PlaceSpotting

__TOC__"PlaceSpotting" is an online game, based on Google Maps. It's server is based in Switzerland and has English and German language versions. In international Media, "PlaceSpotting" is recommended as a "challenging amusement" ( [http://www.stern.de/computer-technik/internet/:Placespotting-Geo-R%E4tsel-Google-Maps/604481.html article in stern.de de icon] )

What is it about

The way "PlaceSpotting" works is simple:
*To create a new quizz, move and zoom the map until it shows an interesting place. Provide some hints for the person who will try to solve it and a message one will see if the riddle is solved. After saving the quiz you can send it by mail to a friend or embed it in your homepage as a picture.
*If someone wants to solve the quiz its task is to find the place shown in your picture on a second google map. The site additionally has a blog to share questions or hints, a search function, and the possibility to rate quizzes.
*Players are scoring an approximate 11% success rate.cite web |url=http://www.placespotting.com/more.php |title=Site Info / Contact |last=Fussen |first=Martin |date=May 25, 2008]
*In the first year after going live approximately 1.2 Million quizzes were opened and 8'000 created.

The basic idea

"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.

Community

"PlaceSpotting" is even present on Facebookcite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4842022691 |title=Facebook Group] and StudiVZcite web |url=http://www.studivz.net/Groups/Overview/0cc3249e836cc1fb |title=StudiVZ Group] and on Youtubecite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvkRNGwhhP8&feature |title=Youtube Video PlaceSpotting] is a short Video about how to play "PlaceSpotting".

External links

* [http://www.placespotting.com/ placeSpotting.com]

References

Media coverage

* [http://www.heise.de/ct/07/22/228/ Story in German magazine, "ct" de icon]
* [http://www.20min.ch/digital/webpage/story/13984896 A story in the Swiss online magazine 20minuten.ch de icon]
* [http://www.stern.de/computer-technik/internet/:Placespotting-Geo-R%E4tsel-Google-Maps/604481.html An article in the well known German magazine stern.de de icon]
* [http://www.metro.se/se/article/2008/03/09/21/5208-65/index.xml An article in the Swedish online newspaper Metropol swe icon]