"Angkutan barang" is an Indonesian word for "cargo", and "sedot WC" is basically a service to clean your toilet's septic tank, lol. Anyways cheers from your Indonesian viewer~
Joseph X no question about legitimacy, i’m almost offended you would say that haha have you not seen the insane guesses compilations? he’s played so many thousands of hours it’s a given that he would stumble on crazy guesses like this. still think it’s awesome and amazing but there are several others from the complications on this level of insanity
I can see why it would look like I've had that round before but just rest assured that any time that happens to me I restart the game in a huff. That one was pure luck mixed with a sprinkling of instinct.
I just guessed the Russian one to within 7km. Unfortunately I thought Indonesia was the Philipines and Senegal was Haiti so my score is already doomed.
Watching Geowizard keeps me sane. Playing Geoguessr keeps me sane. Taking a walk makes me sane. Although it comes with the price of looking at signs everywhere as to guess where I am when I already know because I just walked there from my home!!!
Or just a building with a "gonjong" roof, a bull horn-shaped roof which is a characteristic of traditional Minangkabau architecture. In West Sumatra, all buildings can have "gonjong" roofing, from ordinary houses to public places like mosques, libraries, government offices, or the "rumah gadang" used for public hall and ceremonial activities. In the case for 3:40 it's hard to tell, and if I have to guess it's probably some kind of a government building because they have a flag in the front.
Hallo mate, new idea for a geo game: play the "i saw the sign" map on geogessr, where you'll see signs nearby with the name of the place, and you can zoom and move around, BUT - you're not allowed to scroll NOR zoom into the map itself to look for the place - so you have to click as close as possible from the whole thing
First time topping Tom's score! Round 1: Really had no idea. Had a feeling about Malaysia so went on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. 3545 points Round 2: I saw the French and it, thanks to your videos, informed me that we could be in Senegal. I scanned the map and saw Dakar is the largest city so it just made sense to go there. Picked the wrong street but was within 1.6 miles. 4991 points. Round 3: Immediately Russia and Ukraine came to mind because it looked... well... sad and dreary. Went the Ukraine route outside of Donetsk, so wasn't a bad guess. 3702 points. Round 4: Thanks to Breaking Bad I know where Albuquerque is. Like you, Tom, it took a little bit to find Ash. But got it spot on. 5000 points. Round 5: Lucky break being able to read Maryland on the plate. First instinct was Annapolis but quickly realized it wasn't big enough. Tried Baltimore, but the street names (17th, K) weren't showing up there. Moved along to DC and found it almost instantly. 5000 points! Total Score: 22,238 Your videos have really helped me get better at the game, Tom. Thank you for pumping out all this awesome content. Me and so many others really do love watching.
My results: #1: The text seemed Malay or Indonesian, didn't find anything to narrow it down, went for Sarawak. 2195 points #2: Large, French-speaking city in Africa. I did guess Dakar, chose the wrong road but still was pretty close. Not as close as you, but 4990 points is still something I'm very happy with #3: For a bit I wasn't even sure what continent I was in, but then saw 'RUS' on the car numberplate. Without much more to go on, I went for Moscow. 3582 points. #4: Found Albuquerque, but went much too far east near the edge of the city. 4965 points #5: I search and search in Baltimore, and then it's Washington. Oops. 4797 points Total: 20,529 points. I've done worse. Much worse.
That first guess is insane! Eagle vision to pick out that flag. Amazing stuff! Unlucky with the second one in Senegal, the big clue for me was the floodlight. Floodlight = Stadium. I would probably never have found it haha but I would have hunted for a stadium. Love the no moving rounds.
The trees on 3rd round, they mostly grow in the western part of the country. Also western cities are more greener than eastern ones - they are plain gray
Historic moment! Finally after playing every one of your PLAY-ALONG series', I beat your score :D 23,396, completely lucked out on R1 in the same place, and guessed Moscow-suburbs for the Russian one, other that, scored pretty much 5k a round. Very happy!
That Indonesia guess was insane - literally a huge country and you nailed an obscure city - always remember Indo has 12-digit phone numbers, which comes in useful when your population is 270 million. I was also pulling my hair out when I saw 17th and K on Farragut Square which is obviously DC. Good Job.
