Can you find it?

[karohemd]

Cute little game: click the point on the world map where you think the section of satellite image is. Some of them are dead easy when you have a decent coastline, others are guesswork at best.

Comments

[chrisvenus]

I'm impressed at how well I did. Especially when I had one that was all ocean and I managed to get it within 93 miles or something. :)

The question becomes....

[will-sample.livejournal.com]

...what is 'close'? The best I've managed so far is 5 miles.

Re: The question becomes....

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

That is very good indeed and probably the best you can get as there's no indication as to which point the satellite image is centered on.

Re: The question becomes....

[will-sample.livejournal.com]

...the ocean pictures are particularly difficult. Without a land reference, its easy to be off by as much as 8000 miles.

Re: The question becomes....

[chrisvenus]

Is the satellite image not centred on the centre of the map? I think at the 5 mile range though the resolution of the world map becomes significant and you are well within a margin of error. I think I managed single figures when they were kind enough to give me england slap bang in the middle of the zoomed map. Nice and easy. :)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I'm identifying when a bit is the USA because the density of blanked-out military installations is about ten times that of anywhere else...