Mapprox

What is Mapprox?

Mapprox is a daily geography game that asks players to draw the borders of places from memory. Each day, everyone gets the same shape to sketch — a country, state or province, city, or continent, depending on the day of the week. The launch puzzle is Italy.

Editor takes

Finally a map game that rewards knowing a place's true outline, not just clicking a dot on a map.

One quick draw a day fits perfectly between stops — easy to pick up, hard to put down.

How to play Mapprox

Players draw the border as a single continuous line. The game then takes the drawing and slides and resizes it to fit the real border as closely as possible, without rotating or stretching it, so proportions and orientation matter. The score is calculated by how well the two shapes overlap, with some tolerance for an unsteady hand. Scoring is measured against a baseline: a plain oval the size of the target. Since an oval scores close to zero on detailed coastlines, points come from getting the shape right.

Tips & strategy

• After submitting, other players' sketches of the same shape appear as faint lines; submissions are shared anonymously.
• There is one daily attempt per player, and the shape is the same for everyone.
• Cities are drawn using their official city limits.
• Practice mode is unlimited and does not count toward player stats.

Frequently asked questions

Where to play

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