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There is also a plethora of rural locations that are harder to identify.
Outside the urban areas, Hong Kong is generally quitemountainous, with green, subtropical vegetation. There is extensive coverage in rural areas outside the city, with many roads going through the mountains. You might see low-rise rural buildings, however usually you will not need to travel far to see tall apartment blocks.
NOTE: Singapore, on the other hand, is very flat.
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One very striking aspect of Hong Kong architecture are the many extremelytall apartment buildingsfound throughout the city.
NOTE: Apartment buildings in Singapore and Taiwan tend to be not nearly as tall as those in Hong Kong.
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Because of the subtropical climate,air conditionersattached to the walls of apartments are very common in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong has two official languages:English and Chinese(legally, no variety is specified, but residents primarily speak Cantonese).
Bilingual signs are common, with English next to traditional Chinese characters.
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Cylindrical grey lamp posts with awide baseare common. Many lamp posts have a white sticker.
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Utility poles will never be seen in urban rounds, however you might seecylindrical woodenpoles in rural areas. The poles can be single or double, with electricity counters or transformers attached to them.
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In Hong Kong, you will almostneversee striped kerbs, which are extremely common in Singapore. In addition, grey pedestrian guardrails are also common.
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Hong Kong usesyellowpedestrian crossings. Some intersections have yellow grids.
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Hong Kong usually useswhite centrelines andwhite or yellow outerlines. These lines can be single, double or dashed. Roads are also commonly made of concrete. Yellow outer lines are most commonly found on small roads to indicate no-stopping.
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Road signs are white and rectangular, with a thick black outline andbilingualtext.
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Give way signs feature a white upside down triangle with athick redborder and bilingual text.
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Distinct weathered rock walls can be seen on the side of mountains. Some of them have nets, to prevent rockslides. In addition,green or blue plaquesare a common sight.
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Most fire hydrants are red, and usually havecircular topsand three protrusions. There is also apipe-like variant. Some fire hydrants have other colours, so make sure to look at their shape or other clues before guessing.
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Yellowbollards with a white arrow in a blue circle are commonly seen at pedestrian crossings, but also elsewhere, indicating where cars should go. There is a flat and a cuboid version.
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Distinctbright orangebins can be found on sidewalks.
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Hong Kong taxis come in two variants: sedans or station wagons, with thesedansmost commonly seen. They can be easily identified by their silver roofs, green stickers on the front and rear bumper, and the taxi sign on the roof.
Red taxis are most common on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, green taxis in the New Territories in the northern region and blue taxis on Lantau Island and Chek Lap Kok. Keep in mind, Hong Kong is a small city and taxis travel all around it.
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Buses in Hong Kong are mostlydouble-decker, with various colour schemes and adverts on the side. Single-decker versions do exist, but are less common. Smaller minibuses can also be seen, with a green or red roof.
NOTE: Place names are sometimes visible on the front of the buses, which can be useful for region guessing.
Double-decker buses are also somewhat common in Singapore, but these will often have a recognizable light green colour scheme.
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Boxyhouses that are a few storeys high are a common sight in small villages, mostly to the north of Hong Kong.
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Adouble-deckertram line runs along the north of Hong Kong Island. A full map of the route can be seenhere.NOTE: Make sure not to mistake this tram for the red MTR railway line, which has some sections above ground.
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Mong Kok and the surrounding districts in Kowloon can be recognized by the crowded,busy, gridded streets, with apartment blocks situated above the shops.
NOTE: These buildings are usually older, which means there will be a lack of glass walls (as opposed to parts of Hong Kong Island which feature moreglass).
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The north-western area near the Mainland China border is mostly flat and features a patchwork of waterloggedrice paddies. The Shenzhen skyline is visible in the distance, to your north.
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The Central District can be recognized by the large concentration of modernskyscrapers. The district feels quite busy, affluent and well-kept, with lots ofluxury brandstores and ads.
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You can use these twoskyscrapersto determine whether you are on the Kowloon or Hong Kong Island side. TheIFCis on the Hong Kong Island side and theICCis on the Kowloon side.
The ICC has straighter edges and looks more like a cuboid, while the IFC is rounder. The IFC will also have noticeable vertical window frames, while the ICC has none.
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Mid-Levels is a residential district that is easily recognized by the non-identical tall modern apartments andhilliness.
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The residential district of Sai Wan Ho has a lot of identicalwhite and brownapartment blocks, and tall glass office buildings.
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Chek Lap Kok Island and the Boundary Crossing Facilities can be recognized by the various large scaleconstructionworks going on in the area. From the outside, it can be identified by the manybridgesthat connect other parts of Hong Kong to the two islands.
