Overview

Essential identification keys

Camera generations

  • Low CamLow83.8%
  • Gen 4416%
  • Gen 220.1%
  • Gen 330.1%
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Position
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Sign Post
License Plate-india-1
License Plate

Top Clues

Most useful for recognizing the country

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Gen 1
Google Car
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Language
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Pole
Locally Unique

Regional Clues

Area-specific indicators

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Elevation

Languages

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Quiz
Hindi
Hindi
Marathi (ळ)
Marathi (ळ)
Punjabi (ਨ, ਲ, ਅ)
Punjabi (ਨ, ਲ, ਅ)
Gujarati (No Line)
Gujarati (No Line)
Bengali (lots of triangles)
Bengali (lots of triangles)
Assamese (ৰ, ৱ)
Assamese (ৰ, ৱ)
Kannada (very curvy, lots of circles)
Kannada (very curvy, lots of circles)
Telugu (often has checkboxes on top)
Telugu (often has checkboxes on top)
Tamil (straight lines, 90° angles, curves)
Tamil (straight lines, 90° angles, curves)
Oriya (skull-like characters)
Oriya (skull-like characters)
Malayalam (upside-down U-shapes)
Malayalam (upside-down U-shapes)
Manipuri (vertical lines, right angles)
Manipuri (vertical lines, right angles)
Mizo
Mizo
English
English

Architecture

9
Quiz
Rounded Roof Tiles
Rounded Roof Tiles
Organized, orange, flat-ridged tiles
Organized, orange, flat-ridged tiles
Flat tiles with diamond shaped protrusion
Flat tiles with diamond shaped protrusion
Corrugated sheet metal hip roofs
Corrugated sheet metal hip roofs
Metal Roofs with triangle at top
Metal Roofs with triangle at top
Houses made of square panels, thin beams
Houses made of square panels, thin beams
Thatched Roofs
Thatched Roofs
Gurdwaras (white domes, ornate walls)
Gurdwaras (white domes, ornate walls)
Wealthy, modern homes
Wealthy, modern homes

Landscape

8
Quiz
Tallest Mountains
Tallest Mountains
Extremely dry Mountains with little to no Vegetation
Extremely dry Mountains with little to no Vegetation
Very flat, agricultural fields
Very flat, agricultural fields
Dark Soil
Dark Soil
Red Soil
Red Soil
Dry landscape, sandy soil
Dry landscape, sandy soil
Distinct ridgelines, often with plateaus
Distinct ridgelines, often with plateaus
Lush, green valleys with low vegetation, hills
Lush, green valleys with low vegetation, hills

Plants

11
Quiz
Chir Pines
Chir Pines
Euphorbia Fences
Euphorbia Fences
Palmyra Palms
Palmyra Palms
Areca Palms
Areca Palms
Khasi Pines
Khasi Pines
Date Palms
Date Palms
Oil Palm Plantations
Oil Palm Plantations
Tea Plantations
Tea Plantations
Sugarcane Fields
Sugarcane Fields
Cotton Fields
Cotton Fields
Canola Fields
Canola Fields

Poles

10
Quiz
Concrete Holey Poles
Concrete Holey Poles
Two Section Poles
Two Section Poles
Mesh Metal Poles
Mesh Metal Poles
Metal Holey Poles
Metal Holey Poles
Thin Grey Metal Poles
Thin Grey Metal Poles
Four Yellow-Black Stripes
Four Yellow-Black Stripes
Yellow Pole Markings
Yellow Pole Markings
Yellow-Black Pole Paint
Yellow-Black Pole Paint
Black-White Tree Stripes
Black-White Tree Stripes
Red-White Tree Stripes
Red-White Tree Stripes

Pole Tops

14
Quiz
Trident Poletops on Concrete Poles
Trident Poletops on Concrete Poles
'Window'-Metal Poletops
'Window'-Metal Poletops
Upside down triangle Poletops
Upside down triangle Poletops
Upside down Trapezoid Poletop
Upside down Trapezoid Poletop
Upside Down 'A' Bars
Upside Down 'A' Bars
Two Vertical Bars forming tall, narrow rectangle
Two Vertical Bars forming tall, narrow rectangle
Two crossbars connected by thin vertical supports
Two crossbars connected by thin vertical supports
Mix of even and uneven Poletops
Mix of even and uneven Poletops
Diagonal bars forming '<' shape
Diagonal bars forming '<' shape
Two Crossbars with two insulators each
Two Crossbars with two insulators each
More than two bars with two insulators
More than two bars with two insulators
Trident Poletops with 90° bent tip
Trident Poletops with 90° bent tip
Trident Poletops on metal poles
Trident Poletops on metal poles
Short above long crossbar
Short above long crossbar

Infrastructure

2
Quiz
'Window'-Mint Green Electricity Counters
'Window'-Mint Green Electricity Counters
Yellow Black Tuk Tuks
Yellow Black Tuk Tuks

Miscellaneous

4
Quiz
Large Square Car
Large Square Car
Grey Boxy Car
Grey Boxy Car
Square-Pattern Wooden Fences
Square-Pattern Wooden Fences
Buddhist Prayer Flags
Buddhist Prayer Flags

Spotlight Clues

Standout individual locations

Architecture

3
Quiz
Grey Bricks in roofs/walls/piles
Grey Bricks in roofs/walls/piles
White Clay Huts
White Clay Huts
Cross Pattern Wooden Huts
Cross Pattern Wooden Huts

Cities

4
Quiz
Blue Signs
Blue Signs
Bright Orange/Green Buses
Bright Orange/Green Buses
Black Taxis with yellow roof
Black Taxis with yellow roof
Taxis with yellow hood/small circle
Taxis with yellow hood/small circle

Landscape

7
Quiz
Far more Barren Mountains
Far more Barren Mountains
Snowy Mountains in brownish valley
Snowy Mountains in brownish valley
Mountain Massif with three distinct Peaks
Mountain Massif with three distinct Peaks
V-Shape, green valley with smooth ridges
V-Shape, green valley with smooth ridges
Salt flats with nearly no vegetation
Salt flats with nearly no vegetation
Monolothic mountains with exposed rocks
Monolothic mountains with exposed rocks
Flat, bushy landscape with very red soil
Flat, bushy landscape with very red soil

Plants

6
Quiz
Japanese Cedar Trees
Japanese Cedar Trees
Deodar Cedar Trees
Deodar Cedar Trees
Pine Trees with Hanging Needles
Pine Trees with Hanging Needles
Doum Palms
Doum Palms
Indian Pitcher Plant
Indian Pitcher Plant
Many coconut trees painted red-white
Many coconut trees painted red-white

Miscellaneous

3
Quiz
Black Pole stickers with white arrow
Black Pole stickers with white arrow
Grey, Thin Antenna
Grey, Thin Antenna
Khasi Pines with yellow outer lines, dark pavement
Khasi Pines with yellow outer lines, dark pavement

Rarity

UniqueNowhere else on Earth
Locally UniqueUnique on its continent/region
RareOnly rarely found in this country

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Gen 1'07-'09
Gen 2'09-'12
Gen 3'12-'16
Gen 4'17-now