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Prudhoe Bay, the northernmost town in America covered by street view, can be recognized by cold, dead landscape, overcast clouds and lack of tall buildings. A second Google car can sometimes be seen.
Nome, Unalakleet and Galena are three isolated Alaskan towns which are covered only by trekker. The trekker’s lime green hat or black and white beanie can be seen.
NOTE: The trekker’s black and white bandana can only be seen in Nome.
There are two types of car and camera meta in Albania:
Coverage where the Google car has a long antenna and you can see rifts in the sky.
Coverage where the Google car has a short antenna and there are no rifts visible.
You can click on the image to enlarge it. You can also use this Maps layer to look at the coverage in more detail (credits to icraig1205).
Ofu Airport is small with a concrete runway. The Google Car covering it has two orange straps on the roof. Many palm trees can also be seen on the other side of the runway.
Andorra only has Generation 2 and Generation 3 coverage. In all Generation 3 coverage, a medium-short antenna is visible on the Google car.
Generation 3 is by far the most common. Almost all of Generation 2 is overwritten and is mostly confined to a couple of smaller off-roads.
Andorra has a lot of Generation 2 snow trekkers, especially on ski resorts.
NOTE: Other countries have snow trekkers as well, but Andorra has the highest amount for its size.
The trekker can be seen walking in a line on Deception Island.
Argentina has a black Google car in Generation 3 coverage.
NOTE: Within South America, only Argentina, Peru and Uruguay have a black Google car.
This horse trekker can be found in southwestern San Juan.
NOTE: A similar trekker can be found on the other side in Chile.
Australia is home to dozens of rare Google cars, which can usually be found in natural reserves.
Most rare Google cars with snorkels are located in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The snorkels are dark grey or black extensions to the side of the car, to keep the engine dry when submerged in water.
NOTE: The only snorkels outside NSW and ACT are found on two cars in Western Australia (1 and 2).
GeoHints has a complete overview of all rare cars, which can be found on this page.
A trekker going along the edge of a crater can be seen on Ilha do Faial.
In Generation 4 coverage, two Street View cars can be seen in Bangladesh: a black car and a white car.
Bangladesh, as well as a variety of other countries, has received some poor quality coverage, also known as “Shitcam”. The Shitcam car colours are black and white.
NOTE: Sometimes the car colour can be fully obstructed by a big circular blur.
For legal reasons, Google has added small labels noting their copyright on all Street View coverage. These labels contain a year, typically the year when the coverage was released, which can be used to regionguess Bangladesh. Generation 4 coverage with 2022 written on the copyright labels can be found in Mymensingh, Dhaka and less commonly Chittagong.
NOTE: Beware that the copyright labels will rarely get updated to a later year, without any other changes to the coverage.
Generation 3 coverage with the white Street View car can be found in Dhaka, Chattogram as well as on the highway connecting them.
Generation 3 coverage with the striped Street View car can be found mostly on yellow roads west of Dhaka.
This interesting trekker with a black cover can be found in the city of Khulna.
The trekker with red colour in the mirrors is unique to the island of Nijhum Dwip.
A scooter trekker, where mostly the left mirror and some hair is visible, can be found on Hatiya Island.
The only coverage in Belarus, apart from spills, is a single walking trekker in the historic centre of Minsk.
Instead of learning a lot of country-specific clues, it is more practical to simply memorise what the trekker looks like.
You can recognise trekkers by the fact that the camera feels a bit lower than the usual Google car. In Belarus’ case, the trekker is also mostly on pedestrian-only roads.
You can find information about the border spill coverage in the Spillover Guide.
Bermuda features a black Street View car with the entire front sides of the vehicle typically visible.
A boat trekker can be seen on the eastern coast of Bermuda. It can be seen going around Saint George’s Harbour and past Fort St. Catherine on the northeast tip of the island.
Coverage in Bhutan was taken by a grey Google car without an antenna.
NOTE: Bhutan is the only left hand driving country which has a grey Google car. Make sure to not mix it up with a white Google car, since they can look similar.
Bolivia only has Generation 3 camera coverage. All of the country was covered by a solid white Google car with no antenna.
NOTE: In Latin America, white cars with no antenna can also be found in Peru and Chile.
On the southwesternmost section of Ruta 4, you can usually see the Nevado Sajama, an isolated snow-capped volcano that is very distinct and unlike any other mountain in Bolivia.
When you see Sajama, you will always be south of Callapa and the Desaguadero River. However, you will not always be able to see it on this section of the road, as it is often hidden by hills.
NOTE: The only other place where you can see Nevado Sajama is coverage in the National Park, which is recognizable by its unique Google car.
Sajama National Park was covered by this unique Google car: it has a black roof rack with a series of metal bars.
The coverage is on an unpaved road surrounded by fluffy bushes. The Nevado Sajama volcano is always visible. The car briefly drove through the small village of Tomarapi, which can be recognized by its traditional buildings with adobe walls and thatched roofs.
All of Botswana was covered by a white Google car without an antenna.
NOTE: Within Africa, this car can also be found in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini.
In all Generation 4 coverage in Amapá, the front right of the camera is smudged. In addition, all Generation 4 coverage in Amapá features the white car with the blue stripe.
The Amazonas 319 has a very lush, bright green and tropical landscape, as it cuts through the Amazon rainforest. The road is flat and mostly unpaved, featuring bright orange soil. However, closer to Manaus the road becomes paved. There are wooden or ladder poles alongside the entire stretch. It is covered by the blue Generation 4 car.
The Pará section of the 163 is often hilly, curvy, dry, and sometimes hazy. It has a wide range of amazonian vegetation. The road is frequently trafficked, usually by transportation trucks. It is covered by the blue Generation 4 car.
This Amazonian trekker combines boat and walking coverage on and near the Madeira and Aripuana rivers, south of the 319. They are seen travelling through dense rainforest and small villages.
The beautiful National Park of Northeast Maranhão, known for its sand dunes with pools of water, has walking trekker and vehicle coverage. The truck is white with a black bed. The landscape can vary from beach to sandy wetland.
Ilha de Fernando de Noronha is a Brazilian island with official coverage approximately 340 kilometres northeast of Rio Grande do Norte, and the country itself. It is covered by a white buggy, which is visible at the front. The island is similar in vegetation to the closest part of mainland Brazil, and has large exposed rocks. There is also boat coverage around the island.
Coverage was taken with a Generation 3 trekker.
The trekker can occasionally be found walking offshore in the water.
There are three types of Generation 4 cars that were used to cover Bulgaria:
A blue car, which can be found in most European countries.
A red car, which is also found in Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, and Sweden. Of these, Russia and Slovakia are easiest to confuse with Bulgaria.
A black car, which is found in many European countries; of which Greece and Croatia are the ones more likely to be confused with Bulgaria.