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The residential district of Caribbean Coast and Tung Chung hasidenticalapartment blocks that face the same direction, almost like a “wall” of buildings. There are a lot of planted palm trees in between and on the side of roads.
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The Tsing Ma Bridge can be recognized by being one of three suspension bridges in Hong Kong. The bridge has twoladder-likesupport towers, and yellow and red guardrails.
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Ting Kau Bridge, another suspension bridge connecting Ting Kau and Tsing Yi, can be identified by the generallyclean asphaltand newer condition, threecylindricalsupport towers, hangers comingdirectly from the towersthemselves, and yellow paint seen in the median and on the outsides.
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While similar to the Ting Kau Bridge, the Stonecutters Bridge can be identified by thelack ofyellow paint, and itsbox beam guardraildesign, as opposed to the cable design seen on the other two bridges.
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Lung Wo Road can be recognized by the Hong Kong Islandskyline to the southand the Kowloon skyline to the north. The road is also in good condition and the sidewalks are clean.
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The Tai Chung Kiu Road is a divided road that runs in a north-east direction, and has views of the Shing MunRiver to the west. The median has palm trees. In addition, a bicycle path runs alongside the road. Further north,Route 2also runs alongside the river, but this road has more lanes.
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Fan Kam Road runs in a general north-east direction, and can be recognized by the densetropical vegetationsurrounding the road, and sometimes mountains in the background. The road is also quite narrow and does not have any outer lines. Manysmall villagesbranch off of the road, south and north of the country park.
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Lam Kam Road is similar to Fan Kam Road, however it runs in a moreeast-westdirection. The road should also feelbusierwith more cars driving along the road and more houses on the sides of the road. In addition, the road is usually wider and amediancontaining trees can be seen separating sidewalks near the villages.
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The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal can mainly be seen from the Eastern Corridor, north of Tsat Tsz Mui, and from theKwun Tong bypasssouth-west of Kwun Tong. The cruise terminal can be recognized by its shiny, cylindrical appearance, withtriangular windowsalong the side.
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The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge can be seen from the South Perimeter Road, on Chek Lap Kok Island. Itslengthstretches into the horizon, spanning across the ocean. The road itself can be recognized by theblack and yellowconcrete barriers on either side.
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The roads going to Disneyland are divided, with palm trees along the side of the road withtealcoloured street lamps.
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Between Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island, there are three unique islands: Peng Chau, Cheung Chau and Lamma Island, withtrekkercoverage. These islands can be identified by thelack of cars, narrow streets, and rural architecture. Lamma Island is also the hilliest of the three.
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The Lugard Road trekker around Victoria Peak can be recognized by the distinctblack guardrail, view of the skyline and tourists walking along the path.
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Hungary useslong whitestandard European licence plates. Taxi licence plates arelong yellow.
In July of 2022, Hungary switched to this new character format, which contains the coat of arms.
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Hungarian bollards are black-and-white, wedge-shaped, and typically have aredreflector at the front, and a white reflector at the back.Blue reflectorsare also somewhat common.
NOTE:Croatian bollardsare very similar. They do, however, typically have the reflector closer to the top, and appear somewhatthinnerthan in Hungary.
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The most common type of utility pole in Hungary is aconcrete holey pole, with relatively thin holes going all the way down to the ground. Wooden poles are also somewhat common.
NOTE: In eastern Europe, Poland and Romania also commonly use holey poles.Polish holey polestypically do not have holes down by the ground, and tend to be relatively thin.Romanian holey polesnormally either have much wider, or much taller holes.
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Hungarian chevrons arewhite on red.
Black-and-whitechevrons may also be seen, but are considerably less common.
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TheHungarian languagehas a unique look, with a very large number ofacute accents,umlautsover o’s, and long words. The letters "Ő" and "Ű", with double acute accents, are unique to the language.
NOTE: Hungarian is also spoken in some parts of neighbouring countries: notably there are large Hungarian-speaking communities in central Romania and southern Slovakia.
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Hungarian street names typically end with the word “utca”. The word “út” is also used for bigger roads. These two words are unique to Hungarian, and translate to “street.”
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Thesegreen kilometre markerscan be seen along most Hungarian roads.
On highways, the numbers correspond to the ones seen on the map in small yellow boxes near exits.
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Hungarian sign posts commonly appear to beabnormally tall, often taller than the Street View camera.
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Hungarian signs are usually bolted to the sign post usingfour bolts, going through the sign, in the shape of a tall rectangle.
NOTE: This is not common in any other Eastern European countries.
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Hungarian pedestrian crossing signs havefive stripes. The person is wearing abelt. There is also a second, less common, type with four stripes and the person holding a bag.
