Where am I? Gaming whizzes put geography on the map


Rainbolt, a fast-talking computer geek, is one of the biggest stars in the GeoGuessr game community for his uncanny ability to determine the location of a Google Maps picture in a tenth of a second - less than the blink of an eye. — AFP

STOCKHOLM: The world's best gamers who can identify a location anywhere in the world after seeing an image in less than a second face off Saturday (Oct 14) in a world championship in Stockholm.

A picture of a sunny paved road appears on a computer screen, bordered by trees and bushes. A red dirt road crosses the paved road, in what appears to be a tropical landscape.

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