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by tom_mellior 1970 days ago
The first "France" video I got was from Paris at the Arc de Triomphe, which I duly tagged exactly on the map, only to be told I was one mile out (the map's marker was near the Louvre). Doesn't inspire 100% confidence.

Also, when I choose some geographically constrained area to guess in, like Europe or France, it would be nice if the guessing map didn't start out centered on the USA...
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rjmunro 1970 days ago
Maybe the total duration of the video walked to that area? But yeah, the default centring of the map is really annoying.
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rosstex 1969 days ago
Respectfully, I don't think the point is to be 100% accurate :) I'm having fun just immersing myself in other places
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FinanceAnon 1969 days ago
Are you sure it wasn't Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel? It is near Louvre and looks similar.
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tom_mellior 1969 days ago
Fair point, but no. Not that I wasn't sure before, but I found the video again (I see no way to get a YouTube link, which is a pity), and it's definitely "the one" at Place de l'Étoile. And for whatever it's worth, the game's marker isn't at the Carrousel either (I didn't check it in that much detail before), but at the start of Champs-Elysées near Concorde.
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