50-state bingo

[42itous]

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html 
 
I got 94% corrent, with a 7-mile average error. What do you know?

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[tahnan.livejournal.com]

Though, I don't know, I got a 92%, with an average error of 21 miles, which doesn't really reflect my knowledge of geography, which is much more dismal than this implies.

After all, anything that borders a coast, or Canada, is something of a giveaway--can I place Montana on a good day? No, but give me the shape of the state and I can drag it along the border until it lines up. And of course, once I have Georgia and Kentucky in place, it's easy to place Tennessee.

Interesting link, though.

[beowabbit]

I got (if I’m remembering correctly) 96%, but with a 23-mile average error.

It would have been tricker if the map had used a Mercator projection. As it is, you can tell approximately where most states go based on the curves of their borders.

[easebadger.livejournal.com]

96%, and I would have gotten a perfect score if it weren't so hard to place Utah and Iowa in the middle of the county at the very beginning with no points of reference.

[hoopdiver.livejournal.com]

94%, average error 7 miles. Hmmm....

OK, now I have to try the advanced version.

[(Anonymous)]

98%, avg error 1 mile. I forgot that Kentucky actually reaches to the Mississippi river briefly.
Tom.