The belt is located noticeablylowon the person’s body, almost as if the person is sagging his pants. This is unique to Hungary.
NOTE: Among neighbouring countries, Croatia and Slovakia also have five stripes and a belt.
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Apart from European highways, there are two types of numbered roads in Hungary; roads marked withgreen signs, and highways beginning with the letter ‘M’, marked withblue signs. These road numbers are contained within a small shield shape on the sign.
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Most directional signs are green, having a white inner border and a green outer border. Directional signs on M-numbered highways are blue, having a white inner border and a blue outer border.
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It is somewhat common to see a small, grey flag on the antenna of Generation 3 Google cars in Hungary.
NOTE: This is also seen in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.
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The majority of Generation 3 coverage in Hungary was takenduring winter, resulting in very grey, dead looking coverage.
HINT: This is also common in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
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Hungarian houses are typically made of stone, painted in a light colour and almost always withred tiled roofs. Suburban houses are typically only one storeyed, while more central houses may be taller. Houses in town and city centres are often fairly old but well-kept.
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While Hungarian road lines are all-white, lines onbicycle lanesare typicallyyellow.
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Hungarian phone numbers consist of either 8 or 10 digits. If the number has 8 digits, the first and second digit is thearea code. And if the number has 10 digits, the third and fourth digit is the area code. The only exception is Budapest, where only the first or third digit, being a 1, respectively is the area code.
NOTE: Area codes whose second digit is 0 or 1 are not region specific.
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The first digit of Hungariannumbered roadsare ordered in a circle, centred around Budapest. Remembering this system should make it quite easy to find any numbered road.
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Many Hungarian town names uselocal prefixes, the most common of which are shown in this infographic. Note that some rare exceptions exist.
You can click on the image to enlarge it.
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If you see a street sign with athick metal framearound it, you are very likely to be in thewesternparts of the country.
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If you see ablueorgreenstreet sign shaped like anarrow, attached to a utility pole or street light, you are likely to be in the county of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
NOTE: Blue arrow-shaped street signs can also be found inDunakeszi, north of Budapest. However, those are attached to blue sign posts.
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While the southeastern parts of Hungary are extremely flat, with almost no noticeable hills, the northern and western parts mainly consist offorested hills and mountains. The tallest mountains are found in the north, while the southwestern mountains are generally slightly lower.
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Lake Balaton is one of the largest lakes on mainland Europe, and theonly large lakevisible on street view in Hungary. The area surrounding the lake is moderately hilly, fairly built up and a big tourist destination, with a much higher density of small hotels than almost anywhere else in the country.
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Unlike most of the Hungarian plains, which is almost entirely cultivated land, the Puszta, centred around Hortobágy National Park, mainly consists of barren and wet, natural grasslands.
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This infographic showcases ten of the largest towns and cities withunique street signs, and explains what makes them unique.
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The road east of Tornanadaska, right by the border to Slovakia, can be easily recognized by thesnowon and along the road, combined with the bollards and the railway right next to the road.
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The Generation 4 coverage was captured withredandwhitepickup trucks, which have been well blurred.
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The Generation 3 Google car in Iceland is awhitecarwith along antenna.
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Icelandic licence plates arefully white with blue characters. Unlike most of Europe, the plates do not feature a blue strip on the left.
It can be hard to see the blue of the characters through the blur of the plates.
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Iceland has uniqueyellow bollardswith a white reflector. These bollards are extremely common and can be found throughout the country on almost every section of rural road.
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Iceland often looksbarren and treeless. Most regions have a dark grey soil consisting mostly of volcanic rocks.
NOTE: Due to the lack of trees, the landscape in Iceland does not look like anywhere else in Northern Europe.
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Iceland is a verygeologically activecountry, where plate tectonics and volcanic processes have shaped the landscape. As a result, many regions are rugged, mountainous and a sight to behold. In addition, strange and bewildering landscapes can be found all over, such as geothermal lakes, lava fields, rift valleys, and towering rock formations.
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The road direction signs of Iceland areyellow. They usually have a white inset box that shows the road numbers. If the inset box has a dashed border, the number listed refers to a nearby road, not the road you are currently on.
NOTE: Direction signs for very local destinations, such as farmsteads, typically have different background colours: blue or white.
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Icelandic pedestrian signs featurefour stripesand often have aslight yellow tint.
NOTE: Iceland is the only European country that uses pedestrian signs with a yellow background.
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The Icelandic language contains a couple ofunique letters. These are some of the most recognizable ones: ð þ and æ. Vowels can have the following accents: á é í ó ö ú ý. The uppercase version of ð is Ð.
NOTE: ð is also found in the Faroese language. æ is found in Danish, Norwegian and Faroese.