All cars can be found with or without antenna. Additionally, you can also encounter coverage where the car is completely hidden.
A red Generation 4 Street View car is mostly found in central and southeastern Bulgaria.
This car can be found with and without an antenna.
Generation 3 locations with a taped long antenna and visible white car can be found in Stara Zagora, and rarely a few small roads in Plovdiv and Burgas.
NOTE: This combination of car and antenna can be found more commonly in other European countries as well. Make sure to use other clues.
On the Generation 3 coverage you can find two different Google cars:
A car with a short, stubby antenna. The antenna has three ridges. It can sometimes be hard to tell if the antenna has ridges.
A white car with stripes and no antenna. There is a white stripe on the left, and a yellow stripe on the right. The stripes are sometimes poorly visible.
The car is not always as visible as shown in the example images.
NOTE: This specific striped white car is unique to Cambodia. Make sure not to mix it up with the Bangladeshi striped car, which looks slightly different.
The Latin American countries of Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil also have cars with similar short antennas. However, these have a diagonally coiled ridge, instead of Cambodia’s three ridges.
Google used a weird, low-quality camera in Cambodia. This camera is known as the official Ari (or “Shitcam”). It has a wide circular car blur and often somewhat brownish colours. A good map will not usually include this coverage, but it is good to be aware of its existence, in order to not be caught off-guard by it.
NOTE: Within Asia, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also have shitcam coverage.
Street view coverage is somewhat limited. Most of the coverage is located around the cities of Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang.
You can click on the image to enlarge it. You can also view the official street view coverage in more detail on this site.
A group of motorcyclists can be seen in front of the Google car on this stretch of Highway 1 near Beaver Creek in Yukon.
This unique Google car and dark-coloured soil is found in Tulita, NWT. The car will most often look like this, but can also be fully blurred with just the antenna visible, or with the hood of the car visible.
Sanikiluaq is a remote town situated in Hudson Bay. This snowy town was covered by a snowmobile whose driver wore a dark brown coat.
NOTE: Snowmobile coverage can be found outside the town on the ice-covered sea, where the driver is not visible.
Inukjuak is a town in northern Québec. This town can be recognized by the snowmobile that is visible through the blur.
NOTE: In Sanikiluaq, the other town with snowmobile coverage, you will always see the driver.
Cambridge Bay is the only Nunavut settlement to have Generation 2 trekker coverage.
The northernmost Google Street View coverage in the world is a trekker on Ellesmere Island in northern Nunavut. It shows a glacier in a rocky, desolate landscape that is devoid of any vegetation.
NOTE: This coverage is sometimes used in maps to improve and standardise the scoring range. As a result, you might encounter this trekker in competitive maps like ACW, despite it not being pinpointable.
Chile has a solid white Google Car with no antenna in Generation 3. There are two variants:
A plain white car (left).
A white car with a visible black section (right). This car is unique to Chile.
A blue Google Car can be seen in Generation 4.
NOTE: In Generation 3, a plain white Google Car with no antenna can also be seen in Peru and Bolivia.
The Google car can be seen towing a white and silver trailer with the word ‘Outback’ south of the Chilean National Zoo in Santiago.
A grey Toyota Hilux, with various gear loaded and a snorkel on the front right, can be seen from around Baños Morales to this point, where the trekker continues the journey on foot.
Conguillio National Park can be recognized by this white truck with visible side mirrors and an antenna on the front right.
This horse trekker can be seen to the northeast of San Felipe.
NOTE: A similar trekker can be found on the other side of the border in Argentina.
Coverage in mainland China is limited to several small spots, mainly in or near major urban areas on the east coast. A significant portion of the coverage is considered hidden, which is also shown on this map. Hidden means it won’t show up on Google Maps, however you can still access it in the Map Making App.
Christmas Island has two types of coverage: car coverage and a couple of trekkers.
The car coverage was done with a unique Google car: a silver pickup truck, with the bed of the truck visible. Usually, this is all you need to identify Christmas Island.
There is a boat trekker near the north coast of the island. Some of the boat’s white-coloured deck pokes through the blur. Much of the trekker closely hugs the coast; here you can see the steep, rocky coastline of Christmas Island.
An exception to the road coverage mostly having car meta is the coastal Jln Pantai road, where a regular trekker was used. On this road, you will not see the back of the car, just a trekker blur.
This golf course trekker is on the northeast coast. In some places, the Google car also drove on this golf course.
This unique car with a snorkel at the front right and the edges of the bed visible is found on West Island.
In Generation 3 coverage, a short thick antenna is sometimes visible with a black, white or grey car. In Generation 4 coverage, a white or silver car is commonly found.
NOTE: Within the Americas, you can also find the antenna in Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil. However, Colombia is the only country with this antenna on a black Google car.
Coverage on the Caribbean island of San Andrés was taken by this distinct white car.
Costa Rica’s Generation 4 imagery was captured using a large white pickup truck. In many locations, it is either fully or partially visible, but can occasionally be entirely blurred out. There is an antenna attached to the front of the car.
NOTE: The Panamanian truck has a distinctive white metal frame behind the driver’s cabin and a fully blurred out car is more common there. The truck used in Ecuador does not have an antenna.
A yellow follow car with two front windows can be seen trailing the Google truck on RN 2 east of Palmar Norte and halfway up to Buenos Aires. The river valley also makes this section of road unique.
You can spot Rainbolt himself, or the filming crew atop a black Toyota around the town of La Fortuna, Alajuela Province.
Southwest of La Fortuna, near the Fortuna Waterfall, you’ll find a Generation 4 trekker taken by Rainbolt on a downhill trail with many stair segments. It concludes at a waterfall. You can recognise it from his brown hair or the camera crew following him.
West of La Fortuna, in the Puentes Colgantes Arenal, Mistico Park, there is another trekker on a tropical trail, taken by a black-haired individual.
Generation 3 coverage in Costa Rica is very limited, consisting of numerous trekkers in and around San José and by the northern west coast. There is also coverage on Cocos Island, located 500 kilometres southwest of the coast, as well as a boat trekker around Caño Island by the southern west coast.
At the Juan Santamaría International Airport you can find the trekker walking in the middle of a major four-lane road. There is also coverage just outside the airport terminal.
Croatia does not have Generation 2 car coverage. However, in some historic downtown areas, a Generation 2 trekker camera was used.
NOTE: In some of this trekker coverage, the Google employee’s red cap is visible.
Croatia’s capital Zagreb has a distinct big city feel. Apartment blocks can be seen throughout the city. The northern part of the city is hilly. Furthermore, Zagreb has blue electric trams.
NOTE: In addition to regular car coverage, Zagreb also has various urban sidewalk trekkers, often made with a Generation 2 camera.
A red generation 4 Google car can be found in both Czechia and Slovakia.
