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Evaluated Games

Geography Quizzes:

  • MapRoulette [1]
    • Require an OSM account to play
    • Knowledge on how to edit in ID or JOSM
    • Able to run web-app on tablet and desktop. Not an Android app.
    • Indoor game
    • Cannot play the Suspected Wrong or Missing One Way Streets challenge
  • GeoGuessr [2]
    • Challenging game because the pictures are difficult to guess (Mostly forest/plain roads)
    • Android app available [3]
    • Able to run on web-app
    • Indoor game
  • Place Spotting [4]
    • Relatively easy game with hints to help spot the place
    • Able to run web-app on tablet and desktop. Not an Android app.
    • Indoor game
  • Europe Puzzle [5]
    • Relatively easy game by matching Europe countries to the map
    • Able to run web-app on browser. Not an Android app.
    • Unable to run web-app on tablet browser because there are problems dragging the countries to the map.
    • Indoor game
  • Map Quiz [6]
    • Similar to Europe Puzzle
    • Able to run on web-app on tablet and desktop. Not an Android app.
    • Indoor game
  • Geographie-spielev [7] (Only in German)
    • Specifically for Europe and German-speaking countries.
    • Able to run on web-app on tablet and desktop. Not an Android app.
    • Indoor game
  • Click That Hood [8]
    • Match countries or states to the correct location
    • Able to match districts or cantons of Basel, Bern, Zurich etc.
    • Able to run on web-app on tablet and desktop. Not an Android app.
    • Indoor game
  • Story Maps: Data stories [9]
    • Story Maps is a showcase of several maps dealing with interesting themes: information, learning and entertainment.
    • Available in English, German, French and Italian.


GPS Outdoor Games:

  • Map of the Dead [10]
    • Only available on iOS.
    • Find places near you that are likely to have resources to help you survive the zombie apocalypse. Or places to avoid.
  • Kort.ch
    • Requires the game-user to go to the various locations to answer specific questions to collect Koins
    • Kort helps to improve OpenStreetMap-data. Tasks to be done are shown on a map.
    • Able to run on both desktop browser, Android and iOS.

List

Geographie-Quizzes:

Quiz allgemein:

  • Geography Map Games - Geographie-Quiz [11]

Arcade:

GPS Outdoor Games:

Indoor:

Datengeschichten:

Software Development

3D Modeling:

  • City Engine (Esri)

3D Software Development Kits (see [14]):

  1. CryENGINE ("Interaktive 3D-Landschaftsvisualisierung mittels Computer-Games [15])
  2. Unity3D
  3. Unreal Development Kit (UDK)