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The Canadian Prairies stretch across much of southern-central Canada, This includes: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Canadian Prairies feature a largely flat landscape with little vegetation other than grass.
How the most widespread European license plate appears when blurred in GeoGuessr. Notice that the plate is long and skinny and has a blue vertical stripe on its left edge.
Like the UAE, Jordan’s roads typically have yellow continuous edge lines and some form of white centre line.
This ‘camping equipment’ look is often found under the Street View car in Mongolia along with the bars.
Alaska has many yellow license plates.
Houses in the Philippines come in a wide range of styles. The most common roof type in the Philippines features corrugated iron, normally in a triangular formation. The second most common roof type in the Philippines is a hand woven roof that uses something resembling reeds.
Most of the time, for civilian vehicles, Bangladeshi license plates are white for front and rear plates.
Not all but some Oklahoma plates have this blue pattern.
Dresden has fairly plain looking street signs. This same style of sign will also often appear on a building.
Zooming into the map makes more things appear like these Peruvian state names.
These bollards are a common sight throughout Turkey and resemble the Australian bollards with a slightly fatter rectangle.
Botswana typically has high quality main roads and the environment is a blend of desert and savanna. The main roads are typically of high quality and the landscape across the country is very flat.
The paved roads in Rwanda often have these black and white sidewalk edges.
The most notable feature of the Latvian language is the horizontal line occurring above the vowels on certain occasions. This looks like ā, ē, ī, ō, ū. The letter s sometimes has the small ‘v’ occurring above it: š. Finally, Latvian has what looks like a comma sometimes occurring beneath ļ, ķ and ņ.
Uruguay often has a yellow, continuous centre line and white, dashed, centre line concurrently. This same road line combination can also be seen in Argentina.
Although the winter coverage seems to be more common in South Korea, you will also often see some form of autumn coverage.
Olive tree distribution in Europe appears above in a coincidental ‘olive’ colour. Mostly Mediterranean areas are home to olive trees, with the bulk in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal.
Utility poles in Rwanda almost always come as either concrete square shaped poles like the one pictured above, or round, wooden poles.
Jersey is the southernmost of the major Channel Islands. The other major Channel Island’s island of Guernsey has no Street View coverage.
Italian phone prefixes. The numbers gradually increase from 01 in the north-west of the country to 09 in the south of the country. Note that mobiles in Italy start with a 3 or a 10. (Source: Maximilian Dörrbecker, Wikipedia).
If you pan down in the Faroe Islands, there is a unique sight- a third bar is visible. This third bar spans the area between the two side view mirrors. The majority of this third bar is blurred however at least one side of the bar should be visible. If you notice this third bar- you are in the Faroe Islands.
In Eastern Russia, most cars have their steering wheel on the right-hand side of the car. This contrasts western Russia (and almost all of Europe) where the steering wheels are on the left of the car.
If you are situated on a paved road on Christmas Island, you are probably in the north-eastern corner of the island. Christmas Island’s paved roads are normally dusted with sand.
Canada uses wooden, cylindrical utility poles (as does the US and many other countries). The hook on top of the pole is quite common in Canada and the US are is rarely seen outside of these countries.
Guatemala has the bars visible as well as the black mirrors.
Kannada is purple in the above map. It is used in the state of Karnataka. Looking at Kannada, note the fairly common horizontal lines above the curved letters. These horizontal lines are much rarer in Telugu.
If you are situated in Malaysia and notice generation 4 coverage (this includes the blue car if you pan down), then you must be in mainland Malaysia and nor Borneo Malaysia as generation 4 coverage doesn’t exist in Borneo Malaysia.
Mexican electricity counters are visible on most Mexican houses. They are circular in shape and normally on an outer wall of the house. This is one of the best ways to identify Mexico. Similar electricity counters can be found in Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Like the other Baltic countries, Latvian roofs are often eternit (they look like corrugated iron). Finding this style of house is the easiest way for me to recognise the Baltic region.
