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Regional roads in Finland contain 3 digits. They increase in numbering as you travel north. This means road 100 is in the south of Finland and road 999 is in the north of Finland.
These trees, known as oil palms, are found in Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand.
The Senegalese landscape often consists of dry grass and small, spiky bushes.
The bottom of the image shows the Swiss internet suffix which is ‘.ch’.
South Africa is the only southern African country (including Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana) to have used the generation 2 camera to capture Street View imagery. Large parts of South Africa were captured with this camera. If you notice the bright colours like those in this image, the circular blur beneath the Street View car or a halo around the sun, the generation 2 camera has been used. This means you are in South Africa and not Botswana, Lesotho or Eswatini.
Many Cambodian houses are elevated on posts. Some homes will have part of the home elevated on posts and the other part of the home on the ground floor.
A license plate from Italy. Albania has similar plates.
Cars in Malta have a mixture of standard European plates (left) and plates that are less elongated with a blue section in the upper-left corner (pictured on the right in the above image).
This is the front view of a German and Luxembourg bollard; they look rather generic. The back of the bollards contain two white circles in the white section. Portugal and Sweden have similar bollards to Luxembourg.
Many cars in the Dominican Republic lack front license plates.
Kenyan roads often have white continuous lines on the edges and soft yellow lines in the middle. This central line can be continuous or comprising of dashes.
As well as the bars, the white front of the Street View car is visible if you pan down in the Dominican Republic.
Jordan sometimes has curbs with yellow and black striped lines. These curbs are typically rather faded and contrast the newly painted curbs of the UAE (which can be yellow and black or white and black).
Warning signs in Latvia have a much thicker red border than those found in Estonia and Lithuania.
License plates in the south-western Mexican state of Nayarit most commonly have a reddish or blue coloured lower, horizontal section.
Rural bollards in the state of Western Australia often have these brown/gray segments on their base.
The Lithuanian language stands out for having ė as its 9th letter of the alphabet. Essentially this e with a dot above it is only found in Lithuanian. Lithuanian also has three letters that have what is a small ‘v’ on top of them. These are: š, ž and č. I recognise Lithuanian mainly due to the fact that many of the words end in ‘….ai’ or ‘….as’.
If you notice the generation 2 camera has been used and are tossing up between Canada and the US, you are much more likely to be in Canada. The US rarely has generation 2 coverage whilst this coverage is relatively common in Canada. Generation 2 coverage is denoted by a circular blur under the Street View car, a halo around the sun and more vivid colours with imagery of a slightly inferior quality.
Signs in the north of Norway are often written in both Norwegian and Sami. In areas near the Norwegian-Finnish border, signs typically house both Norwegian and Finnish.
Octagonal shaped utility poles are some of the most common in Mexico and seeing them can be an easy way to identify the country. These poles are rarely seen in other countries however they do sometimes occur in Colombia.
A reasonable portion of Luxembourg is covered by the rare generation 2 Street View camera. This means a blurry circle is visible if you pan down, a halo is often visible around the sun and the imagery consists of much more vivid colours than the other camera generations. Update: Luxembourg recently got some generation 4 coverage added.
Approximately one third of Irish utility poles have a yellow, triangular ‘danger’ sticker on them. These stickers can also been seen in the UK however they are rarer there.
There is now a new vehicle that is visible beneath you in parts of Kenya. This vehicle is a light-silver coloured truck. The truck can appear with the snorkel and antenna (as above), with just the snorkel, just the antenna (or sometimes two antenna) or neither the snorkel or antenna.
Norway uses wooden, circular utility poles. Sweden and Finland also uses these poles, as do many other countries around the world.
Malay houses often have corrugated iron roofs that are triangular prism shaped.
Romania can often be recognised thanks to their concrete, hollow poles featuring a dash of yellow paint (Hungarian poles sometimes also have a bit of yellow paint too). In addition, a large number of Romanian utility poles are painted with a white base (Ukrainian utility poles sometimes also have a white base).
