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The word ‘rue’ translates from French to English as ‘street’. On metropolitan street corners, it’s standard to see the word ‘rue’ on signs.
Like the UK, the Isle of Man has yellow rear plates. Unlike the UK, the plates have a red stripe on the left.
The most common roof type in the Philippines features corrugated iron, normally in a triangular formation.
A map showing the topography of South Africa. Note that the mountains are mainly around the south-western edge of the country (near Cape Town) and in the north-east. (Image source: mappdoutofficial).
This is the second type of French bollard. It has a red reflector strip running around it. Like the first type of French bollard, it has a unique shape, different from standard European bollards. Note: Scotland very occasionally has bollards that look similar to this French red and white bollard; however, Scottish bollards are wider.
Although there are no cars visible, we can see a sign facing drivers who drive on the left. This suggests that we are in a country that drives on the left.
Sao Tome and Principe are two islands located off the coast of Gabon/Equatorial Guinea. Sao Tome is the large island at the bottom of this picture and features coverage mainly in the north to north-east of the island but also around the edge of the island. Principe has coverage in the northern half of the island.
Large chunks of Croatia had their Street View coverage taken in autumn. As a result, it’s common to see red and orange leaves in Croatia.
Fields of corn are common in Romania.
Old-fashioned cars of the style pictured are a common sight in Serbia.
Serbian Latin has Č, Ć, Š and Ž.
Bollards are fairly rare in Greece. The front of Greek bollards have a thick red rectangle.
The west part of Panama tends to be more dry.
Like Indonesia, Malaysia’s most common road markings consist of white, continuous, edge lines and a dashed, white, centre line.
Telugu is bright white in the above map (as opposed to faded white). It is used in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In Telugu, note the lack of horizontal lines over the curved letters. This distinguishes the language from Kannada.
A large number of Romanian utility poles are painted with a white base.
Cream-coloured apartments spanning at least several stories are the most common form of habitation in most of Israel.
When weighing up where in a country to place the pin, examine how similar the region you are located in is to nearby countries. In the above image, there are vertical yellow and black stripes on the utility pole which are Japanese. The landscape looks more Taiwanese therefore we can deduce that we are on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, near Taiwan.
A reasonable portion of Gibraltar’s landscape consists of steep and narrow roads. The territory of Gibraltar skirts the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula and the sea is often visible.
If you pan down in Senegal, you will often see the Street View car’s bars.
In most (but not all) of Norway, if you pan down, you will see some semblance of a blue car. Denmark also has this blue car across most of the country.
In October 2022, Nigeria received new Street View coverage. There is now coverage spread across the entire country.
Madagascan coverage also includes these boats on which you can travel backwards and forwards.
Vietnam has warning signs featuring a red outline and yellow filling. The only other Asian country with these signs is South Korea.
Based on the above two phone area code maps, if you see the above phone number you can tell you are in the south-eastern quadrant of France thanks to the (04) first two digits. You can also tell you are specifically in the Lyon region thanks to the 72 third and fourth digits.
An example of an Adopt-a-Highway sign. This one is from Colorado. Adopt-a-Highway signs are found in Canada and the USA.
One of many possible signs indicating a Canadian Provincial Highway
The other follow car you may see in Palestine is this dark blue Ford. It is a bit rarer than the white Suzuki.
If you pan down in certain countries, the bars protruding from the Street View car are visible. This occurs in: Guatemala, the Faroe Islands, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Senegal, Ghana, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, the US Virgin Islands and Curaçao. Parts of Bangladesh, parts of Nigeria and parts of Laos also have the bars visible.
If you zoom in on the map, Australian house numbers appear. This can make pinpointing in Australian cities/towns easier.
Within Europe, these roadwork signs featuring a yellow centre and red outline are commonly used. They shouldn’t be confused with warning signs. Only a handful of countries in Europe have this style of warning sign.
Concrete utility poles are more abundant on the North Island of New Zealand whilst wooden utility poles are more abundant on the South Island of New Zealand. This can be a good way to decide which island to pick when making your guess.