If you pan down in Bhutan, you should see the ghostly, white car with the very end of the car being more opaque.
Arabic and English appear most commonly in unison around the UAE. Arabic can be recognised as it looks a bit like calligraphy and has a horizontal line under many of its letters.
This phone number in Taiwan begins with 03. This means that it is found in the ‘3’ section of the above map.
If you see lots of green trees in Kazakhstan, you should be north of Astana, in the green part of the map.
Across virtually all of Uruguay, the Street View car is black. Of the visually similar looking countries, Argentina also has a black car.
The Polish cities denoted by red dots end with the letters ‘…OWO’. The Polish cities denoted by blue dots end with the letters ‘…ÓW’. This information can be useful if you are trying to work out if you are in the northern or southern half of the country. (Source: Gazeta.pl).
Within Canada, these red and white chevrons are only found in Quebec.
The U.K. has a varied landscape. Northern Scotland has few trees.
Large parts of Mexico (away from the northern deserts) are undulating. Smaller trees and rambling bushes are common in Mexico.
This is an example of an A-profile guardrail (red areas on the above map). The top row, the bottom row and the middle indent are all curved.
A license plate from Belgium. The lettering is red and this red hue is just visible.
A Mexican federal highway shield. Note the curved sides and word Mexico on top. These features distinguish the shield from a state highway shield.
The Vietnamese language is a unique language in Asia. It is full of very short words with a large number of words being three letters long. There are also a range of symbols on top of (and sometimes below) Vietnamese letters. This is rare elsewhere in Asia.
The US Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean, to the east of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Utility poles in Curaçao are commonly painted with a white base.
Qatari roads are mainly surrounded by these black and white curbs that look like they have been freshly painted.
Svalbard’s landscape is very barren. There are always dark coloured mountains visible that are void of flora.
The northern section of Colombia is flat and dry looking.
Most plates in Montenegro look like standard European plates however Montenegro’s plates often have a red section just to the left of the centre. The right side of the plate may also appear darker.
The bilingual road signs indicate the French region of Brittany.
Manitoba is notable for these trees that look like a miniature forest. The trees are often found in small clusters or lining the sides of the road.
Even urban Guatemala is often hilly, such is the undulating nature of the country. Like Mexico, there are often plentiful electrical wires overhead. Some urban parts of Guatemala have these cobbled streets.
A large number of houses in Malaysia tend to have some form of vertical column as part of the house or holding up the verandah. This is a fairly unique feature that is rarely found in other countries. Malay houses often have corrugated iron roofs that are triangular prism shaped.
Like the other Baltic countries, Estonia will on occasions have a diagonal support pole for their utility poles.
Nebraskan plates vary however this is one of their most common. It has a faint, orange-gray horizontal section on top.
Olive trees.
The Street View car’s aerial is typically visible in Bulgaria. Sometimes it will have tape on the end of it. Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Czechia may also have tape on the aerial.
On the left of this image is the circle containing an arrow. Placing this as far down the road as possible whilst it retains its circular shape is the key to moving quickly. On the right appear two white arrows that will move you one step at a time.
Idaho has a brown/maroon thick line across the top third of its plate. These are similar to Ohio plates.
Parts of Bolivia are mountainous however the Street View coverage rarely ventures into undulating land in Bolivia. Note how arid the environment looks.
A license plate from Ukraine. Notice the small amount of yellow and blue on the left side.
The bars underneath the Street View car and side view mirrors are visible in many parts of Bangladesh however they don’t appear everywhere.
West Virginia has a range of plates. The most common has a blue upper section and blue glow around the bottom 3/4.
This is the most common type of Belgian utility pole. It is square shaped and contains small holes running up it- much like the Thai utility poles.
Belgium has well-maintained roads and sometimes the roads will have bike paths running alongside them. The rural parts of Belgium often consist of fields.
A common style of utility pole in Laos is this asymmetric type. Two ‘pine cones’ are on one side and one on the other. Many Laos utility poles also have small holes in them, much like the Thai utility poles.
