New Geography Puzzles On Google Maps

Vasile Cotovanu has been inspired past times the novel draggable polygons selection inwards the Google Maps API to create the template for a Google Maps Geography Puzzle. The template allows anyone to create a game inwards which players cause got to drag geographical areas onto their right lay on a Google Map.

The code for the Vasile Geopuzzle is available on GitHub too tin last easily customised for whatsoever expanse inwards the world. To create your ain puzzle amongst the code all y'all actually demand is the GeoJSON information for the polygons y'all wishing to use.

Vasile has created a demonstrate game using the code for Switzerland's Cantons. In the demonstrate game players cause got to drag polygons of the Swiss cantons onto their right location. H5N1 timer keeps rails of how long it takes to compete the game too your electrical flow grade is too displayed on the map.

The game makes effective role of Vasile's pop Masked Polygons library. The Masked Polygon library is used to define the boundary of the game. For example, inwards the Switzerland Cantons game Switzerland is highlighted on the map using the masked polygon library. Consequently players tin clearly run into the expanse of game-play on the map.