NOTE: A red car can be found in other European countries too.
A black generation 4 Google car can also be found in both Czechia and Slovakia.
NOTE: A black car can be found in many other European countries too.
A white Google car is present in Czechia but not Slovakia.
NOTE: Other European countries can have a white Google Car.
The island of Anholt only has Generation 2 coverage, with distinct gloomy, overcast weather. A large portion of coverage is recognizable due to the sandy dirt on the roadside.
This unique car was used for all street view coverage in the Dominican Republic. It can be recognized by the two metal bars, the thick black stripes on them, as well as the white hood visible at the front.
NOTE: These stripes can also be found on one of the Mongolian cars, but the landscape should allow you to tell them apart.
Within the Americas, you will also see metal bars in Guatemala and Curaçao. However, they will not have thick black stripes.
All Generation 4 coverage was captured using a white pickup truck with a black trunk and no antenna.
NOTE: The pickup truck in Panama and Costa Rica has an antenna on the front.
Google used a weird, low-quality camera in Ecuador. This camera is known as the official Ari (or “Shitcam”). It has a wide circular car blur and often somewhat brownish colours. You will sometimes see a unique red logo at the front of the car.
NOTE: Within Latin America, Ecuador is the only country that has shitcam coverage.
The Google car antenna has two distinct variations:
The “high” antenna (purple), where the wire around the antenna is entirely above the halfway line of the antenna.
And the “low” antenna (blue) where the majority of the wire is below the halfway point of the line, and there can be a small bit poking up at the very top.
This is most useful when you have the high antenna, since it will always be in the northern half of the country.
The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago located west of mainland Ecuador. There are only trekkers and boat coverage on and around the islands. There is a wide variety of landscapes, including volcanic soil, low shrubbery, and craters (with Galapagos turtles onlooking).
Egypt has very sparse coverage. The entirety of the coverage is in Generation 3, made with a trekker camera. Trekkers can be recognized by the fact that the camera is lower to the ground, having smaller blurs, and no car shadow.
Instead of learning a lot of country-specific clues, it is more practical to simply memorise what the trekkers look like. There are seven sections of coverage, each centred around historic places of interest, ranging from the Pyramids to Coptic churches and medieval citadels.
The coverage is limited to two general areas:
Cairo: four trekkers.
Alexandria: three trekkers, two of which are fairly far outside the city to its southwest (Monastery of Saint Mina and nearby archeological excavations).
The great pyramids of Giza have trekker coverage.
NOTE: This is not to be confused with the pyramid in Memphis, which is made of glass instead of sand stone.
All of Eswatini was covered by a white Google car without an antenna.
NOTE: Within Africa, this car can also be found in South Africa, Lesotho and Botswana.
This boat trekker can be seen in the West Point Bay, with yellow hills in the distance with the MS National Geographic Explorer in the bay with the trekker.
The generation 4 coverage was captured with a black pickup truck with an antenna on the front. The truck is always blurred.
NOTE: The truck in Iceland does not have a similar antenna.
All Generation 3 car coverage on the Faroe Islands has a black Street View car with a plain grey roof rack.
NOTE: No other country with a similar landscape has a car similar to this.
Downtown Helsinki has a lot of Generation 4 sidewalk trekker coverage.
NOTE: This tip is specifically about Generation 4 trekker coverage. Generation 3 sidewalk trekkers can be found in many other Finnish cities.
You can find this rare white and black Generation 4 car in Hamburg and around Frankfurt.
NOTE: You can also find the same car around London and in Ireland.
You can find a Generation 3 black car in this safari park southeast of Bielefeld.
You can commonly see 4x4s painted with a zebra pattern in the park.
NOTE: This car is unique to this park within all of Europe.
All regular road coverage in Ghana was made with a unique Google car. It has a visible roof rack with a piece of black tape on the right end of the front bar. In addition, the hood of the car is usually visible, showing a street view car wrapping that features a red rectangle and some other recognizable elements. Normally, this unique car is all you need to identify Ghana.
NOTE: Several natural reserves were covered with different unique cars.
Ghana features 3 distinct types of tape on the google car:
In the southwest, you can find the ‘unpeeled tape’, which is essentially a mostly intact tape, which is not peeling off.
In the east and north, you can find the ‘peeled tape’, which unlike the ‘unpeeled tape’, is slightly peeled off.
North of Kumasi, and west of Tamale, you can find this ‘scotched tape’, which has two distinct white spots on the left side of the tape.
The Ankasa Game Reserve has a unique Google car. The entire front of the Google car can be seen, with only the actual camera blurred. The roof of the car will have a street view vinyl and the ‘Ghana tape’ will be present.
The Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary has a unique Google car. The ‘Ghana tape’ and roof rack will not be visible however, the black right side mirror will be slightly visible just outside the blur.
NOTE: The red soil and surrounding vegetation should still be good clues for the country, despite the lack of the typical car meta associated with Ghana.
All coverage in Greenland was taken with a Generation 3 trekker camera, which was often attached to a variety of vehicles.
Most locations with coverage will have their own odd and unique Street View vehicles, ranging from a red tractor to a snowmobile with a large box at the front.
Boat trekkers are very common in Greenland, featuring a variety of different boats.
The city of Sisimiut can be easily recognized by the black snowmobile with side mirrors pointing straight up. The coverage is generally very overcast and grey.
Most coverage in Ilulissat can be recognized by the green ATV with black bars and the driver wearing a beige hat. Note however that there are some small sections where the driver does not wear it. The coverage is fairly sunny and bright.
The coverage in Tasiilaq can be recognized by the ATV with large grey handguards on either side. The coverage has a lot of very thin clouds and the area is somewhat green.
The coverage in Maniitsoq was taken by a tractor, making it very recognizable. The coverage is overcast and fairly snowy.
This boat, with a white cabin and a red roof, can be found by a multitude of towns and villages on the west coast. However, most of the coverage is in the general area around the city of Aasiaat.
Similar to the previous boat, this one with a red square cabin can be found at multiple locations on the west coast, most significantly by and around Akunnaaq.
A boat with a black box near the front, and a chequered pattern on the bow can be found fairly north on the east coast. While the western part of the coverage is very foggy and somewhat overcast, the eastern parts of the coverage is slightly less foggy and very sunny. A man wearing a black coat can also be seen captaining the boat.
This bright red boat can be found on the east coast near the towns of Tiilerillaq and Kuummiit respectively. While the coverage near Tiilerillaq does not have a cloud in sight, the coverage near Kuummiit is somewhat overcast.
A black and white boat, with a blue roof, is found between the towns of Kuummiit and Tasiilaq.
This small white boat, with a brown wooden top and lights and monitoring devices, can be seen between Tiilerilaaq and Tasiilaq.
A small, rounded red bow can be found on a boat going south of Tasiilaq.