Turkey has these fairly unique red and white road arrows indicating corners.
About 80% of the time when you pan down in South Korea, you will see the black Street View car.
It’s a common sight in Bulgaria to see trees without leaves lining the side of the road. Similar bleak, winter scenery is found in Hungary and parts of Czechia. Bulgaria tends to have more of this bleak scenery than these other two countries.
Serbia has quite a varied landscape. Parts of the country are hilly and green whilst other areas appear flat and dry.
An example of a plate from Uganda. Sometimes the plates in Uganda are more elongated than this image.
If you notice a distance sign to towns, it is generally possible to get a fairly accurate idea of where you are positioned using ratios. Firstly, locate some of the towns on the map. In this example, I would look for Crafers (7km away) and Bridgewater (14km away). I would then look at the general direction that the road is travelling beyond the sign (in this case, east). Finally, I would work out the ratio of the locations. In this example, Crafers is located half-way between my current location and Bridgewater. I would then look at the map (below).
If you are in Latin America and notice that the generation 4 camera has been used/you see a blue car, then you are in Mexico, Brazil or rarely Argentina.
South Dakota plates have an outline of Mount Rushmore.
Slovenian houses are typically fairly close to white (often a very light pink) in colour. They often have pronounced, triangular roofs. Roofs are commonly brown or terracotta coloured.
Finland has these circular speed limit signs with a red border and yellow filling. Sweden and Iceland also have these signs.
The above map shows where the blue rectangle first letter (explained above) correlates to in Taiwan. For example, if we see a blue rectangle with the first letter being a ‘B’, we can look at the above map and determine that we are around Taipei, in the far north of the country. Even if you don’t memorise the above map, you should try and remember that the letters increase in rows of 2 or 3 from A in the north of Taiwan down to W in the south of the country. Some letters aren’t included on the above map: I=irrelevant. S= The Matsu Islands (NNW of Taiwan). X and Y = the Penghu Island (west of Taiwan) and Z= the Kinmen Islands (far west of Taiwan and near Xiamen, China).
TV satellite dishes in Indonesia (and much of the world) point to the equator. Using this information, you can often determine your longitude in Indonesia (or distinguish your guess from Malaysia) by looking at the angle that the satellite dish is pointing as the equator runs through Indonesia. In this example, the dish points directly up and the location in Pontianak which is virtually on the equator. TV satellite dishes are everywhere in Indonesia and this is one of the best ways to recognise the country.
Singapore has these aesthetically pleasing street signs (on the left of the image) and larger, green directional signs (on the right of the image).
As well as Northern Japan, this cabbage is abundant on Sakhalin.
E-road signs have a green background with white lettering.
If the bars aren’t filled in with black rubber, then you should be in the eastern half of Mongolia.
Bungalow style houses are particularly common in the Australian suburbs.
This Israeli directional signs features Hebrew, Arabic and Latin lettering. Israeli roads are broken into four main categories- each logo denoted by a colour. Blue= national roads, red= inner city roads, green= regional roads and black= local roads. In this image, the green denotes regional roads and the road number is 352.
Australia stands out thanks to Eucalyptus trees. They are typically tall with white bark.
Approximately 50% of utility poles in Tasmania have these olive coloured metal wrappings around the pole, generally around 2 metres above the ground. These wrappings are often hard to see unless you zoom in as they are a similar colour to the utility pole. These olive colouered wrappings aren’t seen outside of Tasmania. New Zealand has a silver coloured metal wrapping.
Andorran license plates are less elongated than typical European plates. They also lack the blue vertical stripe of standard European plates. The left side of Andorran plates feature an orange blotch. It should be noted that some European plates venture into Andorra.
Some parts of Japan consist of mountainous terrain and dense forests with winding roads meandering through the forests.
Greenland’s Street View coverage is very limited. It mainly includes small parts of small towns (and on the water) along the south, south-east and south-west of the country.