The larger, built-up, modern and more developed areas of Indonesia are mainly found on the island of Java. Java is the most populated island in the world and there is a large amount of Street View coverage here too.
Posts that hold all types of Thai signs are unique in the world as they are wooden, painted white and importantly they have a section painted black on their base. The above yellow and black sign denotes a corner in Thailand.
Every town in Malta has its own unique looking street name signs. This street name sign is from the town of Mgarr.
This map shows the two-digit phone prefixes in Germany. It’s important to at least learn the first digit zones on this map . A short cut is- begin in west Germany with 2, then go in an anti-clockwise spiral in the northern half of Germany and you have 3, 4 and 5. 6 numbers are in the south-west of Germany then in another anti-clockwise spiral are the digits 7, 8 and 9. It should be noted that German phone numbers typically have a zero for a first digit when you see them on signs- the zero should be ignored and the next two digits are relevant. (Image source: Wikipedia, user: Chumwa).
There are a number of different utility poles used in Hungary. Plain looking wooden logs are common and sometimes there will be a secondary, diagonal, supporting log.
Sometimes in Ukraine, there will be a long aerial visible as well as the red of the Street View car. On occasions, you will see the long aerial and struggle to notice any red.
Chilean road signs are held on these thin poles that remind me of paddle pop sticks (Popsicle sticks).
Massachusetts plates tend to have a faint red writing that can be seen if you look carefully.
Linz in Austria can be distinguished by its white coloured street name signs.
Chilean coverage runs down the entire length of Chile. It starts at the Atacama Desert and stretches down towards Tierra del Fuego.
Odia is yellowish in the above map. It is used in eastern India in the state of Odisha. Note that most of the letters resemble a skull emoji.
Bolivia can have bollards but they are rather rare. They are cigarette shaped with a red stripe near the top.
Many vehicles in Lesotho have white license plates with blue lettering. When they are blurred on Street View, this creates a slightly blue blur that can be recognisable.
A larger key for the above map of tree distributions across Russia.
The majority of Chile can be recognised thanks to the white rear of the Street View car being visible.
Malaysia has lots of these black and white guard rails.
Ecuador has the Street View car’s stubby antenna visible. Brazil, Colombia and Mexico may also have this aerial however it is most common and ubiquitous in Ecuador and Colombia. The four Latin American countries stand out for having a single diagonal string-like protrusion wrapping around the stubby antenna. Countries with a stubby antenna outside of Latin America have a different looking stubby antenna without the single diagonal string like protrusion.
Sweden is one of only a few countries in Europe to have this type of warning sign. It is triangular, has a thick red border and yellow colouring. Finland, Greece, North Macedonia and Iceland are the other European countries that have the same warning sign. Poland has similar looking warning signs with a very thin red border.
This is the rear of the bollards on Sardinia (Sardegna).
Single storey houses are more common in Hungary. These houses have lower roofs than many of the previous countries that have been mentioned. 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 shape than the previously mentioned countries. The roof edge elevations tend to meet together at a few common points on top.
The 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.
Almost all of Montenegro is undulating. The country is rather mountainous.
Vehicles travel on the right side of the road in Madagascar which is rare for an island country.
This map shows where the red tinge (that is visible at the front-centre of the Street View car) is visible in Russia. (I don’t know who created this map, but thank you whoever you are!)
The standard Mediterranean house style is popular in Italy. It features a white (or light coloured) exterior and a terracotta tiled roof.
Pink coloured taxis are endemic to Mexico City. It should also be noted that Mexico City is known as ‘Ciudad de México’ in Spanish (hence the letters CDMX on the pink taxis). There are many signs with these words in Mexico City.
Coverage in all of south-western Kyrgyzstan (the area inside the red circle above) has a unique, identifying meta. Based on the percentage of the car being reflected in the left side-view mirror, you can determine whether you are inside or outside the above red circle in Kyrgyzstan. (The side view mirror was moved near the town of Taskomur).
