6/21/05 | 1:17 pm | New Hi Res World Google Maps!
Woohoo! I had earlier postulated that the reason for the expanded google map slider magnification was to get ready for hi-res areas in the rest of the world. Sure enough, Luke P just took a look and saw that much of Europe and some of Asia is now at hi-res. Finally, Scavengeroogle is ready for the rest of the world!
As far as I know, this happened today because all those hi res satellite pics in Europe certainly weren’t around right when the Google maps slidebar was updated to 18/18 magnification earlier. I made sure to check that. In addition to Europe there are a ton of other countries represented in hi res, including some in Asia. Just a quick glance around, I saw Japan and Thailand had some squares.
What does this mean for Scavengeroogle? Well, in general it’s good because it gives us more regions to look for clues in. But it may make it more difficult as a game for players because they have to worry about looking in other countries, and it will make it more difficult for clue creators because the number of herrings is now increased exponentially. I guess we will see!
So, I’ll be expecting some clue submissions from the rest of the world, and in fact I’ll give those priority. Remember, you can submit planes, ships, airports and famous landmarks but I tend not to use those…
June 22nd, 2005 at 3:41 pm
Awesome! I’ve already found my first submission… there’s a plane in the picture, but the plane is not the focus of the picture. The plane just happens to be in the way. Now to think of a clue ….
June 23rd, 2005 at 6:36 pm
Mike, that would be cool.. yeah planes are difficult because they are a hot ticket item on google sightseeing sites. But, if it just HAPPENED to be in the picture of another clue then that’s great! =)