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MapTap Unlimited
The MapTap game with no daily limit. Guess where in the world: spin a 3D globe, tap where you think the city is, and score by how close you land. 5 places a run, as many runs as you like.
How to play MapTap
The rules, the scoring, and the questions people ask.
How to play MapTap
The rules, the scoring, and the questions people ask.
How to play
- 1You get 5 places, one at a time. Each names a city and the country it is in.
- 2Spin the globe with a drag, pinch or scroll to zoom, then tap where you think the city is.
- 3Scoring is by distance, not right or wrong. Inside 25 km is full marks, and a few hundred kilometres still scores well.
- 4The answer drops as a pin with a line back to your guess, and the globe turns to show you where it was.
- 5Five places make a run out of 1,000. Play as many runs as you like.
Questions
How do you play MapTap?
You are given a city and the country it is in, and a 3D globe you can spin. Drag to turn the world, pinch or scroll to zoom, then tap the spot where you think the city is. There is no typing and no multiple choice: the whole game is knowing roughly where places are.
How is MapTap Unlimited different from the daily MapTap game?
The daily MapTap deals 5 places and stops until tomorrow; this one deals 5 more every time you press play again, as often as you like. Free, with no sign-up, no app and no download: it runs in the browser and plays the same on a phone as on a laptop.
How is the geography game scored?
By distance, not right or wrong. A tap within 25 km is full marks, and the score falls away with distance from there, so a near miss still pays. Anything inside 150 km counts as a hit. 5 places make a run out of 1,000.
Where do the cities and the map come from?
Both come from Natural Earth, a public domain map dataset, so the coordinates and the country outlines are free to use and nothing is taken from another service. Cities are drawn from the world's most populous, banded by size so a run opens with places most people know and ends somewhere harder.
Do I need to know exact coordinates?
No. Getting the right country is usually worth a solid score and the right side of it is worth most of one. The game rewards a sense of where places sit relative to each other, which is why a guess is worth making even when you are unsure.
What is a good score in MapTap?
A run is out of 1,000. Landing every place inside a few hundred kilometres puts you well past half, and a run over 800 means you were close to exact on nearly all 5. Your best run is kept on your own device.
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