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Using local roads in Chile is one of the best ways to pinpoint. Local roads in Chile will begin with a letter from ‘A’ through to ‘Y’ followed by a dash and a number. The letter informs you of where in Chile you are located. The further south you travel, the further in the alphabet the local roads are named. ‘A’ roads occur in the north of the country. As you progress south, sequentially the letters increase from B, C, D…. until Y roads in the very south of Chile. For example if I see a Chilean road beginning with ‘S’, I will look towards the south of the country. The number following the local road letter is also relevant. Local roads to the west of National road 5 are generally even numbered and local roads to the east of National road 5 are generally odd numbered.
Sometimes in Alaska you will see another Street View car that is about 100 metres away from you.
The blue lines on this map denote where the Street View coverage is in Kazakhstan. It is primarily on the main roads and in the largest cities.
Although Laos’ urban areas, where the Street View coverage exists, are flat, there are often visible hills or mountains in the background.
In Ireland, approximately one third of utility poles have a yellow, triangular ‘danger’ sticker on them. These stickers are sometimes visible in the UK however they tend to be rarer there.
The Southern part of Africa covered by Street View
The Isle of Man is located in the Irish Sea, midway between Ireland and Great Britain.
Urban Mexico often consists of houses and buildings that have walls on the narrow footpath. The buildings are typically made of concrete.
Panama has yellow central road lines (either dashed or continuous), Mexican style houses and tropical trees. Although not pictured, it also has ALTO written on its stop signs like other Central American countries.
Sometimes in Malaysia, you will see Chinese writing. This isn’t the dominant written language in Malaysia but it appears every now and then.
Macedonia uses both Cyrillic and Latin letters. Ќ, Ѓ and Ѕ are three Cyrillic letters that are unique to the Macedonian language. The Latin writing in Macedonia contains letters such as š, č and è.
All of the Qatar coverage in Doha and to the west and south of Doha has this long aerial.
Bhutan has red license plates which stand out.
The location of Constanta Country in Romania where gray and white striped poles hold up most of the signs. (Image source: TUBS, Wikipedia).
A map showing the vast E-road network that spans Europe.
In the few locations in Laos that are covered by Street View, you will see the bars and side view mirrors of the Street View car. These aren’t visible in Vientiane.
Indian Street View coverage now covers large portions of the country.
Kenyan front license plates are white. Kenya has the same combination of plates as Uganda.
Thai houses and buildings come in a huge range of styles. They often have corrugated iron roofs or roofs made from tiles like the image above. Thai houses can best be distinguished from Cambodian houses as Thai houses are much less likely to be elevated on stilts. Many Thai houses can also look quite affluent and be two-storey and fairly large. Affluent houses seem rarer in Cambodia.
White and black spots that are visible when you pan up indicate that you are in a remote Canadian area, most likely in the northern part of the country. The northern Canadian territories also typically have generation 2 coverage. In contrast, Alaska should have generation 3 coverage. This means if you spot the circular blur beneath the car or other generation 2 clues, you should pick the northern Canadian territories over Alaska.
An example of the treeless prairies that run through the central US up into southern Canada.
Most European and Australian roads have some form of white centre lines.
The remainder of the new Senegal coverage was taken with a silver truck.
Some wooden French utility poles have a small, blue rectangular shape on them.
Most houses and buildings in the UAE are white or light coloured. They also tend to be boxy in shape and have flat roofs.
Indonesian houses most commonly have terracotta/brown coloured tiles on their roof. Some of the more remote Indonesia houses/businesses have corrugated iron roofs. These corrugated iron roofs are more common on Sulawesi, Borneo and Sumatra.
If you pan down in Vietnam you will often see the Street View bike rider.
Laos typically has a tropical feel and resembles its neighbouring countries.
Many roads in the UAE have yellow side lines and white centre lines. The roads are generally wide and are of a fairy high quality.
A map showing which Canadian states require just rear license plates (blue states on the map) as opposed to both front and rear plates (green states on the map). (Source: bryan89wr, Reddit).
