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Inspiration

I'm a bit of a geography nerd and I love playing trivia games. I created this game to improve my geography knowledge and help others do the same.

What it does

Atlas is a fun, straightforward trivia game based on Google Maps. Each game consists of five rounds, and you score 10 points for each correct answer. There are three different types of questions:

• Identify a location on the map (country, state, or city)
• Identity country flags
• Trivia questions about countries, states and cities

How we built it

I used the Google Maps Geocoding API to retrieve latitude/longitude coordinates for several countries, states and cities. Using this data, I was able to generate hundreds of questions with the above mentioned variations. The game itself is a React app that uses Google Maps Javascript API to display markers on a map and allow users to select an answer by clicking on one of them.

Challenges we ran into

• I had to come up with different types of questions to make the game more interesting

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• The game can be easily expanded by simply adding more questions, enhancing replayability

What we learned

It was fun to learn about various Google Maps APIs.

What's next for Atlas

• Leaderboard
• More types of questions

Built With

• google-maps
• react