About Daily Geography Game
A short daily map game: five places, one pin each, and points for getting close. It is free to play and needs no account or download.
Where the places come from
The game draws on a fixed list of 599 places: 193 countries, 187 capital cities, 48 rivers, 50 mountains and 121 landmarks. Each day’s five are worked out in your browser from the date, so there is nothing to log in to and no server deciding your puzzle. The leaderboard checks each score on the server. Places return eventually as the list cycles round.
How the locations were checked
Country shapes and capital positions come from Natural Earth. Rivers, mountains and landmarks were entered by hand. Every mountain and landmark was then compared with the coordinates on English Wikipedia where a matching page had them, and a sample of capitals and river mouths was compared the same way. A few very large features use a chosen point, such as the South Rim for the Grand Canyon. Automated tests also check that entries sit on or near land.
Borders and disputed places
Answers for country rounds are limited to the 193 UN member states. Capitals, peaks and landmarks in contested areas are left out, and no country names are drawn on the map. Boundaries are Natural Earth’s de facto lines, are shown for gameplay only, and imply no position on any dispute.
Your results
Your scores and streaks are stored in your own browser. Finished daily games also go to an anonymous leaderboard, under a random ID and a generated name, with no login. See the privacy page for details.
Credits
Map data: Natural Earth, public domain. Location cross-checks: English Wikipedia.
Daily Geography Game is a Cain Brands site.