Trevor Rainbolt, who has become the face of a fast-growing community of geography fanatics who play a quirky game called GeoGuessr, in Los Angeles. | JACK BOOL / THE NEW YORK TIMES
Trevor Rainbolt, who has become the face of a fast-growing community of geography fanatics who play a quirky game called GeoGuessr, in Los Angeles. | JACK BOOL / THE NEW YORK TIMES

An unremarkable stretch of highway and trees, as seen on Google Maps¡¯ Street View, appeared on the screen. It could have been anywhere from Tasmania to Texas.

¡°This is going to be south Philippines, somewhere on this road down here,¡± Trevor Rainbolt said instantly, clicking on a location on a map of the world that was less than 11 miles from the spot.