MapQuest!!!!! (the game)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Who knew MapQuest could be so much fun?? I didn’t, but it is.

Here’s the game.

Begin with a map of the United States. Zoom out as far as you can. Click on anywhere within the continental U.S. to re-center the map, and zoom in as far as you can. Add up the route, interstate and/or street numbers for a score. Zoom back out, re-center on a new location and zoom in again. Repeat.

We’ll set the game at 10 rounds. On my first attempt I scored a mere 594 points. Don’t laugh. Can you beat it?

One bonus point will be awarded when the “zoom-in” results in a completely blank map, meaning no streets, rivers, words, numbers etc.

Have at it.

2

Wow…I go nine rounds, amassing a total of three points (found three blank spots…isn’t there anything in Florida??). But most spots had no number streets.

Then, in round 10, I find the intersection of routes 776, 372, 774 and 75.

That give 1997 points, plus my three blanks, for a nice, even total of 2000 points.

Neener.

3

Dude, I must have a BFE detector in my mouse, because my total after ten rounds was a whopping 37 points.

4

I got zero. Nada. Maybe I’m playing wrong?

5

I got 2246! I got 4 total blanks, but I scored big with scenic route 2001 in my 7th round and I70 + Rt. 171 in the 10th. Woohoo! I win!

I never realized there were so many blank places…

6

Are you aiming for high score or low score? Is this like golf?

7

9 freakin’ blanks.

A paltry 471.

I feel so inadequate. I was sure that my recent surge to 7 points in the Death Pool meant better things were coming.

8

Aiming is harder than you would think.


Round	Location		 Roads		Total
1	Somewhere, Vt		 Blank		1
2	SE of Big Bear Lake, CA	 Blank		1
3	Goldston, NC		 US 421
				 SR 2133
				 SR 1010	3564
4	Malkin Dells, IL	 US 150		150
5	NW of Crawfordsville, IN N 275 W
				 Hwy 55		330
6	E of Northbay Shore, NY	 Named Streets	0
7	NYC Harbor		 Blank		1
8	Atlantic Ocean E of
	Cedarville Landing, MA	 Blank		1
9	N of Terrytown, FL	 Blank		1
10	Curtis Rudolph Park, VA	 Named Roads	0

Total = 4049

9

we have all sorts of 4 digit roads in Texas … I was aiming for the intersection of a few of them and was only able to hit 1100 something, 100 something and loop 1604 for a score in the 2800-2900 range over 10 shots.

I did some “cheating” and found a spot worth 6199 – the junction of 201, 2766, and 3232 just west of Austin, TX

10

ooo I just noticed that Park Road 6026 is also labeled on that section of the map, for a grand total of 12,225!

11

Another totally unspectacular round coming in at 505.

You know, I assumed the highest score would be the winner, but I kind of like the idea of MapQuest Golf too. By the end of this we’ll crown the highest score, and lowest non-zero score. Sorry Danalan.

12

My first try got me 10. Yes, 10 blanks.

Then I started using the second zoom from the top, and got some results.

11,754. Apparently rural western Oregon is the JACKPOT.

13

Bump? This is fun. More people should do it.
ONE OF US ONE OF US.

14

I did 4 games, trying to be as random as possible. The last one netted me the highest score of 1075. I closed my eyes and just clicked each time.

My lowest score is a grand total of 2! Yup. 2. 2 total blanks and 8 with some bit of stuff that didn’t add up to anything. Try to beat that!