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Test your UNESCO World Heritage Site geography

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) on Dec 6th 2007 at 11:30AM

We dabble in sustainable travel once in a while here at Gadling, but if you really want to get into the science of the process, there are some excellent, well-maintained blogs out on the interwebs. Both Friends of World Heritage and National Geographic's Intelligent Traveler have dedicated professional staff to keep you informed on the happenings of eco-travel around the planet.

Friends of World Heritage has a great little map game to get you started, which is a combination of geographical and UNESCO site data. It's a fun, educational way to test your knowledge of world geography as well as get the message out about the endangered sites around the globe.

The first time I played I got stumped on the North America stage (in my defense, I got some really random locations in Mexico), but on my second try was not able to get past stage twelve, which is wicked hard.

Give yourself a few minutes over lunch and take a gander. My top score is 718537 points which should be pretty easy to beat. You can find the tool directly off their homepage.

Filed under: Activism, Blogs, Ecotourism

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Janelle Dec 6th 2007 5:13PM

Thanks Grant! IT is glad to be there for all your sustainable travel needs. And now, I'm off to beat your score.

wongoz Jan 15th 2008 8:23AM

First time score: 900,693. Woot!

I didn't play it from the linked site though... The traveler IQ challenge can be added as an application to your Facebook profile, and they have several other challenges there, including Flags of the World! Now that was hard.

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