Like the other Baltic countries and most of Eastern Europe, the Street View car’s aerial is visible in Latvia.
This type of warning sign (yellow and diamond shaped) occurs throughout virtually all of North and South America as well as Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan and most of south-east Asia.
Alternatively, the county symbols are displayed on the map beneath the county names. There are typically thee symbols with only one being the county symbol (in most cases this is the first symbol).
Also in Hokkaido and Northern Honshu, there are an abundance of these boxes near houses. The boxes don’t always come in this light colour but it is the most common colour.
Taiwan and South Korea tend to have diagonal yellow and black stripes on their poles. These rarely occur in Japan with vertical stripes being more common there.
TV satellite dishes in the UK point south-east.
Google has recently added some generation 4 coverage in Russia. In these areas, the standard aerial and black car won’t be visible and the imagery will be a higher quality as pictured.
Like Ukraine, Russia often paints the lower part of their tree trunks white.
The most popular new cars by US state. (Source: USA Today)
Small rocky walls are a common fixture in the U.K., especially in Scotland (Ireland also has an abundance of these walls as do some islands). It is fairly rare to see rocky walls in the southern part of England.
Greek houses are usually white or light coloured. They typically all share the same shade of terracotta as their roof colour. Like Albania, Greece has some water heaters on the roofs of their houses.
Washington State contains this blue smudge on many of its plates.
Brazilian houses come in wide range of styles. They are made from various materials, can have virtually every style of roof and can come in a range of colours.
The triangle with rounded edges denotes Japanese national highways.
Letterboxes are more of a common fixture in the US. They rarely appear in front of houses in Canada.
Malaysia has many black and white striped poles. These are a rare feature around the world. Indonesia has some black and white striped poles too but they are much more common in Malaysia.
These are the second most common road markings in South Africa. They feature dashed white lines encased by two, white continuous lines. Often these markings occur simultaneously with the continuous yellow lines on the outer edges of the road
North Macedonia and Serbia are the two countries in the Balkan region (and largely Eastern Europe region) where you shouldn’t see the Street View car’s aerial. There are instances where you will see an aerial but it is rare. The rest of Eastern Europe typically has the aerial visible (although on occasions it won’t be).
The Peugeot car brand is also popular in France.
Some of the time in Kenya, you will see a 4-wheel drive following you that is providing an escort to the Street View car. The car can come in different colours. Sometimes the car will be 100 metres behind you.
One of the best ways to identify Texas is to look at the roads. Texan roads tend to be fairly grainy and speckled with black dots sprinkled on a light coloured road.
The majority of Taiwan consists of hills and mountains that are covered in thick, green vegetation. The roads that meander through these areas are often narrow and winding.
Some form of reddish soil is normally visible throughout the entire central and nothern part of Senegal. Sometimes it will only be visible on the sides of the road between the grass and the asphalt.
Much of the German Street View coverage is focused around greater cities. German houses in these areas tend to be apartments between 3 and 5 stories high, painted fairly drab colours and situated very close to the road or footpath.
The island of Sardinia (Sardegna) has similar bollards to mainland Italy however the rectangle is orange in colour.
If you zoom in the correct distance on the map, the 20 arrondissement in Paris are visible. The street sign in the image above this one shows that we are in the 15th arr. We can see the 15th arr above.
How Japanese prefectural roads appear on the map (they are hard to find).
PEMEX are a common petrol station (gas station) company throughout Mexico.
This style of criss-crossing wall is common throughout Japan. It is found between roads and steep inclines.
A general guide to where Norway’s roads are located. By simply looking at the first digit of the road number, you can work out which region you are in. For instance, if your road starts with a 4 eg 42, then you are in the south or Norway. The roads that defy the zoning, numbering rule are routes 12 and 17 which are located in the north of Norway. (Map source: Poorly made by me).
Cambodia bollards look a bit like fat matches. They have a white body and red head.
India can also be recognised thanks to some of its residents wearing traditional Indian attire.
One of the best ways to identify Russia is via its license plates. Russian plates are elongated and completely white- a rarity in Europe.
