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If they have exactly the same name then you should've gotten points. If so, please give me an example and I'll fix it. If it was "Roxbury St" versus "Roxbury Ave", then you're just unlucky sorry

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Yeah, this is killing me. NORTH WOODWARD AVE turns into WOODWARD AVE turns into NORTH WOODWARD AVE turns into SOUTH WOODWARD AVE turns into WOODWARD AVE turns into NORTH WOODWARD AVE completely at random, and none of them count as each other. And sometimes multiple parts of the same road show up in the same quiz.

I know this is fundamentally an OSM data problem, but it's also your UX problem now. (N 42.5, W 83.17 if you want to have a look.)

Also it was quizzing me on park trails. And I just got an underwater tunnel at the zoo. I guess those are technically named ways in some manner of speaking, but they're definitely not streets with signs.

All that aside, this is really fun! Personal best 470/500. I wish I could make it longer; n=5 is a small sample and my scores vary tremendously from one run to the next.

All the different variations of names of the same road definitely made the game too frustrating to play much in my area. Simply counting all names that are only different by cardinal direction as the same name would solve it. I imagine in some places though this would be the wrong behavior.

> quizzing me on park trails

I got one of those too, but I liked it. Nice to explore the major bike/pedestrian paths.

I guess it could be an option.

Yeah, I figured out it was a park trail, clicked in the middle of the only park in the area with substantial trails, and actually scored very well on it. But the zoo exhibit...

I will be reviewing that definitely. Thank you

Fixed!

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