Wellington has unique looking signs featuring a white background and green lettering.
The central and northern parts of Cambodia have a reddish dirt. Dirt roads are very common in Cambodia and much rarer in Thailand.
Greece mainly has the typical European plates with the blue stripe on the left but is also features a portion of narrow license plates that are just white.
A shield indicating a Trans-Canada Highway
This is what the front of bollards in Denmark look like. They are a unique looking bollard and occur abundantly throughout the country.
The capital letters in the Greek Alphabet. Σ, Π and Λ are three of the more common non-Latin letters. (Source: medium.com)
Southern Brazil (the orange area on the map) has a landscape resembling Uruguay and Argentina. There are sprinklings of tall trees with some trees only have branches near their peak. Southern Brazil is drier than south-eastern Brazil. As a result, you will see drier fields more abundantly.
Houses in Singapore tend to be double story and very affluent.
The most common French license plates you see will be the standard European plate, which isn’t particularly useful for GeoGuessr purposes.
Russian bollards are primarily found at intersections.
Hungary can look quite different on Street View, depending on when the coverage was taken and depending on the region of Hungary. Most of Hungary is flat. There are often grass fields or crop fields around. The country has many small villages and parts of Hungary have lots of foliage.
A map showing the locations of the largest 15 Russian cities by population. Being aware of these city’s names is vital if you want a high score in Russia. (Source: https://blogs.elenasmodels.com/en/biggest-russian-cities/)
Whilst the rest of Europe has blue pedestrian crossing signs, Ireland has their pedestrian/s trapped in a yellow diamond.
The Slovenian landscape often features hills or mountains in the background. Much of the country is covered by forest.
Finland is generally a fairly flat country. If you see birch trees (the white coloured ones) on the side of the road, you are likely in a Nordic country. Finland seems to have more birch trees than Sweden and Norway. The further north you travel, the thicker the density of birch trees. I find that Finland feels a bit more wintery than Sweden in general.
Utility poles in Slovakia are concrete and cylindrical. They also look the same to the aforementioned Czechia utility poles (this same pole is also found in other locations). Slovak and Czech utility poles often have extras on them such as a street light, a white box and a wire running up them.
Houses in the state of Queensland are most commonly made of horizontal pieces of wood. They are also often elevated off the ground (not necessarily as high as the house pictured).
A map showing the Russian license plate codes (the number that appears above the Russian flag) for each region in West Russia. Note that a list version of this information can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Russia (Source: fremantleboy, Wikipedia)
A Venn diagram showing which Cyrillic symbols are shared and which are unique to GeoGuessr relevant countries. If you see a Cyrillic letter used by one country then you are in that country. (Source: reddit, Porodicnostablo. Updated by: reddit, olsnes.)
The Rocky Mountains running down the western part of the USA tend to be true to their name and rocky. They also tend to be higher and drier than the Appalachians.
In Crete, you will often see this antenna, which has a thick end.
Square utility poles are common in the Dominican Republic.
You will regularly see a long row of these stone slabs in Bhutan. Sometimes you will see more elongated road side markers made from stone slabs.
The standard license plate in Europe is elongated and white with a vertical blue stripe on the left that can be seen despite the blur. There are a few European countries with deviations of this generic plate. Elongated license plates are relatively rare outside of Europe.
Many roads in the south-eastern US states contain sand along their sides.
The back of some (but not all) signs in British Columbia are green.
Hungarian utility poles are thinner and narrower than Romanian utility poles.
Some Kenyan signs are held up by black and white striped poles.
The Italian island of Sardinia (Sardegna) has a Mediterranean feel. The island is rather hilly,
Many parts of Indonesia have black and white markings on their curbs. Malaysia can also have these black and white curbs.
A common license plate in Eswatini features a dark blue upper section and yellow-greenish lower section.
Provincial Roads (RP) are denoted on the map by these green squares.
The Philippines is a diverse looking archipelago of islands that have a tropical feel.
If you see ‘S.A de C.V.’ written on a sign, then you are in Mexico. Many Mexican businesses have these letters displayed on them.