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Iceland’s street signs use a white background and black text. They often have athin metal rimand are attached to lampposts or traffic lights.
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Iceland hasall-whiteroad lines. Outside lines, if present, can be either solid or, more rarely, dashed lines.
NOTE: Iceland has no yellow road lines. If you see yellow road lines in a Nordic environment, consider Norway or Finland.
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Icelandic chevrons areblack with yellow arrows.
NOTE: Norway and Finland have similarly coloured chevrons. Sweden, on the other hand, has unique blue and yellow chevrons.
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Just like Sweden and Finland, Icelandic signs feature ayellow background.
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Iceland is rather sparsely covered. The southwest region has the densest coverage. Only a few interior roads are covered.
You can click on the image to enlarge it. Alternatively, you can look at the coverage in more detailon this site.
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Iceland has a very sensibleroad numbering systemthat allows for quick 5k’s, provided you find the yellow direction signs that list the road numbers of the intersection you are on.
The main ring road, which circles the entire island, simply has the number 1. There are no other roads that start with 1.
The first digit of the other road numbers is region-specific. These regions have a sequential distribution around the island, starting from 2 in the south and increasing up until 9 in a clockwise direction (see map for approximate distribution).
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The Westfjords region features numerous narrow fjords, surrounded by moderately tall, and mostlyflat-toppedmountains.
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The far east of the country is also home to several fjords. What distinguishes them from the Westfjords are the generally larger and morejagged mountains.
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The mountains west of Akureyri contain many valleys, sandwiched between tall, often slightly snowcapped peaks. Most of these valleys generally face north to northeast.
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Barren landscapes consisting mostly ofdark volcanic gravel, with little to no vegetation or signs of life, are typical of the inland regions of Iceland. Most such covered roads are located in the east.
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The Southwest agricultural area in Iceland can be identified by its relatively flatfarmland landscapescattered with numerousfarmsteads, fields, meadows and grasslands.
NOTE: Although there are other smaller agricultural areas in Iceland, mountains in this area tend to be quite distant, making it unique.
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Thewide valleyaround Eiðar is slightly hilly and agricultural, with tall,snowy peaks visible in the distanceon either side, to the east and northwest, respectively.
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The valley around Hallormsstaður has a distinct northeast/southwest angle withlow-lying mountainson either side, awide riverflowing through it, and anunusual amount of treesfor Iceland. Some of the sideroads arein the forests.
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You can recognise the area near the town of Selfoss from its distinctflat-ridge mountain. Due to the otherwise flat landscape, this mountain can be seen from a wide area.
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Reykjavík is the capital and by far thelargest cityin Iceland. The city is mostly flat with slight hills, and is located on the south side of a bay. It is most recognizable as it is significantly larger than other Icelandic cities, with a large urban area and “bigger city” feel.
NOTE: The city of Akureyri can feel urban in some places. You can distinguish it from Reykjavik as it has mountains to the east and west.
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Akureyri is the second-biggest city in Iceland and is located in aNorth-South oriented valley, along the western edge of the bay. The city features mountains ranges to theeastandwest, making it recognisable.
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Iceland can be split in half depending on the colour of the pickup truck, with red being found in the southwest, and white being found in the northeast.
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The southern coast of Iceland features some impressiveglaciersvisible from the ring road, spilling into the sea from the Vatnajökull ice cap.
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There are only a handful of highways in Iceland which are either divided or havemore than two lanes. The divided highways are shown in dark red, while the highways with three or more lanes are shown in bright red.
NOTE: There are two exceptions to this:
Divided roads can be foundinside citiesother than Reykjavík.
Roads may temporarily be divided close tointersections.
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The Island of Heimaey can easily be recognised by seeing theseragged rocky cliffsoverlooking the town of Vestmannaeyjabær. Similar cliffs can be seen onthe islands off the coast.
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Veryfoggy coveragecan be found around the town of Bakkagerði, in northeastern Iceland. The fog can also be seen from adistance.
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The vast majority of the coverage in India was taken with what’s commonly referred to as “shitcam”, which is alow-quality camerathat can typically be recognised by the brownish colours and often, but not always, by a large circular blur covering the Street View car.
NOTE: Within Asia, shitcam coverage is also common in Cambodia and can rarely be seen in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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All the Generation 4 coverage in India was taken using the smallcam, which is mounted lower than regular Generation 4 and has a relatively big circular blur with a small protrusion at the front. The blur can also be fully transparent, making it harder to spot.
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While most of India is covered in shitcam, there is also a significant amount ofGeneration 3 trekkersthroughout the country.
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India drives on theleft sideof the road.
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A wide variety of scripts can be found in India. Most of them can be used to narrow down the region.
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