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The Irish landscape is green, lush and often has hedges or small walls alongside the road. Green paddocks are also common. The country has many narrow, windy roads. In general Ireland has a great resemblance to parts of the U.K..
A good technique to determine what part of the UK you are positioned in is to look at the sides of the roads. If there are hedgerows then you are more likely to be in the southern part of England. Stone walls are more common in the rest of the U.K.
The centre of many Hawaiian roads contain small yellow reflectors approximately every 5 metres. These are often found in between the two yellow lines.
The Cambodian landscape can be quite diverse looking. Sometimes it is full of densely packed tropical plants whilst other times there is only grass, other types of trees or dirt.
The autumn (fall) coverage in Kazakhstan, which features orange and other warm-coloured leaves, can be found in the north-east of the country.
Israeli street lights often feature these black and white stripes on their base.
The French language is my favourite language in the world as each sentence sounds like poetry. As well as France, French in Europe is spoken in western Switzerland and southern Belgium. It’s also fairly easy to identify if you read the words aloud and they sound French. Letters include the ç (also found in Portuguese), ë, è, é, ï and à.
Greek has these warning signs featuring a thick red outline and yellow colouring. In Europe, only Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and North Macedonia have the same looking warning signs. Poland has similar looking signs with a thinner red border
Towns and cities in Lithuania commonly end in the suffix ‘ai’. This suffix is quite rare across the rest of Europe.
Sri Lanka recently got some generation 4 coverage. This coverage was captured with a low camera. Sri Lanka now joins Japan, Switzerland and parts of Taiwan as the only countries to have some low camera imagery. As a result, the three-coloured striped car (pictured above this image) is now less likely to be visible if you pan down in Sri Lanka (although it should still be seen approximately 80% of the time). The low camera imagery in the aforementioned three other countries has the byproduct of a visible wide blur if you pan down. There is no such blur beneath the car in Sri Lanka low camera imagery.
Bolivian Street View coverage is centred around major cities. It also has coverage of the main roads connecting these cities.
A possible symbol indicating a Canadian Provincial Highway on the map
How Japanese national highways appear on the map.
Uruguayan traffic lights are mounted on black and white striped poles.
Irish road signs will typically contain both English and Gaelic. The majority of the writing around Ireland such as on shops and buildings is in English.
The most popular North American cars
Kyrgyzstan uses Cyrillic. In Kyrgyzstan Cyrillic, seeing Ң will specifically mean you are in Kyrgyzstan.
License plates in some other western countries outside Europe, such as the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia are typically short.
Some of the higher Turkish apartments have flatter roofs.
This is the front view of Hungarian, Bulgarian, Croatian and North Macedonian bollards. These countries also share the same white (rather than red, like the front) rectangle on the back of their bollards.
In this example, there is not tent.
The U.K. also stands out as one of only two Street View covered areas to use miles, yards and pounds- the other being the US.
If you see a gravel road and are tossing up between Canada and the US, you are much more likely to be in the Canada. Whilst Alaska has some gravel roads, they are very rarely found in the rest of the US. In contrast, Canada has a reasonable number of gravel roads.
A big clue in identifying Costa Rica is that you won’t be able to leave the footpath. You will also reach dead ends and will only be able to move in a narrow area.
Polish bollards have a red diagonal stripe wrapping around the bollard.
Gujarati is blue in the above map. This script is used in western India, in the state of Gujarat. Note that the letters appear unconnected to one another plus the abundance of vertical strokes. Gujarati reminds me of upside-down Latin script.
In Russia, the most common Street View car is a ghostly black with a long antenna.
The Thai language can be easily recognised thanks to the small circles found on the ends of many of their letters, as seen above. The Laos written language also has small circles on the ends of letters however almost every part of every Laos letter is curved. In contrast, most Thai letters have a straight section.
North America predominantly uses narrow license plates. This contrasts Europe which uses elongated plates.