Like Indonesia, Malaysia can also have black and white curbs.
Bhutanese houses and apartments can be quite elaborate looking. They often feature flat roofs that extend beyond the walls, white walls, arch windows and detailed wooden elements.
The most common road marking in Lesotho has yellow, continuous edge lines and some form of white middle line. This road marking combination is also abundant in South Africa, Botswana and Eswatini.
The Serbian written language situation can be confusing. Some signs have Latin, other signs have Cyrillic and other signs have both. This sign has Cyrillic. Serbian Cyrillic can be recognised thanks to two unique letters to the language that looks like a lowercase ‘h’ with a horizontal line on top. These are Ћ and Ђ.
If you see the red string tent, you must be in this small pocket in north-eastern Mongolia.
Small flowers along the sides of the road are more common in Estonia than the other Baltic countries.
Some are almost square-shaped with black sections.
A map showing the zones for ‘A’ and ‘B’ roads in Great Britain. The first digit of the ‘A’ or ‘B’ road indicates which of the above zones that road will be in. An example is that road A299 is found in the zone marked ‘2.’ (Source: Liftarn, Wikipedia)
It is often possible to work out where in Sweden you are located, just from the town name. For example, towns ending in ‘…vaara’ are most common in northern Sweden. (Image source: Xseros)
Most Japanese cars have a boxy shape.
Panama flags can be seen everywhere in Panama City.
Ugandan National parks have dirt roads. The landscape often consists of patchy grass and scattered flora.
Russia has a range of house styles. One of the more common are wooden houses that have triangular-prism shaped roofs. Wooden fences are also common around Russian houses.
Malaysia sometimes has these double, white, continuous road lines. These are fairly rare around the rest of the world.
These signs, which are found right across Guatemala, indicate how far away Guatemala City is. If you see a high number (typically over 300km), you will be in the north of the country as this extends further from Guatemala City. If you see a lower number (less than 200km) and note a flatter landscape, you should be in the southern part of Guatemala. Note: the numbers on the signs will be the same on both sides of the road.
Parana pines are these unique looking pine trees that have no branches until the top section of the tree. The branches span from the tree almost horizontally. Parana pines are most commonly found in the Brazilian state of Parana and the two states to the south of Parana- Santa Catalina and northern Rio Grande do Sul.
The easiest way for me to tell if I’m in Santo Domingo or Santiago De Los Caballeros is to find a clear road or space that allows me to see to the north. Santiago De Los Caballeros has mountains to the north (as pictured) whilst Santo Domingo doesn’t.
These white and yellow stone markers indicate how far away the nearest village, town or city is in Bhutan. In this example, the village of Dewathang is 1km away. The other side of the stone also has information about how far away the nearest village is for those travelling in the opposite direction.
Like Colombia and Peru, Bolivian commercial vehicles e.g. taxis have license plates on their sides. In many instances these side plates are blurred.
If you get flat landscape and winter coverage in Croatia, you should be in the far-eastern Croatian region of Slavonia (this area is shown on the below map).
The southern part of Argentina lacks any real vegetation.
Clicking on the flag icon will take you back to your starting point.
The front license plates in Uganda are white.
Sri Lanka has yellow rear plates and white front plates. It is one of the few GeoGuessr countries in the world to have this plate combination (the others include Botswana, the U.K. and Hong Kong). The Sri Lankan plates are also almost square shaped.
North Kalimantan has a white fog, which is a camera artifact, across most the regions coverage.
Houses in inland Croatia tend to come in more of a range of colours and styles than many of the previously mentioned countries. The roofs’ colours tend to be shades of terracotta with more of a range of these colours than some other countries. Croatian houses are commonly two-storey.
Rickshaws are common throughout the Philippines.
In general, Ontario and Quebec tend to have a mixture of grasslands and areas with trees.
The back of Italian bollards.
Fields on both sides of the road and a line of trees on both sides of the road are common sights in Poland.