Uruguayan road signs are stuck to poles perpendicular to one another. These signs can come in a range of colours.
Urban areas of Senegal typically feature brick buildings painted white or light colours. These structures often show signs of wear such as parts of the building crumbling or the painting having eroded away.
The majority of utility poles in Indonesia have three bulbs facing upwards with two of the bulbs being on one side of the vertical utility pole itself. In addition, these Indonesian utility poles tend to have a diagonal supporting bar stemming from the utility pole and connecting to the horizontal bulb holding bar. If Indonesian utility poles don’t look identical to this, they will look mostly the same. Note that some other countries do have similar looking poles.
Other Mongolian residents live in round tents known as yurts.
If you pan down in Lithuania, the Street View car’s aerial should be visible. The aerial is also visible in the other Baltic countries of Latvia and Estonia and much of Eastern Europe.
New coverage has recently been added to parts of London, meaning that you will sometimes see this black car beneath you.
Svalbard is an archipelago owned by Norway that is situated part way between Norway and the North Pole.
In general, most of Czechia is relatively flat. In contrast, Slovakia mainly consists of more hills and bigger hills than Czechia. This can be a good feature to look for when deciding between the two countries.
These thick, concrete utility poles are fairly common around the east part of Germany.
A scene from bustling Hong Kong. The major Hong Kong roads are denoted by a yellow shield enclosing a number.
Virtually the entire North Macedonia is hilly. The foliage is green in North Macedonia and some semblance of dirt is often visible.
The location of Kryvyi Rih, which has utility poles with a red, horizontal stripe around one metre from their base.
In the Greater Brisbane area- generally between the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast, you will often see utility poles with a sloppily painted black section.
Tunisia most commonly uses these metallic wire-style poles as utility poles.
Parts of Mexico bordering the Yucatan Peninsula are lush and tropical.
In this example, the home’s satellite dish points in a south-southeast direction. This puts us north-northwest of the satellite that is just south of Texas. In this instance we are in Salem, Oregon.
The tall trees with their branches near the peak are called Parana pines. The branches span from the tree almost horizontally. Parana pines are found in the southern Brazilian states of Parana, Santa Catalina and northern Rio Grande Do Sul.
Botswana tends to use the fairly generic looking, cylindrical, wooden utility poles that are found right acros southern Africa.
The San Marino landscape feels colder and less Mediterranean than much of Italy. It is also very hilly.
Parts of the new Senegal coverage was taken with this white truck. The old coverage is still on Street View and consists of standard bars beneath you when you pan down.
Interstate Highways as they appear on the map
Most of the time in the older Nigerian coverage, a white police car will be following you. In some instance the left-most light on the police car is blue whilst other times the left-most light is red. The colour of the left most light can tell you where in Nigeria you are located.
These concrete utility poles with large holes that go all the way down to the ground are mainly found in Romania and Hungary. In the country specific section further down this article, I’ve posted the primary utility pole from each country.
The eastern parts of Canada have many houses that are made from horizontal pieces of wood.
A number of US states tend to have a larger gap between the two central, continuous road lines. The states with the wider gap include: Oregon, Washington, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. This image shows a wide gap- the gap between the two yellow lines is larger than the width of a car tyre.
Colombia has a reasonable portion of yellow plates.
Posts in Uruguay are typically white and wooden.
There are a few easy ways to distinguish Portuguese from Spanish. Portuguese has the ‘Ç’ symbol whilst Spanish doesn’t. This is a regularly occurring symbol in Portuguese so many signs will house it. Another tell is that many words in Portuguese end in ‘ção’. Finally, Portuguese has the symbol ã which is an ‘a’ with a squiggle on its top (this is different from an accent).
Most houses and buildings in the UAE are white or light coloured. They also tend to have flat roofs and be boxy shaped.
Colombia have crosses on the backs of their signs. This is an easy way to distinguish the country from the others in South America, including Ecuador.
Parts of Dublin have recently received newer coverage. As a result, you will now sometimes see a white car beneath you in Dublin if you pan down.