1) Saw the signs, Indonesia or Malaysia (didnt see the flag), actually saw Padang but went for Malaysia, 3618. 2) French, Senegal, Dakar. Saw the blurry road name (and intersection) and by chance found it on the map, 5000. 3) Saw Russia on the car plate, based on vegetation it was probably not very northern, went for Volgograd. Pretty happy with this for a Russian round, 3510. 4) Similar to you, Albuquerque, MLK Ave, took me way longer than you to find it on the map, eventually did, 5000. 5) Quickly saw the Maryland plate and the street names, intersection of K NW St. and 17th - tried in Baltimore but no streets had single letter names, went to DC and found it, 5000. Overall 22128 points, good game. Got kinda lucky with the Russian pick, but nothing compared to your CRAZY guess in the first round. Thanks for the fun!
That moment at 16:41 was bizarre!!! As the image loaded in I thought that I must know this place and you said "We got a decent score..." and I instantly realized that it was DC and that you hadn't recognized it and weren't saying DCent to be cheeky! Cool to see my hometown on there 😁
Here's a list for bingo: -A sign you find humorous -Two people who look like they are having an argument -Someone who has noticed the google car (bonus point if they are chasing the car) -A dog -Someone wearing pink -A mustang (car) -Someone eating a corndog -A teacher having their class outside because it's a nice day -Shrek -An elderly lady
In round one, the shape of the roof of the building that you took for a religious building is a good indicator that you might be around Padang. It is a traditional shape ;) Be careful though, other cultures in Indonesia have quite unique roof shapes that are "kinda spiky" on the sides. You might want to have a look at Toraja roofs in central Sulawesi, or atthe roofs around lake toba, in North Sumatra for your reference ;) Happy games, and keep up your videos, they are a blessing in these times! :)
this is why you're called a wizard! btw you're like the only channel that's just narration over a game that ive seen that is always interesting and worth watching, even if the vid is an hour long. and its not even a video game its just google street view
Omg, lol. I visit Albuquerque all the time, cause my best friend lives down there. It's so funny you happened to be there in this game. I've been past that Senior Living building more time than I can count. I love it down there. And when I get a bit older, I'm thinking of possibly moving down there
To be fair, you can see this view out ofyour window in Russia in almost every city. Even in Moscow, but further from the city centre of course. I’m Russian. I know, believe me
Tom, fantastic entertainment for lockdown, I started following you when you did the trek across Wales, I do have a Geography degree and like quizzes but I never thought something like this would be my cup of tea, it is your style that makes it so watchable- a nice mix of information, comedy and self doubt. I know you said you quit your job but I think you should really look at getting into tv or radio. the Pedang round was insane- Indonesia stretches 5000km from east to west 1/8 of the distance around the equator.
this is wild to watch you do this right around my house in baltimore. so stressful watching to watch but couldnt have enjoyed it more. Those black traffic lights are always in DC for the future!
Sedot = suck(ing) WC = Water Closet (toilet) Sedot WC= basically a service to suck the septic tank when it's full Angkutan = transport Barang = goods, items, stuffs Angkutan barang= a service to help you move out, transport business cargo etc. By looking at one of the house roof in the backgrounds. Most Indonesian can tell that it's in west sumatra. But to make it that close (1km) is impressive.
Oftentimes US license plates will be different for different types of vehicles, so a UPS truck will have a different looking plate than a personal vehicle.
5:31 - Yeah, those taxis are build up from different parts, black and yellow. Apparently all these taxis are created from a fleet of black and a fleet of yellow taxis, mixed together as Frankensteins. Curious they all got the exact same patchwork. Hahaha, poor Tom, we all have a blind spot. Now I will continue watching to see if Tom realises that the black-and-yellow pattern is on purpose.
was really impressed with your Indonesia guess. The "religious" building you saw was actually a Batak house, who is an arcitecture from central Sumatra. Batak tribe is from here, and the most famous Batak that I know of is belgian footballer Radja Nainggolan
1 - I found a place called Batang in Indonesia and got a *1.5k* score smh 2 - I GUESSED ON THE RIGHT STREET WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE NAME AND GOT *4999* POINTS!!!! 3 - I thought it looked like it might be closer to the sea and further south as it seemed very humid and by looking at the vegetation I hedged my bets in a city between Rostov on Don and Sochi - got *2,963* points 4 - I was looking for the bloody road for almost 30 mins.. I did not find it... *4,968* points. 5 - I guessed in Baltimore RIP - *4799* points You got 19,498 points in total. I am happy with this!
