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In Latin America, unique identifiers vary: Mexico has pink taxis and "ALTO" stop signs; Brazil displays yellow-on-black chevrons, Portuguese language signs, and red soil; Argentina is recognized by chevrons and milestone markers; Uruguay has triple-lined roads; Colombia shows yellow license plates and very narrow pole signs. Ecuador is known for double guardrails and ladder-style poles, while distinctive painted houses identify Curaçao. Recognizing vehicle features, signage specifics, local language, and road markings is key in GeoGuessr.

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Street View coverage in Costa Rica is limited to footpaths as it was captured by a person walking around and not a car. A big clue in identifying Costa Rica is that you won’t be able to leave the footpath.

Coverage 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Cars drive on the left in the US Virgin Islands, contrasting the US.

Driving Direction 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands

The front of the Street View car is normally this ghostly, black colour in Argentina.

Google Car 🇦🇷 Argentina

The Street View car in Panama has this unique antenna that is found nowhere else on Earth. It should be visible when you pan down- although not necessarily as visible as this image.

Google Car 🇵🇦 Panama

In Colombia's Generation 3 Streetview coverage, a short, thick antenna is sometimes visible on black, white, or grey cars. In Generation 4 coverage, white or silver cars are common.

Google Car 🇨🇴 Colombia

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.

Google Car 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands

A large part of Chile can be recognized by the white rear of the Google car being visible.

Google Car 🇨🇱 Chile

The front of the Street View car is normally this ghostly, black colour in Uruguay.

Google Car 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Ecuador has a white Google car equipped with a short and thick ("stubby") antenna.

Google Car 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Guatemala has the bars visible as well as the black mirrors.

Google Car 🇬🇹 Guatemala

Brazil uses the Portuguese language. To distinguish it from Spanish, note that it includes the 'Ç' and 'ã' symbols, which do not occur in Spanish. Also, many Portuguese words end in 'ção'.

Language 🇧🇷 Brazil

Standard license plates in Brazil are either entirely white (pre-2018) or white with a blue strip on top.

License Plate 🇧🇷 Brazil

Many Argentine cars have a black blob on their license plates.

License Plate 🇦🇷 Argentina

In Brazil, commercial vehicles use distinctive red license plates, a helpful feature for recognizing the country, particularly on long, remote roads frequented by trucks.

License Plate 🇧🇷 Brazil

Cars in Puerto Rico typically have no front license plate.

License Plate 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

Colombia uses yellow license plates.

License Plate 🇨🇴 Colombia

Cars in Bolivia have license plates with a faint, blue colour.

License Plate 🇧🇴 Bolivia

Chilean taxis and commercial vehicles have orange license plates.

License Plate 🇨🇱 Chile

In Ecuador, commercial vehicles have license plates that are either solid orange or have an orange bar at the top.

License Plate 🇪🇨 Ecuador

In Ecuador, bollards are quite common, which is unique in Latin America. Bollards are either round with two red stripes or flat with two red reflectors on a black background. While various other styles of bollards can be found in Ecuador, they typically maintain a consistent color scheme and style.

Bollards 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Mexican bollards are typically white and cigarette-shaped, with a black section near the base of the bollard and a yellow section at the back.

Bollards 🇲🇽 Mexico

The most common bollards in Peru look like cigarettes. Sometimes they feature black stripes, but in other instances like here, they lack these stripes.

Bollards 🇵🇪 Peru

Uruguayan bollards are distinctive, with the front painted white and a rectangular reflector near the top.

Bollards 🇺🇾 Uruguay

In Uruguay, roads often feature triple lines, consisting of double yellow lines with white dashes in between. This design is not found elsewhere in the Americas.

Street Markings 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Chile sometimes has all-yellow road lines. In South America, this is unique to Chile.

Street Markings 🇨🇱 Chile

In Brazil, roads typically have double yellow lines in the middle and white outer lines.

Street Markings 🇧🇷 Brazil

In Chile, all-white road lines are common. This is a good clue for Chile when in South America, but it's not unique. Argentina also sometimes has all-white roads.

Street Markings 🇨🇱 Chile

In Argentina, road lines frequently consist of white dashes in the center alongside a continuous yellow line.

Street Markings 🇦🇷 Argentina

In Uruguay, road lines frequently consist of white dashes in the center alongside a continuous yellow line. copy

Street Markings 🇺🇾 Uruguay

These distinctive, green street signs with a white border and white lettering are common throughout the Dominican Republic.

Street Name 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

In Uruguayan cities, it's common to see black and white arrows affixed to walls and poles.

Street Sign 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Most Brazilian road signs have the backs painted black.

Street Sign 🇧🇷 Brazil

Ecuador frequently uses road signs that are square with white background.

Street Sign 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Mexican stop signs use the word "ALTO".

Street Sign 🇲🇽 Mexico

Octagonal shaped utility poles are common in Mexico.

Poles 🇲🇽 Mexico

In Chile, square concrete poles with indents on both sides are common. They are similar to Brazilian poles but have fewer horizontal supports in the indent. The upper part usually features small pinholes.

Poles 🇨🇱 Chile

Peruvian poles have 3 arms sticking out like this.

Poles 🇵🇪 Peru

In Argentina, it's common to see round concrete poles supporting three electricity lines arranged in an alternating pattern.

Poles 🇦🇷 Argentina

In Brazil, the most common utility poles resemble a ladder at the bottom portion. They are rectangular with long segments running along the bottom and have small holes near the top.