Taiwanese houses are most commonly boxy in shape.
This is the Rwandan car (which is more of a black truck).
The Kenyan dirt isn’t always the distinctive red colour. Often it is more of a faded brown colour.
Palestine has a very similar looking urban landscape to urban Israel.
This map indicates the French secondary department phone area codes. If the first two digits of a French phone number are visible (eg 01, 02, 03, 04 or 05) you can work out what quadrant of the country you are situated in based on the map above this one. The two digits following 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 provide you with the specific department you are situated in (as seen in this map). For example, if you see a French phone number beginning with (02) 98, you know you are in Brest, in the north-western corner of France. If you see a number (04) 95, you know you are in the northern half of Corsica. (Source: I don’t know who made this amazing map but if you know please tell me so I can credit them).
Spanish bollards are fairly unique. They feature the standard European black and white bollard with a bright yellow rectangle encased in the black section of the bollard.
Serbian homes are another great way to recognise the country. They often look like cottages and are typically fairly run-down. They often also have square-prism shaped chimneys.
The northern section of Mexico is largely occupied by desert. Generation 2 imagery is often used in this part of Mexico yet seldom appears in the southern US deserts. Looking for signs of the generation 2 coverage can help identify the Mexican desert. These signs include: the circular blur beneath the Street View car, the halo around the sun and the slightly inferior image quality with more vibrant colours.
A map showing the road numbering systems and signs for each GeoGuessr relevant country in Europe. Note that the road sign that appears the highest on each country in the map is the more major type of road in that country. The road types gradually become smaller as you look down each country on the map until the bottom road of each country on the map is minor. A larger version of this map can be seen here. (Source, reddit user, u/Melongated).
If you notice the generation 2 camera has been used in southern Africa, (and you are considering Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana and South Africa, then you must be in South Africa, as these other countries don’t use the generation 2 camera.
A large number of houses in Malaysia tend to have some form of vertical column as part of the house. This is a fairly unique feature that is rarely found in other countries.
Half-finished houses are another common sight in Albania. Although the houses are multi-storey, they are typically run-down and look unfinished and lack windows or are missing bricks.
In the area inland from Andavadoaka, the Street View coverage was captured on ox.
Street View coverage on Christmas Island is mainly focused around the north-east of the island, around Flying Fish Cove however it extends across most of the island including the vast Christmas Island National park. There is also some boat coverage beyond the northern coastline of the island.
Frankfurt street signs are blue with a thick, silver metal ring around the outside.
These distinctive yellow bollards are visible right across Iceland.
Some plates from Ohio have a red top stripe, a white middle stripe and blue lower stripe. These are similar to Idaho plates.
Jordan normally has cylindrical-like shaped utility poles. This version has three ‘pine cone’ entities pointing upwards.
Ecuadorian taxis and buses have these license plates featuring an orange stripe on top and blue sections against the backdrop of the white plate. Private vehicles have regular, white license plates.
This icon indicates a checkpoint. You can click on it to save a location which you will be able to return to when you wish.
Turkish kilometre markers are pictured above. There are two important components to these markers. Firstly, the number (and sometimes letter) in the top left corner indicates what road you are on. If you see the letter ‘o’ followed by a number you are on that road eg the o-5 road in the above example. If you see just a number in the top left corner, you are on a D road. For example, 360 indicates the road D360. Ignore the number in the top right corner. The number on the bottom row is the kilometre number of the sign on that road (in the above example, the 27th kilometre).
Madagascar has very little coverage. The main areas of coverage are just south of Morombe (pictured) in Andavadoaka on the south-western coast and around Ambanja near the northern part of the country.
South Carolina also have a plate with a blue outer and white mid-section.
