Place Map HD for iPad Review

Listen up, geography buffs! Voon has just introduced a new game for the iPad called Place Map HD. You will be given an overhead view of a famous landmark somewhere around the world and it is up to you to locate it on the map. Do you think you can?

Review
Place Map HD is a unique geography game. It provides you with 100 places that you must find on a world map. First you will be given an overhead shot of a specified landmark and its surrounding areas. Then tap on the locate button and you will be provided a world map. From here, using the double tap or pinch/zoom gesture, zoom in to the exact location on the map where you believe that landmark is situated.

Scoring is determined by the speed, proximity of your answer and whether or not hints were used to solve it. If you don’t have any clue where that landmark is located, you can ask for hints; you have two of them. The first hint you will be provided with is the landmark’s country. If more hints are needed, the second hint provided will tell you what city it’s in.

Place Map HD utilizes Google Maps quite well with landmark photographs presented in high resolution. The game comes with several background music to choose from however, if you do so choose, you can simply turn the music off. Place Map HD is OpenFeint enabled so you can share your high scores with other players.

I have to admit, I did not know most of the photographs presented in the game. I found the game quite difficult and above all, frustrating. Perhaps, the developer can update the game by also providing a street view, in addition to the overhead shot of the landmark to make it more recognizable to non-geography type players.

Recommendation
Place Map HD is not for everyone. It can only be recommended to geography fans that know their landmarks and would love to test their worldly skills. Place Map HD is available now at the App Store for $3.99.

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Note: A promotional code was provided by the creator for use in this article.

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