Jersey’s road marking feature yellow, continuous edge lines and white, dashed centre lines. This combination of road markings is rare in Europe. Sometimes you will just see a white dashed centre line, especially on narrow roads.
The southern parts of Mexico have a tropical feel that resembles the jungles of Guatemala.
Outside of South Australia and the Northern Territory, the rest of Australia typically uses wooden utility poles that are cylindrical. There are often extras on these poles that vary from pole to pole such as the horizontal, crucifix bar.
This is the front view of Slovenian and Montenegrin bollards. Serbia also have similar looking bollards- albeit with the red rectangle far to one side. Slovenian and Montenegrin bollards look like many Austrian bollards however Austria has a black or darker (blacker) reddish rectangle.
The most common type of Latvian bollard is a thin plank with a generic white rectangle on the front.
New Zealand houses are often white in colour and bungalow-styled. White coloured houses are much more common in New Zealand than Australia and this can be another clue to help distinguish between the two countries.
There are a number of unpaved roads in Chile.
Uruguayan Street View coverage stretches across the country. The majority of the coverage includes major roads as well as cities. A large portion of the coverage is in the south around greater Montevideo and hugging the southern coastline. This area also includes many minor roads and unpaved areas.
Notice the dish facing south at quite an extreme angle (almost perpendicular to the ground). This indicates that we are in the Northern Hemisphere and probably relatively far north.
There is often a slight blur that is noticeable in the greenery within Estonia.
The topography of Thailand. Note that most of Thailand is flat and that the mountainous region runs down the western side of the country. (Image source: mappdoutofficial).
Singaporean warning signs look like standard European signs however the shape of the actual white sign is square, not triangular. This is unique in the world.
Most utility poles on Prince Edward Island (the island just north of Nova Scotia) have these small white rectangles on them.
If you are in Latin America and notice the generation 4 camera has been used/you see a blue car then you are in Mexico, Brazil or occasionally Argentina. The other Latin American countries don’t use the generation 4 camera/have a blue car. Mexico, Brazil and Argentina also use other generation cameras in tandem with the generation 4 camera.
Street signs in Paris will typically have a number followed by ‘Arr’ on them. In this example 15th Arr is displayed. ‘Arr’ means arrondissement which is the equivalent of a district. Paris is divided into 20 arrondissement and these appear on the map.
In general, Peru is a dry country, much drier than Ecuador and Colombia. There also tends to be less vegetation and less green vegetation in Peru than in Ecuador and Colombia.
This is the gray tent.
Most of the time, Hawaiian plates look white. If you look carefully, you may be able to see a rainbow on the plates that arcs around.
Bolivia can have a diverse landscape. In general, the country tends to be rather dry. The outlying areas of the Atacama Desert cover the western and south-western parts of the country.
This is another common type of house in Czechia. Note the similar roof tiles to the previous house.
The most common road markings in Bangladesh involve white, continuous edge lines and a white, dashed, centre line.
The easiest way to recognise Italy is via its license plates. Italy is one of only two countries in the world to have blue vertical stripes on both sides of the plate. This applies to both the front and rear plates. The other country with similar looking plates is Albania. Distinguishing the countries is easy. Italy seldom has the Street View car’s aerial as visible whilst in Albania you should see the car’s aerial.
If the bars are visible, a black ‘snorkel’ protrusion can be seen coming from the Street View car in Kenya- see the top left of the image. Seeing this ‘snorkel’ is one of the easiest ways to recognise Kenya.
The Street View car in Puerto Rico has the car’s aerial protruding from the front-right of the car (see the right of the image) and there should be a fairly subtle blur beneath you. The Northern Mariana Islands and Guam also have an aerial protruding from the front-right of the car and they also have the blur beneath you however the blur is more vivid in the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Connecting roads in Finland contain 4 digits. They increase in numbering as you travel north in Finland. This means road 1000 is in the south of Finland and road 9999 is in the north of Finland.
The left side-view mirror is dirty in most of the coverage around the Kyrgyzstan city of Jalal-Abad. Jalal-Abad is situated 50km north of the aforementioned Osh.
The major gas/petrol stations in Argentina have this logo.
