Bearings
Rate itFive places a day, one 3D globe: tap where you think each one is.
Every day: Five places a day, the same five for everyone, from easy to hard: a city, town or landmark named on screen that you find on a 3D globe. Scores are out of 1,000 so friends can compare. New puzzle: Midnight in your own time zone.
Bearings is a free daily geography game in the browser. Each day it names five places, from a well known city to a harder town or landmark, and you tap where each one sits on a 3D globe. The closer your pin, the more you score, up to 1,000 for the day.
About Bearings
Bearings is a browser geography game made by George Barker. It used to be called TapMap, and moved to bearings.quest under its new name with players' streaks and scores carried over. There is nothing to install and no account is needed to play.
A day's game has five rounds. Each round names a place, such as a city, a town or a famous landmark, and shows a spinning 3D globe of the Earth built from satellite imagery. You turn and zoom the globe, tap where you think the place is, move the pin if you change your mind, and confirm. The globe then flies to the real spot, draws a line from your guess and tells you how far off you were.
Each round is worth up to 100 points, and anything within 20 km scores full marks. The rounds run from easy to hard and count for more as they go, from one to three times, so the day's total is out of 1,000. Everyone gets the same five places, and a new game starts at midnight in your own time zone.
After the five rounds you get a result to copy or share as an image, and a challenge link that lets a friend play the same set and compare round by round. Between daily games there is a practice mode with five random places, or five places shown only as photos; practice and challenges do not count toward the streak. An optional free account keeps your streak and stats across devices, lets you follow friends and puts you on the global leaderboards.
Bearings suits players who like pin-the-place games such as MapTap or Atlas, and anyone who wants a short daily test of where things are in the world.
How to play Bearings
- Open bearings.quest and press Play today's game.
- Read the name of the place for the round, shown at the top of the screen.
- Turn and zoom the globe to the area where you think it is.
- Tap the globe to place your pin; tap again to move it.
- Press Confirm to see the real location, the distance and your score out of 100.
- Play all five rounds, then share your total out of 1,000 or send a challenge to a friend.
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Tips
- Landing within 20 km gives the full 100 points, so zoom in before you tap on a place you know well.
- The last rounds weigh up to three times as much as the first, so take more care late in the game.
- Use the practice mode, including the photo rounds, to learn regions you keep missing.
Questions
What time does Bearings reset?
A new game starts at midnight in your own time zone.
Do I need an account to play Bearings?
No. You can play the daily game without one. A free account saves your streak and stats, lets you follow friends and adds you to the leaderboards.
Is Bearings the same game as TapMap?
Yes. The game says TapMap is now Bearings: the same daily game at a new address, with streaks, stats and earlier scores carried over.
How is a round scored?
Up to 100 points, more the closer your pin lands, and full marks within 20 km. Later rounds count up to three times, for a daily total out of 1,000.
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