This small, red and black boat, with multiple people sitting in it, can be found in a fjord far north on the east coast.
This wooden fishing boat is found outside Ilulissat.
This small, white boat with a silver handrail on the bow can be found west of Narsaq and east of Qaqortoq. While the sun is in the west on the coverage near Narsaq, it is in the east on the coverage near Qaqortoq.
This large, all white boat can be seen in between Narsarsuaq with the opposing shore.
A grey boat is found east of Nuuk.
A mostly white boat, with extremely tall antennas on the rear can be found going into the fjord east of Nuuk.
The entire Google car is blurred, however an antenna at the front right and a tiny part of the roof rack can be seen.
NOTE: You will not see a roof rack on the Northern Mariana Islands Google car.
This grey Street View car with a visible roof rack and side mirrors can be seen on all car coverage in Guatemala.
NOTE: The only other tropical country with a similar car is Laos. The car used in the Dominican Republic may look similar, but has thick black stripes on the bars and the mirrors are not visible.
Hawaii has a large amount of Generation 4 "smallcam" coverage, which is mounted lower than regular Generation 4 and has a relatively big circular blur with a small protrusion at the front, with parts of the car being visible. The blur can also be fully transparent, making it harder to spot.
Hawaii has a fair amount of Generation 2 coverage, compared to other US states. Especially on more rural roads.
NOTE: Generation 2 can be recognized by the lower quality camera, and circular blur above and below the camera.
On the three largest islands, namely Hawaiʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, smallcam coverage was taken with a black Google car.
Smallcam imagery on the islands of Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi was captured by a white car. Just like with the black car, you will often be able to see the unblurred hood and mirrors.
Kahoʻolawe is a small island that lies just to the southwest of Maui. It only has trekker coverage on small gravel roads and dirt trails, and is characterised by dry, shrubby vegetation, rolling hills, and dark red soil. On the western end of this coverage, several buildings can be seen.
Between Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island, there are three unique islands: Peng Chau, Cheung Chau and Lamma Island, with trekker coverage. These islands can be identified by the lack of cars, narrow streets, and rural architecture. Lamma Island is also the hilliest of the three.
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.
A white generation 4 Google car can also rarely be found in Hungary.
NOTE: It can also be found in other European countries.
The Generation 4 coverage was captured with red and white pickup trucks, which have been well blurred.
The Generation 3 Google car in Iceland is a white car with a long antenna.
While most of India is covered in shitcam, there is also a significant amount of Generation 3 trekkers throughout the country.
All of the coverage in Iraq is taken by a trekker with a camera similar to Gen 2 but with distinctly worse image quality and colour. This coverage tends to be overexposed, even becoming blindingly so at some points.
NOTE: This camera quality is sometimes referred to as Gen 1.5.
The trekker blur has a well-defined, pointed shape.
An electrical vehicle (EV) with a Generation 4 camera was used to cover most of Eastern Ireland and parts of the Northwest. The back of the EV is visible in all this coverage: it is grey with a black semicircle.
Note that not all Generation 4 coverage in and around Dublin is made with this car. A considerable amount still has the regular blue Generation 4 car.
Most Generation 3 coverage was taken by a black Street View car with a long antenna.
You may also see the black car without an antenna and a silver car with a short antenna.
Generation 4 coverage is only found in Israel, in the areas marked on the map.
The coverage was taken with a black Street View car.
The appearance of the standard Japanese Google car is often black and white. You may find it in black or rarely with an antenna.
In addition, due to privacy reasons, the camera is intentionally set lower to the ground. This is known as low-cam. You can identify it by:
Looking downwards. The blur will be noticeably larger.
The road will look wider, and objects will be viewed from a lower perspective.
NOTE: The only other country that always has low-cam is Switzerland. It can also be seen in Generation 4 coverage in Sri Lanka. Also, the car will be blurred in Switzerland.
There are a variety of trekkers and tripods, covering a vast amount of locations which span over multiple prefectures and regions.
Due to the enormous volume of information on this topic, and it being too large to be contained in this guide, we recommend this resource to learn more about the various trekkers.
Coverage in Jordan was taken by a black Google car, without a red brake light.
NOTE: Jordan is the only Middle Eastern country where a black Google car without an antenna or a red brake light can be found.
All of the coverage in Kazakhstan was taken with a white pickup truck, which can either be fully visible or mostly blurred.
Kenya has many unique Google cars, almost all of which will have visible car meta. In Generation 3 you will typically see a car with a roof rack and a snorkel. In Generation 4 you will always have a large pickup truck, which will either be white or grey. The grey car comes in two slightly different variations, of which one can either be with or without a snorkel.
It is the only country other than Mongolia with a snorkel.
NOTE: You can see National Park Cars in other countries with a snorkel on the front of the vehicle. Each vehicle will have its own distinct look.
On a lot of the coverage you will see a grey Toyota SUV following the Street View car.
This Generation 3 grey car with a large snorkel is mostly found in the west, but can also be found in the Mombasa and Nairobi areas, and regions east of Nairobi near Kitui.
NOTE: Most Generation 3 coverage has been overridden by Generation 4.
This Generation 3 black car with a small snorkel is mostly found in the east of the country. You can also see it north and south of Nairobi.
NOTE: Most Generation 3 coverage has been overridden by Generation 4.
Kenya has mostly Generation 4 coverage covered by a large grey Google car, with or without a snorkel. There are many metas regarding Generation 4, too many in fact to break down here.
RESOURCE: Therefore, please use this document. It covers this area in depth, and was created by snowf_lake.
Key meta information can be found in the tips below. Other less extensive, but still noteworthy car meta, can be found in the spotlight section.
You can see pieces of white tape on the roof of the Google car in a lot of the coverage north and south of Nairobi.
Kenya has many unique Google cars in and around its National Parks and Reserves. These are still identifiable by the snorkel which is present in almost all of them.
Many of the National Park and Reserve cars must be used in conjunction with landscape, as they can be found in multiple areas.
You can learn more about these National Parks and Reserves in the spotlight section.
You can use the Google car’s mirror to region-guess Kyrgyzstan. In the southern region, less of the road is visible on the mirror. The car’s reflection is more diagonal. For comparison, this is what it usually looks like.
In all cities except for the capital, Vientiane, this Google car will be visible. It is silver-coloured, with a roof rack with two metal bars and black side mirrors.
NOTE: A similar car can be found in Guatemala, so be sure to look at the other clues before guessing.
As previously mentioned, the Vientiane area is the only part of Laos where the Google car is not visible. It also has a considerable amount of rural coverage, especially to its southeast.
NOTE: This may lead to toss-ups with Thailand and Cambodia. Use the driving side (Thailand being left, and Laos and Cambodia right), along with other clues to tell them apart.
