MapCrunch drops you into a random Google Street View location and removes the need to decide where to go first. Geographic filters can keep the journey within a country or region when completely random travel is too broad.
What it does
The site wraps Street View with a random-location generator. You can limit the pool by country, favour urban views and browse a gallery of places other visitors saved.
Why it works
Street View normally serves a known destination. Removing that destination turns the same infrastructure into a tool for noticing road design, landscape, weather and the ordinary edges of places.
How to use it
Hide the location information, explore for a few minutes and guess the country before revealing it. For visual research, set a region and save useful references as you move.
Things to know
- Coverage depends entirely on Google Street View.
- Some random locations are visually uneventful.
- The embedded map can be demanding on slower devices.