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Road lines in GeoGuessr: how to read them, then practise

Yellow or white centre, edge lines, doubles, dashes: one of the most reliable metas.

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In which country do you see these road line markings?ยฉ Google
In which country do you see these road line markings?
Keys 1โ€“4 to answer, Enter to continue.

What to look at

Road markings are among the fastest clues: you see them from the first second and they are rarely hidden. They identify a country less often than a bollard does, but they rule out whole regions at once.

  • Centre line colourYellow or white. Yellow dominates in the Americas and white in Europe, with exceptions worth learning.
  • Single or double, solid or dashed, and the length of the dashes.
  • Edge linesWhether there are any, their colour and whether they are solid or dashed.
  • The combinationYellow centre with white edges, dashed white centre with solid edgesโ€ฆ The whole set is what gives the country away.
  • No linesA paved road with no markings at all is information too.

Start with these

Six clues from the starter deck, with the explanation of why they give the country away.

road line โ€” Australiaยฉ Google
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AustraliaAustralia uses almost exclusively white road lines, with a few rare exceptions in alpine regions such as Mount Kosciuszko and Mount Hotham.
road line pattern โ€” Argentinaยฉ Google
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ArgentinaArgentina's road lines are mainly dashed white, double solid yellow, or a mix of both styles.
road with solid white outer lines and a single yellow centre line โ€” Mexicoยฉ Google
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ MexicoThe most typical Mexican road lines are solid white outer lines with a single unbroken yellow centre line, though single broken and double yellow centre lines are also common.
road line โ€” Philippinesยฉ Google
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ PhilippinesPhilippine centre lines can be yellow or white, but combined yellow-and-white centre lines are especially common there and rare elsewhere in East Asia. The yellow often has a distinct orange tint.
road centre line โ€” Canadaยฉ Google
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ CanadaCanadian roads usually have a single yellow centre line, though double yellow centre lines are still fairly common. Double yellow lines are more common in the US, so use this together with other clues.
road lines โ€” Chileยฉ Google
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ChileChilean road lines are almost always a single colour, either all white or all yellow; a mix of white and yellow lines is rare.

Where it helps: 91 countries

Countries with clues from this family in MetaSpotter. The stronger the colour, the more clues.

World map of the 91 countries with road lines clues in MetaSpotter
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Europe33

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom

Asia26

  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines
  • ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam

Africa12

  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda

North America6

  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States

South America9

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay

Oceania5

  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands

When the clue is not enough

Here the same clue shows up in several countries, so on its own it does not decide: combine it with another one. In MetaSpotter these countries are never offered as wrong answers.

  • Botswana ยท Lesotho ยท Eswatini ยท South Africaroad line pattern
  • Estonia ยท Lithuaniadashed outer road line
  • United Arab Emirates ยท Israel ยท Jordan ยท Omanroad line
  • United Arab Emirates ยท Israel ยท Jordan ยท Oman ยท Qatarroad line
  • Australia ยท New Zealandroad lines
  • France ยท Senegalroad infrastructure
  • Guam ยท Northern Mariana Islandsroad reflector
  • United Arab Emirates ยท Israel ยท Jordanroad line pattern

How to learn them and keep them

They are learned like any meta: a few every day, reviewed right before you forget them. Start with World ยท Road lines (beginner) (20 cards, about 1 days at 20 new a day) and move on to World ยท Road lines. MetaSpotter keeps one progress per clue: what you learn in one deck counts in every deck that holds it.

Study World ยท Road lines (beginner)

Decks in this family

World ยท Road lines (beginner) Level 220 cards World ยท Road lines Level 352 cards Australia ยท Roads Level 4140 cards Bolivia ยท Roads Level 455 cards Brazil ยท Roads Level 424 cards Peru ยท Roads Level 439 cards Kazakhstan ยท Roads Level 420 cards Kyrgyzstan ยท Roads Level 452 cards

More guides

Bollards

The short posts at the edge of the road. Shape, colour and reflector change by country.

Poles

Wood, concrete or metal; holes, ladders and the top of the pole give away the region.

Camera car

Camera generation, antennas, mirrors and the colour of the car that shot the coverage.

Clues come from Learnable Meta maps by Lireax, Richardrepa, ฯŒีฌฮดึ…, Figsy_Games, Herkules, Geopolymarco, Salimen. Photos: Google Street View, ยฉ Google. Checked by hand by the MetaSpotter team on 13 October 2026. How we make the content