The first variant of the Mongolian Street View car is visible bars with what looks like camping equipment. Sometimes the gray padding is missing and a tray comprising black bars is visible.
According to this study I found (https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1700035114) if you notice more sedans than pickup trucks in an American city, there is an 88% likelihood that you are in a Democrat area. If you notice more pickup trucks than sedans, there is an 82% likelihood that you are in a Republican area. This means that by examining whether there are more sedans or pickup trucks around you in the US, you should have an idea whether you are in the blue or red area on the above map: Blue= Democrat vs red= Republican. (Image source: Kingofthedead, Wikipedia). If you notice more boats around you, then you are probably in the sea (or a boat museum).
This is an example of the Thin B-profile (yellow on the above map). Note that the the central hollow section is about the same height as 3 of the top rows. This contrasts the standard B-Profile guardrails which (as shown in the picture above this one) have a central hollow that is the same height as just one top row.
The rear of the white vehicle resembles a ute (pick-up truck). Note that the bars are visible in the US Virgin Islands. Note that this vehicle covers the two northern islands (St Thomas and St John) and the tray is white in colour.
A white railing is common throughout Japan.
Signs right across Indonesia have the word ‘KABUPATEN’ or ‘KAB’ written on them. This means regency (like a district). The word following KABUPATEN or KAB is the regency you are in. In the above example, we are in the Badung regency. Indonesia has 416 regencies. Regencies don’t show up on the GeoGuessr map. A list of where the regencies are can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regencies_and_cities_of_Indonesia
Directional signs in Taiwan are green with white lettering. The major National Freeways are numbered in a white shape that resembles a flower. Taiwanese signs either feature Mandarin and English or just Mandarin.
The back of the Street View car appears as this ghostly white colour in Bolivia. Peru can also have the ghostly white car. Chile has a white car that tends to be more opaque.
Small parts of Czechia had their Street View coverage taken in winter. If you see a cold, depressing scene in Europe, often with trees without leaves you are likely in Hungary or Bulgaria but if not then Czechia. The trees shown on the left of the above image often line Czechia’s roads.
Seeing corn fields in the US can significantly narrow down your location to the upper-central US states.
Northern Ghana has a drier feel which is reflected in its lack of grass and desert-like brown/reddish soil.
Mongolian license plates are all white and fairly narrow. They are much less elongated than plates from Kyrgyzstan and also lack the red Kyrgyzstan stripe.
This is the second car you will see if you pan down in India. The end of the car has a slight blue tint.
Cream-coloured apartments spanning at least several stories are the most common form of habitation in most of Israel and Palestine.
National roads in Chile are the major roads that run throughout the country. They are called ‘Ruta’ and commonly feature the letter ‘R’ prior to the road number (as pictured). National road number 5 is the longest road in Chile. It begins near the Peruvian border and runs right down to Quellon. Roads to the west of National road 5 are generally even numbered and roads to the east are generally odd numbered.
Israel is recognisable thanks to Hebrew. The written language can be identified thanks to many letters looking like tombstones (or a lowercase ‘n’ sometimes with an added line underneath).
If you spot a large satellite dish in South America then there is a good chance you are in Brazil. Satellite dishes are doubly useful as they face towards the equator. This can be useful for determining how far north or south you are in the enormity of Brazil.
Noting the side of the road that the cars are driving on/parked on can be useful in GeoGuessr. In this example, the car is driving on the left, which significantly narrows down the country.
Standard Estonian bollards are cylindrical. This contrasts the narrow plank bollards of Lithuania and Latvia. The front of Estonian bollards have the white rectangle encased in the black section, similar to the Latvian bollards. Estonian bollards will on rare occasions have a yellow rectangle rather than the white rectangle. Estonian bollards have two white circles on their rear. Estonian bollards look similar to Finnish bollards.
