressive portion of the globe, but large swaths of Asia, Africa, and South America remain uncharted. The takeaway: Language can be a good tip-off, but don’t assume a place is English-speaking just because it has terrible American chain restaurants. Wardley: Ha! I’m thinking that this has to be in Korea. But wait, what does that awning say? “Bennigan’s”? And that one says “Texas Western Ice Bar!”
Wardley: You can quickly tell this is Asia, just based on the inhabitants and the language on the buildings. Street View 2: A modern, urban plaza studded with men dressed in suits and a sculpture that looks like a giant swirl of purple frozen yogurt. Your instincts might be based on subconscious cues that your rational mind can’t quite place. But I’m going to go with my original gut instinct. Me: Yeah, why couldn’t this be Australia?
But I also know it’s a big industry in Australia. And then cattle are clearly a big industry in that part of the U.S. Just mostly because of the dryness of the landscape. Wardley: OK, right away I’m thinking American Southwest, probably like Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.
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