The Dutch language appears across the Netherlands. It can often be recognised due to an abundance of ‘z’ and ‘w’ letters as well as double letters such as ‘ee’. The letters ‘i’ and ‘j’ also commonly appear together as ‘ij.’
Norway also commonly has yellow centre lines and white side lines.
The dark gray rectangles on the zoomed in map represent structures such as houses. It can be useful to match these to your Street View surroundings if you are after a perfect score.
Mexico often has large amounts of visible power lines.
South Africa recently got some generation 4 coverage, meaning that you will sometimes be able to see part of a blue car if you pan down.
These yellow signs with black rectangles beneath them are found right across Czechia.
Pine trees are mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere.
Northern Chile is home to the Atacama Desert. It features sandy landscapes and undulating land.
Slovenian houses are typically fairly close to white (often a very light pink) in colour and two-storey. They often have pronounced, triangular roofs. Roofs are commonly brown or terracotta coloured. Sometimes the very top, pointed part of the roof is flat (see the far house in the right of the image).
A map showing corn production regions of Europe. Note that the primary corn countries are France, Italy, Romania, Serbia and Hungary (Source: Eurostat).
The internet suffix ‘.rs’ is used in Serbia. This is one of the rare non-intuitive internet suffixes in the world and means Republic of Serbia.
India often has black and yellow curbs. Sometimes they are painted black and white.
Some plates in Tunisia have a red left side and black remainder.
Maryland’s main license plate has what appears to be a fire colour on its base, almost forming the shape of a pyramid.
The plates of Minnesota have a sky blue upper blue section.
San Marino has many license plates that are white with a slight blue tinge, as pictured. These plates lack the blue vertical stripe of Europe. A number of Italian license plates can also be seen in San Marino.
Front license plates in Jersey most commonly appear elongated and completely white. You may sometimes notice a slight touch of red on the left side of the plate but this is nothing like the distinctive red on the left side of Isle of Man plates.
Note the colour of the grassland and lack of vegetation.
Ghana can be immediately identified as it has black tape around one of the Street View car’s visible bars.
The north-west of Brazil (the green area on the top map) typically consists of something resembling a tropical rainforest with tropical flora. This is an extremely remote area and the roads are most commonly unpaved.
As a general rule, if you can see a blue sky in Uruguay, you should guess in the western part of the country.
The Street View car drove through parts of Hungary during winter. As a result, you will often see a bleak, wintery scene in Hungary with trees without leaves and sometimes snow. Along with Hungary, there are two other European countries that can have similar wintery, bleak imagery- Bulgaria and sometimes Czechia.
Soil in Western Australia tends to have more of a redder colour than the remainder of Australia.
Across almost the entire Ukraine, you will see the ghostly, red Street View car if you pan down in Ukraine. Sometimes just the front of the car will appear red. This is one of the easiest ways to identify Ukraine. This red car is very rare elsewhere in the world (it is occasionally seen in Belgium). Sometimes the car will have only the slightest tinge of red.
License plates in the state of Victoria most commonly have a subtle yet visible black triangle pointing downwards situated in the top-middle of the plate.
If I see an unpaved, narrow, European road in GeoGuessr, I will guess Estonia. Estonian unpaved roads are typically only one vehicle wide. Estonia can often be distinguished from Latvia as Latvian unpaved roads are normally wider- wide enough for two vehicles.
Romanian roads are indicated by these distinctive red shields.
The south-eastern part of Mongolia is desert. This part of Mongolia is especially dry and featureless (even by Mongolian standards).
The Northern Mariana Islands antenna is pictured here. The antenna in Guam is almost at the car’s corner (the picture above this one) whilst the antenna for the Northern Mariana Islands is further from the corner and clearly down the side of the car as pictured.
Cars in Senegal have these distinctive looking, blue licence plates.
Slovenian utility poles come in many forms. This plain looking pole is one of the more common Slovenian utility poles.
This is the rear view of Slovenian bollards- Montenegro and Austria have the same looking bollard rears too.
