Jigsaw puzzle sites on the web are fairly common, but when I got an email from National Geographic asking me to check out the jigsaw puzzles on their site, I was immediately interested. I’ve always equated National Geographic with fantastic photographs, so I was expecting to see some really great looking online jigsaw puzzles. I wasn’t disappointed. The jigsaw puzzles are in a section of the National Geographic site called “Your Shot” that features photos submitted by readers. Editors then select among the submitted photos which will appear on the site. The result is some pretty amazing pictures.
National Geographic has also clearly put some time into developing their jigsaw puzzle interface. It’s what you would expect from a high quality online jigsaw program. It’s easy to use and intuitive and there are options for adjusting difficulty.
If you like jigsaw puzzles, it’s worth checking out. If only for the pictures.
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Oh, I’m really glad you like the puzzles. I was the one who sent you that email. I hadn’t seen any other online jigsaw puzzles before I saw the National Geo ones, so figured all online jigsaw puzzles were pretty much alike, had the same interface, and the same 3-D quality, etc., and I was really surprised to find the other ones so inferior. Plus, they put up new ones every week.
Another photo feature on the site is called the Voting Machine, and you get to score the photos submitted by readers, and the top scoring photos get made into puzzles:
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/yourshot/voting-machine.html
Comment by Marilyn Terrell — November 14, 2007 @ 10:43 pm
Is there a way to find out more about the photographs used for the jigsaw puzzles.
Comment by CM Barger — April 24, 2008 @ 8:04 pm