A red generation 4 Google car can be found in Latvia.
NOTE: It can also be found in a few other European countries, including Lithuania, but not Estonia.
A black generation 4 Google car can also be found in Latvia.
NOTE: It can also be found in many other European countries, including Lithuania, but not Estonia.
Apart from the shitcam, all of the Lebanese coverage was taken with a Generation 3 trekker.
The Generation 3 trekker coverage in Lebanon is extremely limited, mostly being found around tourist attractions, university campuses and trails. Note that due to the large number of distinct trekkers, this guide will only cover those that are considered pinpointable.
All coverage in Lesotho is Generation 3. In almost all locations, the back of a white Google car without an antenna is visible.
NOTE: The other three southern African countries of Eswatini, Botswana and South Africa also have the same white car in Generation 3 coverage.
While Botswana and Eswatini only have Generation 3 coverage, South Africa also has Generation 2 and Generation 4 coverage. In addition, Generation 3 coverage is somewhat rare in South Africa.
A black generation 4 Google car can be found in Lithuania.
NOTE: It can also be found in a few other European countries, including Latvia, but not Estonia.
A red generation 4 Google car can also be found in Lithuania.
NOTE: It can also be found in a few other European countries, including Latvia, but not Estonia.
Some of Luxembourg City’s downtown area was covered by a Generation 3 urban trekker. Occasionally, the trekker’s sunglasses and greying hair can be seen.
All coverage in Madagascar was taken with a Generation 3 trekker camera.
NOTE: While there are some unusual vehicles seen on some of the coverage, the camera and blur is still the same.
Several boat trekkers can be found throughout the country.
Street View in Madagascar is very limited, with a mixture of land and boat coverage, most of which is on or near the west coast. It is worth noting that almost all the coverage was taken using trekkers, with only two exceptions, both of which have a visible, unique Street View car.
Because of the limited coverage, this guide will be structured differently than most other guides. It will be divided into two main sections: one for land coverage and one for boat coverage, which in turn is divided into subsections based on region.
The coverage on the RN8 between Andriamena and Marofandilia can easily be recognized by the large silver roof rack on the Street View car. The coverage is very dry and sandy.
A car with a barely visible grey metal roof rack can be seen by Manahy. There are some locations where the car is completely blurred out, where the shape of the blur is the best indication of the area.
The main part of the trekker coverage surrounding Andavadoaka can be recognized by either the person wearing a greyish hat and light blue shirt or a person wearing a yellow T-shirt.
A second Trekker, going to the northeast of Andavadoaka can be recognized by a person with a light blue T-shirt.
The Tsaranoro Massif is a large monolithic mountain with trekker coverage. The steep mountainsides, combined with the mountainous area surrounding the coverage makes it very recognizable. The four people following the trekker can also occasionally be a useful clue.
A white boat, containing many people, can be found going around the island of Nosy Ambariovato.
A mainly blue boat can be found along the coast south of Nosy Ambariovato.
A row boat containing five people with a wide wooden frame surrounding it can be found northwest of Ambohimena.
A boat going up the Sambirano River can be seen with two people; a tourist with a blue T-shirt and a gondolier with a brown shirt. The northernmost part of the coverage is very dark, as it was taken during sunset.
The boat covering some small atolls along the central parts of the west coast can be recognized by the driver, wearing a white cap and no shirt.
The boat north of Andavadoaka can mostly be recognized by the large sail almost filling up the entire screen and the bow which is painted yellow and blue. Note that the sail is not present in the northern parts of the coverage.
The boat in the bay south of Andavadoaka can be recognized by either the somewhat smaller sail than the one north of Andavadoaka, or the person sitting by the bow wearing a red T-shirt with the text “Diesel”. Beware that only one of the two will appear on most of the coverage.
Four people; one dressed in red, one in blue and one in yellow in the back, and one dressed in brown at the front, can be seen on a boat by the town of St Augustin.
Mali has very limited coverage. There are only ten small trekkers, divided over seven locations. Instead of learning a lot of country-specific clues, it is more practical to simply memorise what the trekkers look like.
This Street View car with a yellow hood can be found by the La Malinche volcano in Tlaxcala.
This red Street View car with a black roof can be found in the town of La Seca in Sinaloa.
In the harbour, there is an extensive Generation 3 trekker on a boat. The Google employee’s brown hair and sunglasses are visible. You can see Monaco’s skyline and the hills beyond it. There are a lot of expensive yachts around.
This trekker shows up a lot in the official competitive game modes, so it is worth remembering.
Mongolia very often has a visible Street View car as all of Mongolian coverage was driven with a large pickup truck. The truck can have several features such as a tent on top, red side-view mirrors, a snorkel, and roof-racks. All of these can be of help in identifying Mongolia.
The capital city, Ulaanbaatar, is by far the biggest city in Mongolia, with about 50% of the entire country's population living in it. As such, its urban development and sheer size is unlike anywhere else in Mongolia. The cityscape is bustling with many high rise buildings, chain stores, travelling cars, buses, and pedestrians, as well as clean roads and sidewalks. Meanwhile, the suburbs can be recognized from the vast yurt districts in hilly areas. Generation 4 coverage is common, however Generation 3 winter coverage is also common to see in the suburbs.
The roof racks of the Street View car are very useful as they can effectively split Mongolia in half. The presence of rubber inlays in the roof racks are generally found in the west, while empty roof racks are generally found in the east.
You can click on the map to enlarge it.
You can split Mongolia into 4 zones based on the spare tire in the back right of the Street View car:
A netted spare tire shown in red
A single strap spare tire shown in green
A spare tire with no strap shown in orange
Without a spare tire shown in blue
You can click on the map to enlarge it.
In the eastern grasslands, the Street View car has a light blue tent and a forward-facing snorkel.
North of Ulaanbaatar you can find this car, which has the same blue tent as the eastern tent, but with a backwards-facing snorkel. The snorkel can sometimes be difficult to see, so use other additional clues such as rolling hills and forests to confirm the region.
NOTE: The highway in pink can have either the blue tent car or the tentless car with snow coverage.
A Street View car with no tent can be seen in and around the capital city. It is generally found on a northwest diagonal going through Ulaanbaatar. Southeast of Ulaanbaatar, on the Choir highway, the car will have a double mirror on the left as well as a backward facing snorkel.
Driving direction is especially useful with this car as it is always travelling away from the capital.
A Street View car with a bright silver tent is generally found in central and northwestern Mongolia.
NOTE: The Bulgan Highway (in grey) is almost entirely hidden coverage.
A Street View car with a grey tent and hooks on the tent can only be found in western Mongolia. It is the most common car to have the netted spare tire.
A Street View car with a cage on top of the roof instead of a tent can be seen near Ulaanbaatar. West of Ulaanbaatar, the car will have a green camouflage sleeping bag on top of the cage (coverage highlighted in green). Additionally, all coverage with this car was taken during winter, with most of it being in snowy areas.