Japan has 47 prefectures. These names sometimes appear on signs. If you zoom in on the GeoGuessr map to the right degree, these prefecture names appear in grey writing.
Cars in Bolivia have license plates with a faint, blue colour.
Minor roads in France are known as ‘D’ roads (departmental roads). They are denoted by the letter ‘D’ and a number inside a yellow rectangle. If you want to learn the D road numbering system- don’t! It is insanely complicated and illogical.
Looking at roofs is one of the best ways to region guess in Romania. In the north and west parts of Romania, virtually every house roof you see will be tiled.
A map showing the forest and woodland distribution across earth as well as the specific type of tree found in each forest and woodland area. A larger map can be viewed here.
In south-western Kyrgyzstan (everything inside the red circle on the above map), if you look in the left side-view mirror, you will see approximately 90% of the Kyrgyzstan silver car being reflected. 10% of the side-view mirror will reflect the road.
A typical scene from a Swedish town. Note the brownish-red houses, the warning and speed signs with a red border and yellow filling and thick vegetation in the distance where the town ends.
Japanese cars have yellow license plates, front and back. These plates are almost square in shape. Japanese cars drive on the left.
Most of North and South America have some iteration of yellow centre lines.
Newfoundland and Labrador have red lettering on their license plates.
One of the best ways to identify North Macedonia is via its warning signs. They have a thick red edge and yellow filling. Only Greece, Iceland, Sweden and Finland use the same warning signs in Europe. Poland uses similar signs with a thinner red outline.
Townhouses like those pictured are common in the U.K.
The location of the island of Djerba. There is typically no follow car on Djerba (unlike the rest of Tunisia). On occasions you will see a white car following you on Djerba.
Latvian utility poles come in several styles but they often have the ‘pine cone’ looking things that hang upwards at different levels. In the image above, the three ‘pine cone’ looking things are at three different levels.
Houses in the south of Chile (and Southern Argentina) tend to be wooden, painted a range of bright colours and have slanting roofs made from corrugated iron. Houses in central Chile are more likely to have terracotta tiled roofs.
Senegal has blue license plates.
Poland is one of three countries in Europe to commonly have these holes in their primary utility poles. The other two being Hungary and Romania. Polish poles are unique from Hungarian and Romanian poles as the Polish poles’ holes don’t go all the way to the ground like in Hungary and Romania.  France very occasionally has hole-poles and like Poland, the holes also stop before the ground.
The French province of Quebec has French as its only official language. You will therefore rarely see English in this province. On the sign above, there is only the French word for North on the sign.
There is quite a tropical feel in Puerto Rico. Much of the land is undulating and there are often many electrical wires connecting utility poles.
One of the easiest ways to identify Serbia is via something it lacks- almost all of the time in Serbia, if you pan down you won’t see an aerial. This contrasts most of Eastern Europe where an aerial is visible. There are some exceptions. On major Serbian roads, an aerial is visible as well as small parts of its capital, Belgrade. As well as Serbia, North Macedonia also commonly lacks on aerial.
This map shows the annual rainfall distribution across Spain. The orange coloured areas receive such little rain that they resemble a desert. The northern blue and purple coloured areas receive high amounts of rainfall and are therefore lush. (Image source: Iberia Nature).
The Galapagos Islands has a small amount of trekker coverage. Sometimes you will see Galapagos tortoises.
Single storey houses are more common in Hungary. These houses have lower roofs than many of the previous countries that have been covered. Hungarian houses are often a light colour such as pink. The standard roofs are a pink/red/terracotta colour. The roofs are less likely to be like a triangular half-open book than the previously mentioned countries. The roof edge elevations tend to meet together at a few common points on top.
The German cities of Frankfurt and Mannheim (as well as several others in the region) have these pink coloured edges around house and apartment windows. This is one of the best ways to identify these areas.
Part of Madagascar’s coverage includes a person walking, carrying the Street View camera around an elevated part of the capital, Antananarivo, with the city visible below.
Hamburg street signs feature a metal ring around the blue sign.