Across some of Nigeria, a 4-wheel drive escort follows the Street View car. This 4-wheel drive is silver coloured in greater Lagos. If you are followed by a white pick-up truck with police lights you are outside of Lagos. A black 4-wheel drive follows the Street View car in two small areas in Nigeria: Benin City and the E1 south of Logbara. The full details of this following car’s colour in specific, Nigerian areas are in the Nigeria section further down this article.
In Kampala and its outskirts, where most of the Ugandan coverage is centred, the side view mirrors of the Street View car are visible as are parts of the sides of the white car.
In the Netherlands, it is common to see these blue arrow signs with white lettering. They point to the nearest town or city and make pinpointing much easier.
Dashed white lines on both sides of the road are most commonly found in Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
You don’t need to memorise the Taiwanese county symbols. By simply zooming in to the GeoGuessr map, the county symbol is displayed before the county road numbers. You just need to match the symbol you zoom in to.
The Qatar truck will sometimes appear blurred. However, it still stands out for being bulky and having an aerial on its front left corner.
The Icelandic language is fairly unique and contains many long words. If you see one of two symbols, you can guarantee that you are in Iceland- Þ (which looks to me like a new emoji featuring a tongue poking out) and ð.
Bollards in Montenegro look similar to Slovenian, Serbian and some Austrian bollards.
This map shows the different tuk-tuk roof styles found across the Philippines, by region. Thanks to AeroGelo for making this
The white, opaque edge of the Street View car end should normally be visible in the Philippines.
The UK often has two continuous yellow road lines on the sides of marked roads.
Knowing the subtle differences between each country’s bollards is useful in Europe.
The letters ‘a’ and ‘u’ are commonly found in a large number of Malay words. Malay is remarkably similar to Indonesian.
This checkerboard black and yellow sign is unique to Canada.
Urban Mexico (which is where most of the population lives) often consists of houses and buildings that have walls on the narrow footpath. The buildings are typically made of concrete.
Swedish county roads contain 3 digits and range from 100 to 404. The lower numbers are in the south and numbers increase as you travel north.
If you spot a speed limit sign in the USA, especially on a rural freeway, the number written on it can help you determine in which state you are in. The 75 and 80 speed limits are mainly in the western states and the 65 and 70 limits are mainly in the eastern states. (Source: Terrorist96, Wikipedia) Yes, that’s actually his name.
The bulk of Ecuador features thick, green foliage. Winding roads are common too.
The Uruguayan landscape is visually similar to northern Argentina. It is also rather flat.
Many Kenyan back plates are yellow.
Continuing Bangladesh’s fixation with red and white, sometimes the curbs are also painted these colours.
Peru sometimes has these unique utility poles. They consist of the three top parts all extending out from the pole in the same direction.
The Sicilian landscape is also rather hilly with twisting roads and a Mediterranean feel.
The majority of houses in the rural part of Ireland have some semblance to the house pictured. They are generally either white coloured or stone and have these dark roofs. Looking at the houses from the road, they tend to be wide but not very deep (they look like a rectangle from above). They are normally one or two storey. Brick is rarely visible in Irish buildings whilst it is quite common in Great Britain. Ireland tends to have longer driveways than Great Britain.
Like Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana, South Africa’s most common road lines feature yellow, continuous edge lines and white centre lines. This unique combination of road lines is often one of the easiest ways to determine that you are in one of these four Southern African countries. Cars drive on the left in South Africa. Cars drive on the left in Africa everywhere south of the red line on the map at the start of this Africa section.
Street signs in Vienna display a number indicating what district they are in. The above map shows where these numbered districts are located. These numbers begin in the centre of Vienna and spiral from 2 in the inner east, clockwise until 9 in the inner north-west. The numbers then begin in an outer ring with 10/11 in the outer south and increase clockwise until 22 in the outer east (with 23 in the outer south). Note that only 21 and 22 are on the east of the Danube River. A larger version of this map can be viewed here. (Source: reddit, u/PiraatPaul)
Greenland’s landscape is cold, rocky and undulating. Only very small parts of Greenland are covered by Street View. These are mainly towns and the nearby waters.