NOTE: The cage car can very rarely appear in Kharkhorin and Zuunmod.
Generation 4 coverage in the capital uses a silver truck with an ornate blue & white roof decal, with a snorkel and long antenna on the front right. While the unique roof can be seen in most locations, some locations blur most of the car, leaving only the snorkel and antenna visible. This car can only be found around Ulaanbaatar.
Generation 4 coverage in eastern Mongolia uses a silver pick-up truck with a large metal box and shovel on the roof. The car was sponsored by Bodi Group, however camera stitching generally hides one of the letters.
Generation 4 coverage in western Mongolia uses a silver pick-up truck with a big light blue tent. Different variations of the tent can be useful for narrowing down the region.
In the westmost part of Mongolia, there is some very remote coverage showcasing the tallest mountains in Mongolia where you can see glaciers and snow-capped peaks. This area also has a unique Street View car with a green or black bag above the right side roof racks.
The Google Car can be seen chasing this police car on the P15, between Lovcen National Park and Čevo.
All the coverage in Namibia was taken with a white pickup truck with a short antenna on the front. Notably, this antenna will always lean slightly to the left.
NOTE: No other country in southern Africa has a similar car. The most similar country with this type of car is Oman, however the antenna there will never lean left, but often clearly to the right.
An orange google car can be found around:
Nepalgunj in the west
Madi, south of Bharatpur in the central south
Biratnagar in the east
Birtamod in the far east.
Trekker coverage in Nepal is limited to the northeast of the country, in the general area southwest of Mount Everest.
Some Generation 4 coverage has a car blur glitch where the black back of the Google car is visible.
In the southern part of the Veluwe, in National Park De Hoge Veluwe, you can find a trekker that is recognizable because the Google employee’s brown hair is visible.
Stewart Island only has coverage around the settlement of Oban. It is easily recognized due to the distinct bay, which is often filled with small boats. There is only Generation 3 camera coverage.
A visible Street View car is present in most of the coverage, being a pickup truck with the cab and bed visible. The colour of the cab and other features of it varies. In Generation 3, a roof rack is present. You may also find a large blur covering the entire pickup truck.
A green truck is visible behind the Google Car for a portion of the E-65. The truck is visible from Kichevo to Arbinovo.
For some of the E-75 north of Veles, there are triple yellow lines with a dashed centre line. In the northern part of the road, there is a yellow-truck following the Google car.
The rest of the road is either under construction or newly paved. This road is very similar to the A3 east of Veles, although that one is much flatter and has an arid landscape surrounding it.
The entire Google car is blurred, however an antenna at the front right can be seen. The antenna is also noticeably closer to the camera than in the Guam Google car.
The only island with car coverage is the main island of Saipan. The islands north of that have no coverage. Tinian and Sinapalu south of Saipan only have tripod coverage.
The Omani Google car drivers covered a lot of small tracks in the middle of the Omani desert.
The coverage in Oman was taken with a white pickup truck. In most locations, the truck is fully blurred out, however you may sometimes see the antenna or the front of the car.
Road 43, also south of Ubar, is unpaved and features sunset coverage along with a dust trail behind the car.
Coverage in Pakistan was mainly taken with a Generation 3 trekker camera.
Panama was covered by a large white pickup truck with a white metal frame behind the driver's cabin, that can either be fully visible or mostly blurred. There is always a short black antenna attached to the front of the car, which may sometimes also be blurred.
NOTE: The Costa Rican truck does not have this white metal frame. Also, a fully blurred out car is more common in Panama. The car used in Ecuador has neither an antenna nor a white metal railing.
In a lot of central Panama, the Google car will have either one or two black dots visible on the front.
In Gen 3 coverage, Peru uses a solid black or white Google car.
NOTE: In South America, these two cars are limited to the following countries:
The black Google car is only found in Peru, Argentina and Uruguay.
The white Google car is only found in Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
Ruta 30C in eastern Peru uses a white Street View car in Generation 3 between the cities of Planchon and Iñapari. It features dense forest, few villages, and resembles interior areas of Brazil. Some of this area has been overwritten with Generation 4. Most of this segment runs north to south.
Within Peru, this white Street View car is found in central Cusco. It drives from the remote town of Aguas Calientes up to Machu Picchu.
A train track covered by a trekker is located between Aguas Calientes and Cusco.
In Generation 3 you can come across a white Street View car with the black roof clearly visible.
You may also come across a silvery grey car, which is also found in Bhutan.
You may find this black Street View car with a visible roof rack in and around the city of General Santos.
In northwestern Bohol you can find this Street View car with tape on the back.
An orange Street View car with visible side mirrors can be found on Corregidor Island.
All coverage was taken with a Generation 3 trekker.
A black generation 4 Google car can rarely be found in Poland.
NOTE: It can also be found in many other European countries.
A white generation 4 Google car can also rarely be found in Poland.
NOTE: It can also be found in other European countries.
The Google car will usually be blurred, with only the antenna on the left and a sliver of the car visible. Sometimes the entire white pickup truck can be visible. Rusty clips can be seen on the crossbar.
See the region guessing section for more information.
Only a handful of roads were covered without a trekker. Learning the general regions with coverage will help you get those extra 10 points.
A boat trekker, with a green boat, can be found in the far east of the country. It mostly goes through small, overgrown canals in a flat landscape.
NOTE: There is no road coverage in this region.
Three Generation 3 Street View cars are commonly found in Russia. The two most useful ones for recognising Russia are a black and a white car, both with a long antenna. You may also see a short antenna without a visible car.
A presence of Siberian larches and large mountains on a mostly paved, but sometimes wide-gravel road indicates the main road south of Yakutsk, with Generation 4 white car appearing north of Berkakit.
The main road of Altai Republic has a black car long antenna driving north through the Altai Mountains, often with foggy or rainy coverage.
Generation 4 white car is found in the May coverage near Lipetsk, in Moscow city, and most notably across all the coverage north of Berkatit in the Sakha Republic and Magadan.
All the coverage in Rwanda is made with a Generation 4 camera. In most of the coverage, the Google car is entirely visible: it is a big white, black, or brown pickup truck. The camera mount is visible.
Occasionally, the Google car will be covered entirely by a big blur.
Rwanda has quite limited coverage: street view is limited to Kigali, and a couple of other patches elsewhere in Rwanda.
NOTE: Coverage is being sporadically released, so click the link below to view an up-to-date map.
You can check out the coverage in detail on this site.
The Akagera national park features a very vegetated yet dry landscape with wide unpaved roads that are reddish-brown in colour.
You can also find these rectangular waystones at intersections.
This coverage was taken with the brown Google car.