>sees juicy green leaves on big trees, people in shirts and sandals >thinks this could be in Siberia (In Siberia, only needle-greens grow, because even in Summer you're lucky to get over 0°C outside)
Stoked to have beaten the GW on this one, with an insane guess of my own. Certainly a rare occasion. 1. Spotted the Indonesian flag as well, picked a random spot in eastern Java - 1,623 km away for 1,575 points. 2. Put the marker in Dakar on Rue 11. Unfortunately I picked the wrong Rue 11, as there is another one 3 km north of the actual point. 4,989 points. 3. Probably my most insane guess to date. Saw the RUS on the number plate, and thought the foliage looked more southern. Put the mark down in Voronezh on the wrong side of the river. 5 km away for 4,980 points. 4. Full score in Albuquerque - took a bit of searching but got it eventually. 5. Quickly recognized DC street names (letters), found the corner of K and 17th without any trouble. Full score again. Total of 21,544! Keep the vids coming mate.
#1 I moved just cause I can so doesn't count, got the right city but was further away than you anyway. Insane guess :D Rest of the rounds are legit comparisons #2 Figured this would be Dakar. Tried to find the stadium this was right next to but ran out of patience. 6 km off. #3 The only round I actually beat you. Went for Kazan because the vegetation looked like it couldn't be further north or Siberia #4 Again, ran out of patience/experience :P 8 km away #5 I thought of Washington pretty quickly because of some of the architecture, and the combination of obvious hints and street signage eventually led me to the correct location. Perfect score.
Haha! Being from Maryland, I knew you were in D.C. the second I saw "pret a manger" and those weird little second streets on the side. Great vid as always!
I don’t believe it. In a map I just played I got 24,827. I had some amazing fluke guesses too like you. 1km off in Mumbai, 1km off in Tijuana. This game is incredibly addictive.
That place in Russia could have been aaaaaaaaanywhere. No shame at all. I'm glad you grew a pair and decided to go deep into the country. That's what seperates the mice from the men. But seriously I don't know how they expect anyone to get close with that picture. There wasn't a single clue of a name or feature
First time trying this: #1: Placed my guess in Central Java, 2167 points #2: Turns out I have no idea about African geography. Got only 239 points for that round #3: Got lucky with my guess in Russia, placed it in the right town, 4969 points #4: I thought the place should be more eastward, like you assumed first, so my score wasn't that high, 4947 points #5: Full points as well. I used the street signs on the intersection to find the place though lol Overall 17,322 points, not bad, I think.
On the third one (Russia), I was looking at the trees and it looked more southern than what you were choosing and in all honesty, I was thinking of Voronezh when I saw it south of Moscow :P
Sedot WC apparently means toilet pump in Indonesian. So that begs the question, why are there so many adds for toilet pumps on the street there? Google search turns up hundreds of hits for various "Sedot WC" companies. Lack of plumbing I suspect?
The Dakar one was pretty easy to figure out once you saw the Rue 11, since Dakar does numerical sorting of smaller streets, so you'd just need to follow the grid until you found Rue 11 and then the avenue.
Scored 18,544. I ran into problems with Indonesia. When you were looking at the street signs in D.C., you missed K street. D.C. is famous for their wagon wheel/grid layout with some of the streets named D, E, F, G, etc. That one I got in about 15 seconds.
Except for J street. Urban legend says because Pierre L'Enfant hated John Jay, but that's been proven bullshit - back in the "day", I and J were considered the same letter, so J was omitted because of ambiguity.
insaneee indeed... Jaw dropping luck. It took me 5-10 mins to go 500meter away, and I'm Indonesian. No way you would've known that 'religious building' is indeed a traditional house in Padang area (you still can find it in some other areas in Indonesia, but highly, remotely unlikely). Insane
I caught that exact bus in the picture from Farragut Square in DC for a year and was screaming when you landed there and were trying to go to Baltimore
You don't do yourself any favours by identifying street names and then ignoring them when on the map - i.e. Dakar "Rue 11" you should have been able to spot the number system the amount of time spent in the streets there. And as for #5, not seeing "K Street" first up (a big giveaway for DC I think, and I'm from Australia) is silly, but then seeing 17th Street and not factoring that in while aimlessly wandering Baltimore was unforgivable! Haha, you redeemed yourself with that insane #1 guess though. -)
Round 5: More importantly than license plates -- no numbered streets at all in Baltimore, vs. 17th st. Barely beat you by 100, thanks to Russia. Had Malaysia, but wrong city (Medan), Same in Senegal (Thies). I went Belarus vs. Russia, which is almost as good as Ukraine for a safe guess in that area -- thought it looked too run-down for Ukraine. Took longer on Albuquerque was quicker on DC, but got 5k on both.