A typical Russian road marker pole. This one shows that the road has extended 238km to this point.
A reasonable amount of Finland was captured with the generation 2 Street View camera. As a result, you may see a circular blur beneath you, a halo around the sun, more vivid colours and slightly worse image quality. Recently, some generation 4 coverage was added to Finland.
As well as Paris, Lyon and Marseilles are also divided into arrondissement. In this example we are in the 3rd Arr in Lyon. We can zoom into the map of Lyon and find the 3rd arrondissement.
Dortmund signs have this style which is similar to the Munich style.
These are Russian kilometre poles. They tell you how far you have travelled on a highway, the other side of the sign which you have to turn around to see once you’ve passed it tells you how far you have left on the highway.
Sir Baniyas Island’s landscape consists of unmarked, narrow roads, small fences, sand and low trees.
Some of the larger Bulgarian cities have partial generation 4 coverage and Sofia almost exclusively has generation 4 coverage (generation 4 coverage in Bulgaria was taken in spring/summer). Other countries that use Cyrillic don’t have generation 4 coverage. The generation 4 coverage is easy to determine because the blue car visible.
A map showing the location of the Malaysian state of Johor which has yellow street name signs.
Colombia has a large number of yellow and black striped poles.
Indonesia, Malaysia and Macau have variations of black license plates.
This map shows the colour of reflectors on European guardrails, by country. (I don’t know who made this map but thank you whoever you are!) An example of every reflector and every guardrail type from every European country can be found in this document.
European city and town signs. If you don’t recognise a city/town name then the sign’s appearance will lead you to the country you are in. Note: Switzerland can also have white signs whilst Belgium can also have yellow signs. (Source: Europamapas)
There is very little Street View coverage on Svalbard. There is some boat coverage off the north-western coast however land coverage tends to be in small, autonomous sections.
There are a number of different types of Kiwi utility poles however I most commonly see three distinct styles. The first style has an indent running vertically down it.
Many Ukrainian trees also have the base of their trunk painted white.
Motorcyclists are particularly common in Indonesia.
The eastern part of the UAE, near the gulf of Oman, has a number of mountains. Sometimes the UAE has some form of a yellow centre line with yellow edge lines however this combination is rarer.
Reunion has large hills, has a tropical feel and is French speaking.
In almost all locations, right side of the car steering wheels= a left side driving country and left side of the car steering wheels= a right side driving country. In this image, the steering wheels are on the left (from the driver’s perspective) thus the cars drive on the right side of the road.
Montenegro’s directional road signs are often yellow with black lettering.
A small island off the coast of the UAE also has Street View coverage. This island is called Sir Baniyas Island. If you pan down here, you will see the edges of the Street View car as well as the side view mirrors.
These short trees with no leaves are a common sight in parts of Botswana.
Chile stands out in South America as its roads have a white middle line across most of the country. This contrasts the yellow middle lines of the rest of South America. There are some caveats- southern Chile, where it snows, has yellow lines. Also, small parts of Argentina have a white middle line. If you see a continuous (as opposed to dashed) white, centre line in South America, you must be in Chile.
Portugal has two main types of utility poles. The first type is more unique looking and has small holes running vertically up it. Sometimes Portuguese utility poles of this style will have less holes. The second type of Portuguese utility pole is wooden. It often looks fairly rudimentary and can have lumps on its surface.
New York has distinctive gold coloured plates.
A car will often be beneath you in Tutuila, American Samoa. Other locations in American Samoa feature a person holding the Street View camera.
A few types of bollards are visible in the Netherlands. This type is the most commonly seen. Similar looking bollards are found in Turkey and Australia.
If you see no tent, on the Street View car in Mongolia, you have to be in or around Ulaanbaatar, the road running south-east from Ulaanbaatar or in the tiny town of Erdenet (somewhere north-east of Ulaanbataar). (Image source for the 5 maps: thanks to Kommu).