Right across Lithuania random objects are blurred. This may be due to a glitch in the software used to take the Lithuanian Street View imagery. You will commonly see street signs, company signs, trees, parts of the pavement and other objects randomly blurred across Lithuania. This can be a good way to identify the country.
Parts of Senegal has some iteration of rifts in the sky if you pan up.
Central Brazil (the yellow area on the above map) corresponds to the part of Brazil that most commonly has a distinctive, red soil. (If I see red soil in Brazil, I will guess around the state of Goias). This yellow area on the map contains lots of farmlands and crops and has been largely deforested. There are rarely rural houses visible in this area.
Indonesia has a real tropical feel. The country has lots of vegetation and buildings that typically skirt the roads.
Latvia can often be distinguished from Estonia as Latvian unpaved roads are generally wide enough for two vehicles whilst Estonian unpaved roads are only wide enough for one.
Australian roads mainly have all white road lines.
The Nordic languages are rather similar with fairly subtle differences. One of the easiest ways to identify Norwegian is to look for the ø symbol. This appears fairly commonly in Norwegian and also only occurs in Danish.
Finnish bollards are either cylindrical or look cylindrical from the front. This cylindrical shape isn’t shared by the bollards of the other Nordic countries. Otherwise, Finnish bollards look like fairly generic, black and white, European bollards. Estonian bollards look the same as Finnish bollards
In most of Montenegro you will see a rift in the sky if you pan up. The only other place in Europe to have a rift visible is Albania although it is less common in Albania.
Virtually the entire country of Norway is undulating, hilly or mountainous. This contrasts the other Nordic countries which are in general flat. Iceland can have some mountains but the majority of the Street View coverage is flat. Also, Iceland typically has much less vegetation than Norway.
When you pan down in Rwanda, you will see this unique-looking, black car.
This is what the back of Hungarian bollards look like.
Shop signs in Jordan are much more likely to feature only Arabic than the UAE which tends to have both Arabic and English. Arabic can be recognised thanks to the letters resembling calligraphy and thanks to the horizontal line under most of the writing.
Indonesian road lines can vary however the most common lines are white, featuring continuous edge lines and a dashed, line in the centre.
Across approximately one-third of Russia, there will be a red tinge at the centre-front of the Street View car. The map below indicates where this red tinge can be seen.
This type of bollard with the typical European white and black style enclosing an orange rectangle is found in the Canary Islands. Similar looking bollards are also found rarely in Portugal.
Singapore has a range of license plates. Some plates are completely black.
These bright, mini buses are also common in the Philippines.
Iceland is the only European country to have a yellow background behind their pedestrian signs.
This style of old-fashioned car is a regular occurrence throughout Bulgaria. Dacia Sandero are a brand of popular Bulgarian cars.
UTCA is Hungarian for street. Many street signs in Hungary will display this word.
Delaware has grey plates.
Use the 50/50 feature in Battle Royale after you have had 2 incorrect guesses and are unsure where you are.
The UAE often has curbs with newly painted black and yellow or black and white alternating colours. This image has both!
France has many license plates that have a thick blue stripe on the left and a rather narrow blue stripe on the right. Albania and Italy have similar plates however Albania and Italy have thick stripes on both sides of the plate.
Danish street names tend to have the suffixes ‘…vej’ and ‘…gade’.
If you aren’t interested in learning more detailed Mongolian car meta, there is a simple meta that can typically inform you of whether you are in the western or eastern half of Mongolia. If the bars are filled in with black, rubber, you should be in Western Mongolia (or Ulan Bataar).
Mongolia has many small villages and towns. These areas are often contained by wooden fences. The houses tend to have bright roofs of different colours.
Poor picture quality locations in GeoGuessr indicate that you are in the US or Australia. They don’t indicate that you need to make an appointment with an optometrist.
Roundabouts are a common fixture in the UK. They often provide useful information about nearby town names and road numbers.