Poles 🇧🇷 Brazil

Colombia often has yellow and black stripes on its poles.

Poles 🇨🇴 Colombia

These double up poles can be a good clue for Argentina.

Poles 🇦🇷 Argentina

In Ecuador, most utility poles have a generic round and concrete design. However, there's another type of pole (the 'ladder pole') with numerous small indents resembling ladder steps. This type of pole is more or less unique to Ecuador within Latin America.

Poles 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Colombia is the only country in Latin America, apart from Mexico and rarely Ecuador, where octagonal poles can be found.

Poles 🇨🇴 Colombia

In Mexico, a common type of utility pole resembles the shape of a crucifix.

Poles 🇲🇽 Mexico

The most common type of utility pole in Uruguay features three upward-facing bulbs that makes the pole resemble a trident.

Poles 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Sidewalks in Colombia often use reddish tiles.

Other 🇨🇴 Colombia

The major gas station in Argentina is YPF.

Other 🇦🇷 Argentina

The major gas station in Brazil is BR Petrobras.

Other 🇧🇷 Brazil

In Colombia, especially in rural areas, these rudimentary wooden fences are common. They are made of irregularly shaped wooden branches spaced out and connected by wire.

Other 🇨🇴 Colombia

These red and white ‘Clasificados Online’ signs are everywhere in Puerto Rico.

Other 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

Argentinian cities tend to have trees between the footpath and the road.

Other 🇦🇷 Argentina

Transparent satellite dishes are fairly common in Brazil and are generally a unique feature within Latin America.

Other 🇧🇷 Brazil

Cities in Uruguay tend to have trees between the footpath and the road. copy

Other 🇺🇾 Uruguay

In the Galapagos Islands, there is limited trekker coverage, where occasionally, Galapagos tortoises can be seen.

Other 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Peruvian houses have these rectangular electricity counters with a rectangular section within them.

Other 🇵🇪 Peru

Pink-colored taxis are unique to Mexico City, often marked with the letters 'CDMX', which stands for 'Ciudad de México'. This phrase is also frequently seen on various signs throughout Mexico City.

Cars 🇲🇽 Mexico

In Colombia, taxis often have license plates printed on their side. These plates may sometimes be blurred, but if they are clear, they display the name of the city or area.

Cars 🇨🇴 Colombia

If you're in Latin America and you see Tuktuks, you're in Peru. No other Latin American country has them.

Cars 🇵🇪 Peru

Bus stop shelters like this are found throughout Chile.

Buildings 🇨🇱 Chile

Large, black water tanks are frequently seen atop houses in Mexico.

Buildings 🇲🇽 Mexico

In Mexico, circular-shaped electricity meters are commonly visible on the outer walls of most houses.

Buildings 🇲🇽 Mexico

A typical scenario in Uruguay often includes overcast weather and landscapes dominated by open grasslands with gentle hills. The roads here are generally in poorer condition compared to those in neighboring countries.

Flora 🇺🇾 Uruguay

In Brazil, particularly in the northern regions and central states like Goias, the soil often has a distinctive reddish color.

Flora 🇧🇷 Brazil

Ecuador frequently uses double guardrails, a feature that is much less common in other South American countries.

Guardrails 🇪🇨 Ecuador

Brazil uses yellow-on-black chevrons.

Chevrons 🇧🇷 Brazil

Argentina mostly uses red-on-white chevrons. This is unique in South America.

Chevrons 🇦🇷 Argentina

This is a kilometer milestone marker in Chile.

Milestone Markers 🇨🇱 Chile

Argentinian roads have these small black and white milestone signs on small posts. They always show the kilometre of the road, and sometimes show "RN" (Argentinian National Roads) or "RP: (Provincial Road).

Milestone Markers 🇦🇷 Argentina

In Colombia, two types of kilometer markers are used: a tall green version with "Pr" at the top and a traditional stone marker with black lettering, both unique to the country.

Milestone Markers 🇨🇴 Colombia

The green-painted stone kilometre marker is a unique feature found in Uruguay.

Milestone Markers 🇺🇾 Uruguay

Brazilian highways are labeled "BR-XXX". Regional highways are labeled "YY-XXX" with YY being the state abbreviation.

Milestone Markers 🇧🇷 Brazil

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.

Milestone Markers 🇬🇹 Guatemala

In Peru, sign poles are distinctively striped in black and white, making them one of the best visual indicators to recognize the country.

Sign Posts 🇵🇪 Peru

In Colombia, it's common to see crosses on the backs of road signs.

Sign Posts 🇨🇴 Colombia

In many parts of Bolivia, road signs are mounted on thick, unpainted posts.

Sign Posts 🇧🇴 Bolivia

In Peru, sign poles are notable for often being set in solid concrete blocks that are elevated above ground level.

Sign Posts 🇵🇪 Peru

Traffic lights in Uruguay are often mounted on poles with black/white or black/yellow stripes.

Sign Posts 🇺🇾 Uruguay

In Colombia, signs are typically mounted on very narrow poles that are painted white.

Sign Posts 🇨🇴 Colombia

Chilean road signs are mounted on poles that are quite thin and often have a slot at the top of the signpost.

Sign Posts 🇨🇱 Chile

Sign posts in Uruguay are typically thick, white, and wooden.

Sign Posts 🇺🇾 Uruguay