Dela-Where

Inspiration

When we initially started this project we wanted to ask ourselves "What's a common problem in Delaware," this question branched into many different ideas within our group, most predominately, the idea that "there is nothing to do in the state of Delaware." I have recently become a resident of Delaware, moving from the state of Pennsylvania. It was difficult for me as well as my colleagues to find things to do around Delaware. I found myself in a loop where I was doing the same thing constantly since I moved here, which was going to school, going to the gym, and sleeping. My life was on repeat and I wanted to do more. This allowed us to formulate and propose the idea of Dela-Where.

What it does

Dela-Where is a geography guessing game, which drops the user in a map view, and has them guess where that location is. The user is given three images to find within the state of Delaware, and they’ll be scored based on how close their answer is. This application also makes it possible for users to upload their own pictures in Delaware to allow other users to guess where it is.

Objective The objective of Dela-Where is to identify the location of a random street view image from areas around delaware. The player must use visual cues from the image, such as buildings' signage, road signs, and landmarks, to make the most accurate estimate regarding the location after being dropped in a random place using Google Street View. The greater the score, the closer the prediction is to the correct location. The player's final score is the sum of their scores from all three rounds, which normally make up the game.