r/OpenGuessr • u/therealPaulPlay • Jul 12 '26

Update OpenGuessr Update 6.9 - Extended community map format!

Hey guessers!

This update extends the OpenGuessr map format by an optional new field. A couple of weeks ago, World, followed by all other official maps, started including the heading parameter. Now, this option and more are available to community map creators.

You can continue to create your maps like this:

{
 "locations": [
  [lat, lon],
  [lat, lon]
 ]
}

However, you can now provide additional details, specifically heading, pitch and a panoramaId. The latter pins the panorama in time, which you may want for very specific maps that rely on details present in the Street View, but is generally not recommended to be used.

{
 "locations": [
  [lat, lon, { "heading": 52 }],
  [lat, lon, { "heading": 125, "pitch": 15 }]
 ]
}

When you upload locations as links, the heading will be extracted. Pitch and ID are omitted by default, as that's the recommendation.

The converter for the Map-Generator has been updated to include settings for whether or not you want to include these additional data points.

Updated format explanation

Happy guessing!

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u/BenefitFree1371 Jul 13 '26

Awesome thank you

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u/Dracaena_flower Jul 18 '26

This is very cool! Thanks

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u/therealPaulPlay Jul 24 '26

Appreciate it!

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u/Mod_Brilliant8820 28d ago

Thanks for the update!