Adding more countries by using Yandex & Baidu
Dear Geoguessr, One thing, that I've noticed, is that Google Maps has stopped introducing Street View into new countries, which really is a pity, because they've missed out so many fascinating places. I think I have a solution though:There are two other notable companies, that make Street View:1. Yandex MapsYandex Maps has high-quality coverage in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia. It would improve the Geoguessr experience to add in these post-soviet states, which include lots of stunning nature and historic cities.2. Baidu MapsBaidu Maps is China's equivalent to Google Street View, which has covered large portions of this fascinating, diverse country.I hope you consider this possibility, Joshua
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The plugin: https://openuserjs.org/scripts/kommu/Geoguessr_Yandex_Plugin
All information on how to set it up, play and make maps: https://shorturl.at/bhzOX Maps currently made for this plugin: Yandex Diversity: https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6145116ad079b10001300b6c (areas not on Google Street View)
Crimea: https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/614b9b2c11faa800017d8599
Yandex Air Panorama: https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6145d90496b10b0001ac2bbb
Made by Kommu, with the help of MrAmericanMike and Alok.
As for Baidu an attempt was made and the result is: not worth it. The API is not available outside of China, loading the data is quite slow and the picture quality is bad. We can forget about this idea. Tencent had a Street View with more coverage and better quality unfortunately it died with Flash.