Yes, another round to watch. Fuck knows how you manage to get any on this, it's impossible. I do a podcast in Scotland, do you ever fancy coming on it? Talk about your mad trips?
I had a Eureka moment on the last one, I think. At first I was super lost, because I didn't see the second street sign as well. And just 17th street is not narrowing it down whatsoever in the US :D But then I saw the street sign with just a "K" on it - and I was like: Who the F names a street with just one letter? I know one town in germany that does, but... OH WAIT! Washington! That's why the plate is Maryland! And boom, I had it :) 5000 points.
3 perfect rounds, twice bad luck = 18.381 points #1: 1679 points: Looked Asian; Latin script = Malaysia, Indonesia or Philippines; Saw the flag also; Went to the outskirts of Surabaya as it is relatively central in the country - This time very far away though #2: 5000 points: TATA on the bus = first thought was India, but one second later it was obvious it is Africa; A Senegalese flag on a license plate plus the French language made me positive it was Senegal; Big city, there was no way I was going for anything else than Dakar; Looked for a SE-NW street that passes by a stadium; Found two, one had the CTI-place right nearby = 5000 points. #3: 1702 points: Obviously Russia thanks to a non fully blurred license plate on a Lada; Looked pretty run down, so I wasn't going to go for Moscow or St. Petersburg. Took a gamble and clicked Chelyabinsk - Pretty damn far, even for Russian standards. #4: 5000 points: Damn, took me quite a while to find Martin Luther King Ave. For some reason I thought it was the N-S road...wasted quite a lot of time here. #5: 5000 points: Unblurred Maryland license plate plus big city ? Likely Baltimore or D.C.; The fact that there was a Metro (I never knew that Baltimore also had one until I saw you playing) and that it looked really nice made me positive it was D.C.; Finding Farragut North Metro was easy; easy 5000 points Had I had better luck in RU and ID, that could have been a pretty decent score...
It looks funny that "SEDOT WC" is everywhere in your first round 😂😂😂 However, it's literally what we have here in Indonesia. It's even already become a meme here since it's everywhere with a lot of different phone numbers to call 😂😂😂
19,613 points. Distance losses on #1 and #3. Round #1 - Guessed the country but went for the wrong part of the island Round #2 - It took me a while but I've found Rue 11 from the sign Round #3 For a brief second thought that was Poland. RUS on the car plate was bad news - small chance to score points. I was considering Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod because it all looked still fairly eastern european but with a lot of old cars, so not like Moscow or Siberia. Unfortunately I've chose Novgorod. Round #4 - City and the street were given on a plate, so it was just matter of scouring Round #5 - At first it looked NYC but little off, like Boston or Chicago. So I went to check Philly for 17th street. The K street broke me, I've never heard of such street naming system. I didn't find the exact spot, but 17th was there, Fairmore station was there (misread Farragut), although not North Station... K street was not there... It felt wrong, so I checked Chicago, nope, then Washington and bam, there are those letter street names!
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Update: Geography challenges has already achieved the perfect score in this format. What a legend. It won't stop me trying though.
It took many attempts I can tell you that. Good luck, I know you’ll do it
Hi mate, ik this is abit random but as ur from the West Midlands what football team do you support and great vid👍👍
Play My map: Belgium, the land of french Fries and chocolate
@@tomwolstencroft8768 think he's said he doesn't support a club before just the England team
Don't be to hard, I played moving around on this map and still couldn't get a perfect score... so far no one has.
"Angkutan barang" is an Indonesian word for "cargo", and "sedot WC" is basically a service to clean your toilet's septic tank, lol. Anyways cheers from your Indonesian viewer~
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Cool, are those common everywhere in Indonesia? xd
noone will care but i thought how is this even urban world and legit got 3km there.. after reading the title that was just mindblowing hahaha
@@mackan2277 they pump out your shit and dump it into nearest river or pond
Mate if that round 1 is legit that’s the most insane guess you’ve ever made.