NOTE: There is some coverage on the paved section south of the national park.
Around Cyangugu, the Google car is often exceptionally dirty.
NOTE: This is not a 100% meta, but something to take into consideration.
The Nyungwe Forest National Park goes through a lush and hilly landscape, which has 2 distinct covered roads; The yellow NR10 is paved, with roadlines. French style bollards and green lamp posts can be seen on the sides of the road. The white NR26 going south is mostly paved, except for the southernmost section. No roadlines are present.
This coverage was taken with the brown Google car.
On the NR10 between Butare and Mont Gabegi, there are two small specks on the bottom left side of the Google car roof.
All coverage was taken with a Generation 3 trekker camera.
Saint-Pierre is the capital and largest town. The coverage in this town is made with a sidewalk trekker. Larger buildings and more cars can be seen, with a more populated feel compared to Miquelon-Langlade.
This boat trekker between Saint Pierre Island and Île-aux-Marins can be recognized by this man wearing a grey and black sweater.
A Google Car with a visible roof rack and the right side mirror is seen in Generation 3 coverage. Rifts can also be seen in the sky.
NOTE: This specific Google Car with the right side mirror visible is unique to Senegal. Roof racks and rifts however can be seen in various other countries.
The silver Generation 4 car with a long antenna at the front left can be seen on many roads, but none past the eastern border of Diourbel Region.
NOTE: The antenna is visible even if the car is blurred.
The regular Generation 4 white car is most commonly found south of The Gambia, but can also be found on the northeastern coast and a small region between Kaolack and Saly.
The silver Generation 4 car with a box in the back right of the cab can mainly be seen on the road between Richard Toll and Louga, and the N3 between Tiourene and Matam. It can also be seen on the dirt road hugging the Mauritanian border, from Matam to Gassamberi. Finally, it can be seen on a few roads near Diolotène.
The silver Generation 4 car with a stain at the back left of the cab can be seen on the N2 from Richard Toll to Matam and Bakel to Nayé. It can also be seen on the N1 between Tambacounda and Nayé.
The silver Generation 4 car with a stain at the back left and a dirty roof can mainly be seen on the N1 between Kaffrine and Tambacounda, and the N7 between Tambacounda and Kedougou. It can also be seen between Dahra and Diakhao.
The silver Generation 4 car with a red cloth at the front left can be seen on this eastern road between Ouro Sogui and Bakel.
The white Generation 4 car but with the antenna down, parallel to the car’s roof, can be found on the N6 between Ziguinchor and Kolda.
The white Generation 4 car with a noticeably dirty back can be seen on the road going north of Kolda, up to Katonfara.
Most of the coverage in Serbia was taken by a Google car with no antenna.
NOTE: Other than North Macedonia, almost all of central and eastern Europe has antenna coverage in Generation 3.
A white Google Car with a short antenna can be seen in Novi Sad, Kovilj, in and around Belgrade, Niš, and the E75 connecting them.
NOTE: The white car is not always visible.
The Generation 3 trekker on Pulau Ubin can be identified by the unusually rural forest coverage and the camouflage-type hat sometimes visible when looking down.
A black generation 4 Google car can also be found in both Slovakia and Czechia.
NOTE: A black car can be found in many other European countries too.
A red generation 4 Google car can be found in both Slovakia and Czechia.
NOTE: A red car can be found in other European countries too.
A white generation 4 Google car can also rarely be found in Slovenia.
NOTE: It can also be found in other European countries.
All Generation 4 coverage in South Africa was taken by a blue Street View car with a short antenna.
NOTE: The antenna is sometimes hidden by the blur.
A camouflage car with black side mirrors and roof racks can be seen in Kruger National Park, on the Mozambique border.
NOTE: The Park now also has generation 4 coverage.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a British Overseas Territory east of the Falkland Islands. As such, for country streaks purposes, they are counted as the UK.
Coverage is very limited: there are only a couple of Generation 3 trekkers:
One trekker in the abandoned town of Grytviken
Three trekkers in the isolated fjords of the rest of the island.
Due to the sparse nature of the coverage, that is also entirely not on any streets, it is not useful to learn any territory identification metas. Instead, it is better to just memorise what the trekkers look like.
This boat trekker in Hercules Bay can be recognized by a man in a red jacket and the MS National Geographic Explorer in the background.
Almost all road coverage in South Korea is made with a Generation 3 camera.
In most, but not all, of the coverage, the back of the Google car is visible. You can see three colours: black, white and silver. The car never has an antenna.
A small camera can be seen mounted above the brake light on the Street View car on coverage northeast of Seoul and around Pohang.
In most Generation 3 coverage, you will be able to see the front of the Google car partially through the blur: it is visible as blue-white-red patches, reminiscent of the French flag. The red patch is usually most visually distinct.
NOTE: This car is unique to Sri Lanka. Coverage in Ghana has a similar front of the car visible, but this coverage also has a roof rack.
Google used a weird, low-quality camera in Sri Lanka. This camera is known as the official Ari (or “Shitcam”). It has a wide circular car blur and often somewhat brownish colours. A good map will not usually include this coverage, but it is good to be aware of its existence, in order to not be caught off-guard by it.
NOTE: Other tropical countries with shitcam include India, Cambodia, Ecuador and to a lesser extent Bangladesh.
A white street view car with a long antenna is featured on a lot of Generation 3 coverage.
NOTE: A similar car is found on all road coverage in Iceland and is also somewhat common in Finland. While it exists in both Norway and Denmark, it is extremely rare in both.
Along the Swedish west coast, and in Skåne, you may find a white Google car with a blue stripe on the back.
NOTE: This car is almost never found outside of Sweden.
The island of Holmön has Generation 3 coverage, made by a white car with a long antenna, that features a distinctive visual glitch.
NOTE: A similar glitch can be found elsewhere, however it should be less noticeable than on Holmön.
In the canton of Graubünden, you can find this unique and easily recognizable train coverage on the tracks of the “Bernina Express.” It runs around most of the canton, all the way down to Tirano in Italy.
In Generation 3 coverage, you can find this black car with a long antenna and a red brake light in the middle, similar to the one you can see in Russia.
Tanzania has extremely limited coverage:
Several Generation 3 trekkers in Gombe National Park. There is also one small indoor tripod in this park.
A couple of tripods on Mount Kilimanjaro.
Some spill coverage, made with a regular Google car, on the border with Kenya.
This guide only discusses the trekkers and tripods. For the spills, see our spillover guide.
It should be noted that none of the trekkers and tripods are pinpointable, or even on a road, and therefore they typically do not appear in serious competitive maps. This guide describes them primarily for the sake of completeness. The spills however do appear in maps from time to time.
Due to the sparse nature of the coverage, that is also entirely not on any streets, it is not useful to learn any territory identification metas. Instead, it is better to just memorise what the trekkers and tripods look like.