The left part of this image shows the different types of road signs visible in Taiwan. The right side of the image shows the specific character used for each county in Taiwan. These county characters often appear before Taiwanese county highway road numbers. A larger image can be viewed here. (Source: reddit u/Perkhell_)
Many Thai roads have some form of yellow centre line as well as continuous, white edge lines. There are often houses and villages littered alongside the roads in Thailand.
The Philippines has a wide range of different types of road markings. Much of the Philippines is undulating.
The red compass point always points north. In this example, we are facing west.
Nova Scotia typically has double yellow lines which contrast most road lines in Canada which are single yellow.
The red area on the above map (far eastern Botswana): This area has lots of visible sand however the sand is harder, packed together and rocky. The sand resembles coarse dirt more than sand.
The green top on Spanish bollards only occurs in Extremadura in Spain- Extremadura’s location is on the below map.
New Zealand has red highway shields containing a number that are unique to their country.
The Slovenian language stands out to me as it has an abundance of the letter ‘j’. If you remember the capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana (containing two j’s) then this may help you remember the j and Slovenia link. Slovenian also has the three letters with the small ‘v’ over them: ž, š and č.
Most of the time if you pan down in the Baltic countries, you will see a very blurred car with a jagged outline. This car is also fairly common in Croatia. Other parts of Eastern Europe tend to have a more subtle blurring of the car.
Streets in Maltese cities are narrow, often with high rise, old buildings that are the same creamish colour.
There are a number of types of utility poles used in Lithuania. They mainly have a large number of pine cone looking things pointing upwards near the top of their poles.
Ecuador has a number of different shaped bollards. The type pictured is the most common. Almost all Ecuadorian bollards retain the same feature of having two red sections- one above the other.
The generation 4 camera produces more vivid colours and has a higher quality image than generation 3. Identifying this camera can prove useful as it is not used in large parts of the world (see the above map).
Guam is an extension of the Northern Mariana Islands archipelago. As a result, the landscape looks remarkably similar to the Northern Mariana Islands. Guam tends to have wider roads than the Northern Mariana Islands. It is also generally flatter than the Northern Mariana Islands.
To the east of the main American Samoan island of Tutuila lie three smaller islands. The island doublet that is pictured to the west is Ofu-Olosega. To the east is Ta’u.
The generation 1 camera is of ridiculously poor quality and is easy to spot. If you encounter it, you must be in the US, Australia or New Zealand.
Peruvian Street View coverage only rarely ventures to the east of the Andes. The coverage mainly covers Peruvian cities and towns and the more major roads between these areas.
Jordan has a number of house styles. Apartments are often this cream colour in Jordan. This style of building tends to be 3-4 stories high, a rectangular prism in shape with a flat roof and many windows.
These extremely narrow roads are particularly common in Sri Lanka. If I see a narrow paved road in Asia surrounded by vegetation, with few other clues, I will guess Sri Lanka.
The Street View car’s aerial is typically visible when you pan down in Hungary across almost the entire country. Sometimes there will be tape on the antenna in Hungary. Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania and Czechia may also have this tape.
Bonn street signs have a white background and thick, white outer section.
The back and front view of Japanese bollards.
Okinawa stands out due to the high number of these small, lion statues appearing on the fences of residential houses.
Germany has these bollards featuring a white, vertical strip on the front and two white dots on the rear.
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.
Polish houses often have small wooden or metal fences around them.
The second part of the European city/town signs. (Source: Europamapas)
North Sumatra stands out because it sometimes has these utility poles featuring the pole itself bisecting the horizontal stick in two, plus, two pinecones on one side and one on the other.
The second type of Portuguese utility pole is wooden. It often looks fairly rudimentary and can have lumps on its surface as opposed to being smooth.
Israel has a number of different looking utility poles. Some of the more visually unique poles are metal with zigzagging pieces connecting the outer sections.
These large, black water tanks are a common sight above Mexican houses.
Fiat cars are a common sight in Italy.