PlaceSpotting

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PlaceSpotting was an online game, based on Google Maps, developed by Swiss [1] programmer Martin Fussen. Its server is based in Switzerland and has English- and German-language versions. In international Media, PlaceSpotting is recommended as a "challenging amusement" [2] and an "educational way of wasting time on the internet". [3]

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Overview

The way PlaceSpotting works is simple:

Development

PlaceSpotting was developed for people who used email communication to send their friends screen shots of interesting places and wanted them to guess what place was shown in the picture.

Different platforms

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Two screens of the iPhone App.

Beside the web page PlaceSpotting can be played as a Facebook Application [5] or as an iPhone App [6] The iPhone Application was released 4 October 2009. A free version is planned. The application received the award App of the week [7] in December 2009 in Switzerland.

Community

PlaceSpotting is present on Facebook [8] and StudiVZ [9] and on YouTube [10] is a short Video about how to play PlaceSpotting.

See also

Media coverage

References

  1. ""PlaceSpotting" Turns Google Maps Into a Highly Addictive Online Game". PR.com. February 2, 2015. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  2. "Geo-Rätsel mit Google Maps". stern.de (in German). December 6, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  3. Moore, Matthew (July 18, 2008). "telegraph article". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  4. Fussen, Martin (May 25, 2008). "Site Info / Contact".
  5. "PlaceSpotting on Facebook | Facebook". apps.facebook.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. "iPhone App". iTunes . Retrieved July 29, 2019.[ dead link ]
  7. "nachrichten.ch - App der Woche - Lust auf ein Rätsel? PlaceSpotting! - Mobile, Kommunikation". www.egadgets.ch. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  8. "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  9. "studiVZ | Bist Du schon drin?" . Retrieved July 29, 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. "Google Maps are not boring". March 22, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2019 via YouTube.