{"id":1252,"date":"2014-03-18T05:13:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T09:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:00:52","slug":"geoguesser-lets-explore-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2014\/03\/18\/geoguesser-lets-explore-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"GeoGuesser – Let’s Explore The World!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Use your knowledge of the lithosphere, pedosphere, and biosphere to guess where in the world these google map locations are!<\/p><\/div>\n

Think you\u2019re a geography expert? Test your knowledge with BBC Travel\u2019s Geoguessr<\/a> \u2013 the game that proves how well you know the world! As we explore the Lithosphere and Pedosphere and Biosphere check your skills against your knowledge. First, move around using your mouse and figure out where you are. Do you see some rich, red soil? What about volcanoes, palm trees, deserts, or oceans? Using your physical geography knowledge, try and guess where in the world you are located.Then click on the map in the lower right hand corner to place your marker (zoom in to increase your accuracy). When you\u2019re sure, click the \u201cmake a guess\u201d button, and find out how close you were!<\/p>\n

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Over 5 million miles of roads in street view by June 2012.<\/p><\/div>\n

Unfortunately, because the site relies upon google maps, all locations will be along roadways limiting the world to just the 5 million miles of roads with street view images in over 39 countries. \u00a0Once you\u2019ve mastered the basics, challenge my most recent score by clicking on this link<\/a>. The world\u2019s a huge place \u2013 get exploring and post your highest scores in the comments below!<\/p>\n

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Find out how close you were to each guess!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Think you\u2019re a geography expert? Test your knowledge with BBC Travel\u2019s Geoguessr \u2013 the game that proves how well you know the world! As we explore the Lithosphere and Pedosphere and Biosphere check your skills against your knowledge. First, move … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1685,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1043,1046,1044,1045,44767,1342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atmosphere","category-biosphere","category-hydrosphere","category-lithosphere","category-spring-2014","category-tools-of-the-geographer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}