There is a boat trekker in Lake Tanganyika, that hugs the coast very closely, next to Gombe National Park. The coast is always to your east. You will see hills that are mostly covered in tropical forest, with some bare and grassy hilltops.
You can see the boat through the blur: it is painted olive green and white, and has some people in it. The boat and people are always pixelated due to the blur.
NOTE: Do not confuse this boat trekker with the boats in Madagascar.
There is one more tripod in Tanzania, inside Jane Goodall’s house. It is also located in Gombe National Park, adjacent to the normal Generation 3 trekker coverage.
Most Generation 3 coverage has no visible Street View car.
NOTE: Vientiane and some Generation 3 coverage in Cambodia will also not have a visible car. Bike trekkers and a white car with a brake light can rarely be found all throughout the country in Generation 3.
This rare Google car with a visible mirror is only found in far southern Thailand.
NOTE: Due to most of the coverage being overwritten by new Generation 4, this car is rarely seen.
This rare Google car is only found on the island of Ko Sichang. It is recognizable due to the bar(s) protruding out of the blur.
One of the best ways to recognize Tunisia is that, in most coverage, the Google car is escorted by a follow car.
There are several different follow cars and these are four of the most commonly found ones.
NOTE: Follow cars can be in front of the street view car, or very far behind. Make sure to pan and zoom if you do not find them immediately.
The Google car in Tunisia is black with a medium-length, thin antenna.
NOTE: The colour of the car is not always perceptible. Make sure to look around for other more helpful clues.
Trekkers can be found all over the country, even in places far away from the area with car coverage. Coverage includes archaeological sites, forts, mosques, and a Star Wars set, among other things.
The Generation 4 coverage in Turkey typically features a white Google car. Usually, only a tiny sliver of the back of the car is visible. The car can have a short antenna, or no antenna at all.
Generation 4 truck coverage is mainly found in the far east of the country and along the southern coast, with smaller pockets in the west and around Kastamonu.
For a more detailed look, see this document.
In all coverage in Kampala, a unique Google car is visible. This car is white with square side mirrors and a boxy look.
NOTE: This Google car is only found in Uganda and is unique to the city of Kampala and its outskirts.
Most coverage in the Ugandan national parks was taken with this Street View car, which is similar to the one seen in Kampala, but with a black bar along the front of the car. The visibility of the car varies greatly, and it is somewhat common for it to not be visible at all.
All coverage in Ukraine is Generation 3. Most of it was made using a red Google car. This car is almost unique to Ukraine. It sometimes has an antenna, and sometimes no antenna. Note that the car is not always visible, though at times you will still be able to tell its colour due to the car blur glitch.
NOTE: The car meta can be very useful to tell Ukraine and Russia apart:
Most importantly, you will not find the red Generation 3 car in Russia.
Russia can have Generation 4 (and sometimes Generation 2). Ukraine never has either Generation.
Russian Generation 3 cars always have either a short or long antenna. If you see no antenna at all, consider Ukraine.
Also note that some parts of Belgium can have a red google car with a long antenna.
More rarely, you can also find several other Google cars in Ukraine:
These cars can be found in multiple countries, including Russia. See the region guessing section to see where you can find these cars within Ukraine.
This older 2011 coverage was made with a black or white Google car, instead of the standard red one. Both cars have a long antenna.
The black car was used in Donetsk. Note that Donetsk has no newer coverage whatsoever, so never guess in that city if you see a red car.
The white car was used in Lviv, Kyiv and Kharkiv. As the coverage in these cities is mostly overwritten, the white car is very rare.
A leaf can be seen on the back of the Google car from: Ternopil to Zolochiv on the H02, Ternopil to Brody on the P39, and from Brody to Dubno on the E40. It can also be seen from Brody to Pochaiv on the P26 and from Dubno to Mlyniv on the E85.
Google sent a special car trekker to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where the nuclear disaster happened in the 1980s. This car goes from Ivankiv all the way to the abandoned town of Pripyat.
On most of the road to Pripyat, you will not really be able to tell that you are inside the Exclusion Zone. However, inside Pripyat you will see completely abandoned and overgrown buildings, giving the place an eerie look.
In almost all Generation 3 coverage, a white car with visible black roof racks was used.
NOTE: The UAE is the only Middle Eastern country where a white Google car can be found.
In Generation 4 coverage, a white pickup truck with a trekker camera was used for much of the coverage. In a lot of the coverage, the truck is completely blurred out.
NOTE: A similar truck can be found in Qatar and Oman. In the UAE the antenna at the front of the cabin is on the middle of the car, while in Qatar it is on the left.
This rare white Google car with visible side mirrors and sparse vegetation is found on Sir Baniyas Island.
In some parts of Dubai, including the old town, a Generation 4 sidewalk trekker was used. Sometimes, the employee’s black hair is visible.
Uruguay only has Generation 3 coverage. Coverage was taken by a black Google car without an antenna.
The car is not always visible.
NOTE: Within South America, you can also find this car in Argentina and Peru.
This unique Google car is found in the coastal town of Cabo Polonio. It can be recognized by the orange strap on the left.
The coverage is an off-road trekker line on the map. The town that it drives through has a unique vibe, consisting of makeshift-looking shacks, scattered around the seaside landscape. In some of the coverage, the car drives on the beach.
This unique Google car is found in the Valle del Lunarejo natural park, located west of the town of Tranqueras. The car has a white front and a curved black backside with a brown strap.
The coverage is an off-road trekker line on the map. The car drives on a small track through a grassy landscape.
NOTE: This park only shows up as a point of interest on the map, instead of the usual dark green polygon used for natural parks.
Eastern Island, situated right next to the Midway Atoll, has two small areas of low-quality tripod coverage. It does not have any other official coverage.
Car coverage on the islands will have a large, visible street view car, which will either be red or white. Details about where to find each car can be found in the region guessing section.
The United States Virgin Islands features 3 unique Google cars. The first of which is shown here. This red truck with a red cab can only be seen in the southern island of St Croix. This is the most common car that will be seen as St Croix has the most coverage.
Two boat trekkers are found on the north coast of St Croix. The boat cannot be seen, however the trekker can be identified by the blue waters and hilly islands. The area near Buck Island National Park also has a distinct pink tint to the camera.
All coverage in Vanuatu was taken with a Generation 3 trekker.
Vietnam has a fair amount of motorcycle coverage. This can be recognized by the unique shape of the car blur, which vaguely resembles the shape of a bone, and extends slightly higher up on one side. Sometimes you will only see the helmet of the motorcyclist.
There is both Generation 3 and Generation 4 motorcycle coverage.
Vietnam has by far the most motorcycle coverage in the world. In particular, if you see this type of coverage in a rural place, you are almost guaranteed to be in Vietnam.