I got so addicted to this for 3-4 months that I had to stop. It was so fun especially after I started to get the hang of the game and various nuance of local infrastructure.

For those looking to see some pros in action I highly recommend GeoWizard (has a bit of a comedy bent and tends to be regarded as an original pro who relies way less on meta), and Rainbolt, probably one of the single best players when it comes to memory.

I find it absurd it's even possible to do these. His skills have been used to report kidnappings recently.

Never seen any other geoguesser than Rainbolt, but he blows my mind every time.

Why does a game like that need an account…

It didn't used to, but Google 10x'd the API costs for street view.

HN users try not to get mad at a for-profit service that has to pay bills out of their control challenge (impossible)

Because it is based on Google Maps so needs to pay for that.

To raise enough money to buy a vowel, and fix the missing "e".

I happen to know the person who first came up with that when Flickr was looking for a name. He feels bad about it, so I try to keep my teasing down to once every few years.

If I Venmoed you $10 would you tease him about it this weekend?

Transfr both of us a fivr and we'll badgr and pestr him in tandm!

You mean Nb? I oftn vx that derangd mothr fuckr furthr than he deservs. ;)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415473

>I am looking forward to the day that AP starts replacing the missing penultimate "e"'s in the poorly spelled names of companies that were too cheap to buy the correct domain name, like Flickr and Flattr.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11526636

>What really impresses me about Viber is the way they went all out and splurged with an honest to god penultimate "e" before the final "r". Most dot-com companies would have settled for "Vibr", but they went the distance and bought an authentic luxurious vowel, precisely where it was called for, without going overboard and throwing in a sometimes-vowel "y" in place of the "i". Very bold and straightforward spelling, I must say. Color me impressed!

>>Viber is an Israeli company, don't be so judgmental of their poor startup spelling skills.

>>>No, you misunderstand: I am truly and earnestly impressed by their good spelling, not criticizing any bad grammar. If they'd named it "Vybr," it would have come off like Steve Buscemie holding a skateboard over his shoulder wearing a MUSIC BAND t-shirt, desperately trying to appeal to the youth demographic.

>>>>Read that one again with </sarcasm> at the end :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14489564

>The fact that its name is missing the penultimate "e" should have clued people in that it was an over-hyped up sham.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16822776

>2004 called. They want their missing penultimate "e" back.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483596

>I dunno -- the name "credder" sounds much more authoritative and trustworthy to me than "spidr", because they didn't leave out the penultimate "e".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29068627

>At least he didn't call it "Canvasr"! The missing-penultimate-e-suffix is so tird, not wird.

I do indeed. Glad to know more people are aware of his crime against humanity.

And also https://geotastic.net for a free alternative

+1 for Geotastic. I play regularly with friends — It's very well developed and he shows you how much your play has cost in Google Maps API usage to reference if you choose to (optionally) pay.