Germany typically has really well maintained roads. The roads in some small parts of east Germany may have cracks or cracks filled in.
Many houses in Curaçao have some form of metal fence with gratings.
You are likely to see one of a number of things if you pan down in Nigeria. The first of these is some distortion of the Street View car which seems to absorb other cars nearby.
Kyrgyzstan has limited Street View coverage. Bishkek is well covered and from there, the coverage spreads out to Karakol in the east, past Naryn, as far south as Osh and out west until Talas.
The western part of Austria is more mountainous. It still has plentiful grass and rolling hills like the rest of Austria.
The generation 2 camera is used across all of San Marino. It is characterised by the circular blur that is visible when you pan down, inferior image quality and a halo around the sun.
Pakistan’s coverage in unique as it wasn’t captured by a car but rather a person. This means when you pan down, you should see the outline pictured above. A number of other countries around the world also have trekker coverage.
This shield shape denotes Chilean National roads on the map. The shield shape is also commonly seen on signs in Chile denoting a National road.
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. Finnish bollards look similar to Estonian bollards.
The best way to region guess in Japan is to look at the small plates that are affixed to the utility poles. Virtually everywhere you are placed in Japan, you should be able to see one of these plates very quickly. There are 10 distinct plates used in Japan and by learning these plates, you can immediately work out which of the 10 regions you are in. In the above example, Chubu (Chubu is shown on the below map) has plates on the utility poles that have curved edges. The Japanese GeoGuessr community has made this document which explains all 10 utility pole plates and their locations.
This type of utility pole, with holes in the middle, is often found in Hungary. Within Europe, Poland and Romania also have these poles (they also rarely appear in France). Romania’s poles can sometimes be distinguished as they often have yellow marks on the poles (be warned that Hungarian poles can also have these yellow marks too). Hungarian and Romanian poles have the holes extending all the way to the ground whilst Polish poles have holes that stop 50cm before the ground. Romanian utility poles are thicker and wider than Hungarian utility poles.
Eswatini is green and very hilly. It also typically has trees visible. The landscape looks partially similar to Lesotho (both are very hilly and landlocked by South Africa) however Lesotho is largely void of trees.
Hindi is the most common language in India, it appears as Devanagari script. When written, it has a horizontal line above all of its letters. It can be distinguished from the Bangladeshi language of Bangala as it has what resembles upside-down and backwards lower-case ‘h’. It also has letters that resemble backwards capital ‘F’. You can also recognise Hindi as it lacks the triangles of Bangala that point to the left.
South Carolina has the bottom section of their plate as orange.
Another one of the easiest ways to recognise Albania is via the plethora of water heaters on houses.
These black and white colours line many of the streets of Singapore. Cars drive on the left in Singapore.
The United Arab Emirates’ Street View coverage is almost exclusively around greater Dubai and the roads stretching to the mountains in the north-east. Most of the country isn’t covered by Street View.
Across much of Bolivia, the signs are held up by thick, unpainted, wooden posts.
This map shows the season that generation 4 coverage was taken across Russia. If you see other generation coverage in Russia, it is not relevant to this map, just generation 4 coverage is relevant. The important take away from this map is that winter and spring generation 4 coverage was taken in the blue area in Russia’s south-west (so you will see bleak coverage and often trees without leaves). In contrast, summer generation 4 coverage was taken in the green area across essentially the bulk of the remainder of Russia.
The most common Italian bollard has a front that features a vertical, red rectangle inside a black, diagonal strip. Note that the black part goes to the top of the bollard- this is rare in the bollard world. Albanian bollards look similar however bollards are rare in Albania. The rear of Italian bollards have a white rectangle rather than the red rectangle of the front.
A close-up view of Denmark’s most common roads markings.
A map showing the distribution of generation 1 coverage. Note: Japan no longer has any generation 1 coverage. A larger version of this map can be viewed here. Image source: I don’t know who created these 4 maps but thank you whoever you are!
The Dominican Republic car is unique as it is particularly long.
