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FrodosPet

(5,169 posts) Tue Nov 17, 2015, 12:50 PM Nov 2015

Random Streetview Tourism - Tonaki Island, Japan

Random StreetView Tourism involves dropping the little yellow StreetView pin on some random part of the world in Google Maps (http://maps.google.com).

It's an excellent way to connect with the world on a budget. It allows you, at least on some small scale, to virtually experience life outside your immediate vicinity. You can see both the similarities and the differences between different nations, regions, locations.

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Random Streetview Tourism - Tonaki Island, Japan (Original Post) FrodosPet Nov 2015 OP

Siem Reap, Cambodia FrodosPet Nov 2015 #1

I've spent some time with this in Google Earth Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #2

That what I was using Geoguessr.com for csziggy Nov 2015 #3

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

1. Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Tue Nov 17, 2015, 01:02 PM

Nov 2015

Adsos Letter

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2. I've spent some time with this in Google Earth

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Tue Nov 17, 2015, 01:48 PM

Nov 2015

Same idea, drop down to street view and then "walk" around.

csziggy

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3. That what I was using Geoguessr.com for

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Tue Nov 17, 2015, 02:46 PM

Nov 2015

https://geoguessr.com/world/play

It drops you somewhere on the planet and you figure out where you are. It's supposed to be a game, but I learned a lot about the backwoods of other countries playing it. For instance, the deforestation in Brazil is displayed in appalling detail as is the infestation of wood borers in Scandinavia and Russia.

I'd rather use Geoguessr than trying to make my own "random" selections - they are much more random than I would be!

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