Pin the Place

Five famous places, one world map. Drop a pin where you think each one is and score up to 1,000 points by how close you land. A new set each day.

How to play

You are given the name of a famous place and a small hint. Click the world map to drop a pin, or type a latitude and a longitude.
Press Place pin to lock in your guess. The green dot shows the true spot and the dashed line shows how far off you were.
Closer is better. A perfect guess is worth 1,000 points and the score falls smoothly with distance.
There are five places in the daily round. Finish all five for your total, then share it, or play unlimited practice rounds.

Use the hint. Knowing the continent or the country removes most of the world straight away.
Remember that the map is a flat sketch, so places near the poles stretch out in distance. Think about latitude lines too.
If you are stuck between two ideas, drop the pin between them. A middling guess beats a confident miss.
Learn the coordinates of a few well-known cities and use them to judge the ones nearby.

How is the score worked out?: It uses the real great-circle distance between your pin and the place, so it is accurate even across the whole world. Zero distance scores 1,000 and the score halves roughly every 1,000 km.
Is the daily the same for everyone?: Yes. Everyone gets the same five places on the same date, so you can compare totals.
Is the map accurate?: It is a rough hand-drawn outline of the continents, enough to aim with. Scoring uses true coordinates, not the picture.