Forests are a common sight amongst the twisting roads of the Slovenian hills.
The South Korean language can be recognised easily thanks to large circles that feature as part of many of its letters.
Malaysian Street View coverage appears most abundantly on the Malay Peninsula. The coverage also appears on the Malay section of Borneo although most of this coverage is near the coast.
Singapore is a rich looking country that has high rise buildings, new looking roads, neatly maintained trees and bushes and fairly expensive cars. Despite being urban, the country is very green and lush.
If you see these coils on the ends of the top of a pole, you are in the state of Victoria. The coil doesn’t always appear on the vertical pole like in the above image. These coil poles aren’t everywhere in Victoria however if you see them, you know you are in Victoria.
The Cambodian written language is fairly easy to identify if you look for the little ‘hooks’ that appear on the end of virtually every letter.
If you pan down in the US Virgin Islands, you will see a bulky ute (pick-up truck) that has the bars visible and a tray in the rear. The vehicle will be white on the two northerly islands and either red or white and lacking the black antenna holder on the main southern island.
The Street View coverage of the US Virgin Islands incorporates the three largest islands. St Thomas is the west most of the northern islands, St John is the east most of the northern islands and St. Croix which is the large south island.
A large number of Taiwanese utility poles (the ones with yellow and black diagonal stripes) feature a blue rectangle above the stripes. The bottom half of the blue rectangle should contain two rows of letter and number combinations. We are only concerned with the first letter in the first row- in the above image, this is a ‘K’. This letter alone can tell us fairly accurately where in Taiwan we are located. The map below will explain how to use this letter. Sometimes this letter will be too small to see from the Street View car however, on average, I’m able to find a legible letter within 30 seconds when placed in Taiwan.
English is fairly prevalent on signs in India.
Bolivian houses tend to look quite similar to Peruvian houses. They are mainly made of brick and have flat roofs.
Danish directional signs are often blue and white and in the same style as the red and white directional signs.
If you pan down, Ecuador has a short antenna under the back of the car. Sometimes it can be challenging to see.
Some Austrian bollards have more of a bright red reflector.
Guatemala is a very hilly country and it is rare to find a flat section. The landscape is largely a lush, thick and green jungle with a tropical feel.
The generation 2 camera also tends to produce a circular blur beneath the Street View car.
These distinctive, green street signs with a white border and white lettering are common throughout the Dominican Republic.
In October 2022, Kenyan Street View coverage was updated, meaning that the coverage now extends north and the central and western parts of the country now have denser coverage.
Rickshaws featuring a bike at the front and two wheels at the back are common across other parts of Asia but they are especially common in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi vehicles drive on the left.
Iceland has these yellow and black directional signs. Norway has similar coloured signs that are typically larger and without the yellow part of the sign forming an arrow.
Turkey has standard European license plates with the blue stripe on the left. Turkey has bold, black lettering on its plates. As a result, you will often see black markings on the plate.
Much of Greece looks bright and there is often a blue sky visible. There are many bushes is Greece and low flora and few tall trees. The generation 2 camera is used across large parts of the country producing bright colours, a circular blur beneath the Street View car and a halo around the sun.
The area in the north-east of Brazil (the blue area on the above map) is notable for its light coloured soil that looks almost sandy. It also seldom has trees and mainly features intermittently dispersed, bushes. In general, the landscape here is low. This part of Brazil is very dry.
The Swiss landscape often resembles the Austrian landscape. Almost the entire Switzerland is hilly and mountainous. If I see central European mountains in GeoGuessr, my default guess is Switzerland.
This is the orange coloured part of Spain on the above map, (between Madrid and Murcia). Due to the lack of rain, the area resembles a desert.
Houses of this distinct reddish-brown colour are a common sight in the Nordic countries
Estonia is recognisable from the other Baltic countries as their blue, kilometre markers are orientated at right angles to the road. This is different from Lithuanian markers (these point in an arrow shape towards the road) and Latvian markers (parallel to the road).