The Hungarian language stands out for having marks over the vowels. These are one or two lines and look a bit like apostrophes. The letters ő and ű (both with double italic lines) are unique to Hungarian.
Mongolian uses Cyrillic. Үү and Өө are unique to Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.
Israeli cities often feature hard to navigate streets with it taking a long time to exit certain areas and reach more major roads.
Albanian bollards have a white rectangle on their rear and have the same look as Italian bollards.
Signs in Croatia that have a red outline have a subtle white edge.
Bulgarian roads are arguably the worst maintained in Europe. Most roads have many cracks and holes.
Other cars in Ghana have elongated white license plates for their rear and front.
Guatemala has the bars under the Street View car visible as well as the side view mirrors of the car.
License plates in Rwanda are elongated. There are yellow rear plates and white front plates.
The eastern Canadian provinces tend to have thicker, green vegetation.
Narrow, well-maintained paths are a common sight in the Netherlands. They are often tree-lined.
This map demonstrates the distribution of Taiwan’s mountains and hills. The majority of the country is covered in them except for the western section and a narrow band near the coast on the east of the country.
Like in Ukraine, Russian public transport has yellow license plates.
Although Albania is full of two-storey houses, the houses are typically run-down and look unfinished and lack windows or bricks. Water heaters also commonly appear on Albanian roofs.
This image shows the state-specific bollards that are found in the US. Although bollards are relatively rare in the US, knowing these 5 bollards can be useful. (Image source: I don’t know who compiled this image but thank you whoever you are!)
Portugal uses these fairly generic bollards. The front contains a vertical, white stripe encased in the black section. There is a rarer type of Portuguese bollard that has a fatter orange rectangle in place of the white stripe.
The motorbike will sometimes be blurred when you pan down in Vietnam.
This is the front view of Slovenian bollards. They look virtually identical to Montenegro bollards. Serbia also have similar looking bollards. They also look like many Austrian bollards however Austria sometimes has a darker (blacker) reddish rectangle.
Much of Israel is situated on undulating ground, including some of its major cities.
One type of Ecuadorian bollard just retains a single red stripe of the first bollard that was pictured.
Plates in Ontario tend to be white.
Houses in central Chile are more likely to have terracotta tiled roofs.
Michigan’s other most common plate has a blue blotch near its base.
Sri Lankan houses most commonly feature terracotta tiles on their roofs. There are normally concrete walls separating Sri Lankan houses from the narrow, paved paths that are found everywhere in Sri Lanka.
Birch trees are only found in the Northern Hemisphere and are typically found north of the 40th parallel. If you see birch trees (the white coloured ones) on the side of a European 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. They can be found elsewhere in Europe, including the northern Baltic areas. Birch trees can also be found in North America, namely right across Canada and the northern parts of the US.
Turkey uses a wide range of utility poles. Some of the more recognisable poles are metallic with large holes in them.
There are a few ways to help distinguish Ukrainian roads from Russian roads. Ukrainian roads often have a subtle purple/pink tinge to them. Russian roads lack this. Ukrainian roads also tend to be of a worse quality than Russian roads, including commonly have pot holes.
Kentucky has blue and white plates in various forms.
Argentina is incredibly flat apart from the far western part that borders Chile. Most of the northern half of Argentina consists of green fields with low to moderate amounts of trees. Argentina most commonly has white continuous edge lines. This is in tandem with double yellow, continuous centre lines or white dashed, centre lines.
Some Singaporean traffic lights arch over the road with the lights in a horizontal orientation. Also shown in this image are the Singaporean street lights which similarly hang over the road.
Some roofs in Sulawesi have a form of ‘bull horns’ in their top. These roofs are often found elsewhere such as on Borneo.
Guam has these large octagonal, concrete utility poles- something I haven’t encountered in the Northern Mariana Islands which generally has wooden utility poles. This is the easiest way for me to tell the territories apart.
As well as red and white bollards, Bangladeshi fences near water also feature these colours.