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  2. GeoGuessr - Wikipedia

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    The game's HUD primarily features the Google Street View imagery, as well as a compass. Users can control the movement, panning, and zooming of the image, although GeoGuessr allows any of these features to be disabled for harder gameplay. An inset map, using Google Maps's standard overlay, allows players to place a pin to make their guess.

  3. Andrew Ellicott - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Ellicott (January 24, 1754 – August 28, 1820) was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.

  4. Geohashing - Wikipedia

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    Geohashing / ˈ dʒ iː oʊ ˌ h æ ʃ ɪ ŋ / is an outdoor recreational activity inspired by the webcomic xkcd, in which participants have to reach a random location (chosen by a computer algorithm), prove their achievement by taking a picture of a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or another mobile device and then tell the story of their trip online.

  5. Fleck brings social gaming (and zombies) to Google Maps and ...

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    That is, each environment in the game represents a real world place, but rather than seeing a completely animated background, filled with static buildings or plant life, you'll see the white lines ...

  6. Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia

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    On January 1, 1793, Andrew Ellicott submitted to the commissioners a report that stated that the boundary survey had been completed and that all of the boundary marker stones had been set in place. Ellicott's report described the marker stones and contained a map that showed the boundaries and topographical features of the Territory of Columbia.

  7. 30 Maps To Expand Your Knowledge Of The World With Random ...

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    Image credits: Ibis_Wolfie In the 1930s, Otto G. Lindberg and Ernest Alpers from General Drafting Co. were making a road map of New York state. They decided to make up a fictitious hamlet called ...

  8. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite ...

  9. List of geolocation-based video games - Wikipedia

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    It's Alive Mobile Games AB! 2001-03-14 One of the first location-based games [2] Worldseekers [3] iOS, Android, Windows PC: Final Boss Editing's Games 2025-04-29 Demo Active. Currently in development. Game merges mobile location-gaming with PC deckbuilding. Xyber Mech [4] SMS: one2tribe 2005-04-20 Was available on Polish GSM network Plus GSM ...