A portion of the Madagascar’s limited coverage includes the beach. This is mainly found along small parts of the east coast.
License plates in the Northern Mariana Islands are typically very small in size. They come in a variety of shades but tend to be mainly white or with a slight gray tinge.
Taiwanese utility poles are everywhere. They are cylindrical in shape and regularly have their lower section covered in diagonal black and yellow stripes.
Nuremberg street signs are black withe white lettering. They also feature the metal outer ring.
Northern Asian Street View coverage.
The word ‘CALLE’ means ‘STREET’ in Spanish and often appears throughout Spain and Latin America.
Many Argentine cars have a black blob on their license plates.
Santo Domingo has more of a city feel with generally more cars and higher buildings. In contrast, Santiago De Los Caballeros feels like more of a town, with less cars and smaller buildings. Santo Domingo (the busier city) is pictured above.
The southern part of Cambodia has white-coloured dirt. Looking at the dirt colour can be a great way to narrow down your Cambodian guess.
These types of trees are sprinkled across Lithuania and this part of the world. What I think of as Soviet-style apartments are found around parts of Lithuania.
Chile stands out if you pan down. This white, rear section of the Street View car, which looks a bit like an ironing board can be seen across most of the country. Sometimes the car will appear a bit more transparent. Bolivia and Peru can also have the transparent, white Street View car.
Dirt roads are common in Eswatini.
One of the best ways to identify France is by looking for French car brands. The above image shows the Renault logo.
Israeli curbs often feature alternating colours. The most common colour combination is red and white.
These abundant signs in Italy, with the words ‘Passo carrabile’ on them often have the name of the city (commune) on them at the top. In this example, we have Commune di Firenze (Florence)
Central Java (and the Special Region of Yogyakarta which is just south-east of Central Java) often use various forms of ‘t-shape’ utility poles in which the horizontal pole is placed half-way across the vertical pole.
You will commonly see metal bins like these in Bulgaria. This style of bin is often seen in other parts of Eastern Europe but these bins seem to be most prevalent in Bulgaria.
Hong Kong has a large number of these green and red taxis. You won’t have to travel too far before seeing one.
These guardrails which feature a wide central section (enough for 3 top sections to fit in) are only found in Europe within Slovakia and Czechia.
The shield indicating Interstate Highways for the USA.
Regarding the pole itself, probably the most common type of Sri Lankan utility pole is concrete and square shaped. It also features small dots running up it however these dots are only near the top of the pole. This distinguishes the pole from Thai poles which have the dots running all the way to the ground.
This dark green Mazda follows the Street View car in central and southern Tunisia- anywhere south of Hammamet. Note the license plate that has red on the left and black on the right.
Different colour escort cars follow the Street View car in different parts of Nigeria. In greater Lagos, this silver 4-wheel drive is always following the Street View car. East of Ikorodu, you will also see this car. Sometimes the trailing car will be up to 200 metres away. Note that in Tunisia and Kenya, the Street View car can also be followed by an escort 4-wheel drive.
Look for signs like this in Russia. This one says road A-166 in smallish writing.
Poland is the only country in the world to have triangular warning signs that have a thin red outline and yellow filling.
The camera on the Japanese Street View car is positioned low down. This makes the imagery feel closer to the ground than the other countries in the world (except Switzerland).
Hungarian road numbers are grouped together based on the first digit of the road number. The above map shows where the first digit of Hungarian road numbers are located. As an example, if you see a road beginning with ‘4’ you know to look in the east of Hungary. (Image source: Hann Andras).
The north-east part of the US tends to have this style of white-coloured, two-storey house that have fairly steep roofs.
This is what the back of Denmark’s bollards look like. Note that the orange fluorescent stripe at the top of the bollard (both front and back) only occurs sometimes.
Many company signs in Indonesia start with ‘PT’. This ‘PT’ is unique to Indonesia.
Red and white coloured signs provide directions for cyclists in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is arguably the most cyclist friendly country in the world. There are many bike paths, cyclists and cyclist directional signs to be seen.