Joseph X no question about legitimacy, i’m almost offended you would say that haha
have you not seen the insane guesses compilations? he’s played so many thousands of hours it’s a given that he would stumble on crazy guesses like this. still think it’s awesome and amazing but there are several others from the complications on this level of insanity
I can see why it would look like I've had that round before but just rest assured that any time that happens to me I restart the game in a huff. That one was pure luck mixed with a sprinkling of instinct.
@@GeoWizard Crazy
Absolute champion
I just guessed the Russian one to within 7km. Unfortunately I thought Indonesia was the Philipines and Senegal was Haiti so my score is already doomed.
I recognized D.C. immediately. The Maryland license plates changed in 2016, but good to see you struggle around Baltimore's sparse Metro system!
Farragut should be a giveaway for locals, but the street pole flag should have been caught earlier!
Something about the buildings is uniquely D.C idk what it is tho.
as a maryland native who lives 10 minutes outside of dc the last round was the most stressed I have ever been watching one of these lol
Because of the way he pronounces it?
Sid Arthur Gortimer nah just cuz locals knew exactly where it was within a couple seconds
I saw the Farragut sign right away, then K street and just got SO frustrated hahah. Knew it was DC right away
as someone that played fallout 3 recently, same
11:21 ... "It was too diagonal" ... the street was called Diagne ... Jesus wept!
But according to the compass, it should have been that Westernly.
20:43 wise decision mate 😂
Watching Geowizard keeps me sane. Playing Geoguessr keeps me sane. Taking a walk makes me sane. Although it comes with the price of looking at signs everywhere as to guess where I am when I already know because I just walked there from my home!!!
Your definition of sanity is slightly...insane? At least the part about playing Geoguessr IRL. :)
That's me holy shit
3:40 That's a Minang (tribe in West Sumatera) traditional house, it's called "Rumah Gadang"
Or just a building with a "gonjong" roof, a bull horn-shaped roof which is a characteristic of traditional Minangkabau architecture. In West Sumatra, all buildings can have "gonjong" roofing, from ordinary houses to public places like mosques, libraries, government offices, or the "rumah gadang" used for public hall and ceremonial activities. In the case for 3:40 it's hard to tell, and if I have to guess it's probably some kind of a government building because they have a flag in the front.
I was SCREAMING at my computer the whole time for DC. I am so glad you found it finally
Hallo mate, new idea for a geo game: play the "i saw the sign" map on geogessr, where you'll see signs nearby with the name of the place, and you can zoom and move around, BUT - you're not allowed to scroll NOR zoom into the map itself to look for the place - so you have to click as close as possible from the whole thing
great idea mate. ill do this soon.
Marco, are you saying the map is 100% zoomed out or zoomed in but only just enough to see the name of the towns on the signs?
aspuzling I was thinking 100% zoomed out, full world map
So just like "no map zooming" from few years ago?
First time topping Tom's score!
Round 1: Really had no idea. Had a feeling about Malaysia so went on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. 3545 points
Round 2: I saw the French and it, thanks to your videos, informed me that we could be in Senegal. I scanned the map and saw Dakar is the largest city so it just made sense to go there. Picked the wrong street but was within 1.6 miles. 4991 points.
Round 3: Immediately Russia and Ukraine came to mind because it looked... well... sad and dreary. Went the Ukraine route outside of Donetsk, so wasn't a bad guess. 3702 points.
Round 4: Thanks to Breaking Bad I know where Albuquerque is. Like you, Tom, it took a little bit to find Ash. But got it spot on. 5000 points.
Round 5: Lucky break being able to read Maryland on the plate. First instinct was Annapolis but quickly realized it wasn't big enough. Tried Baltimore, but the street names (17th, K) weren't showing up there. Moved along to DC and found it almost instantly. 5000 points!
Total Score: 22,238
Your videos have really helped me get better at the game, Tom. Thank you for pumping out all this awesome content. Me and so many others really do love watching.
My results:
#1: The text seemed Malay or Indonesian, didn't find anything to narrow it down, went for Sarawak. 2195 points
#2: Large, French-speaking city in Africa. I did guess Dakar, chose the wrong road but still was pretty close. Not as close as you, but 4990 points is still something I'm very happy with
#3: For a bit I wasn't even sure what continent I was in, but then saw 'RUS' on the car numberplate. Without much more to go on, I went for Moscow. 3582 points.
#4: Found Albuquerque, but went much too far east near the edge of the city. 4965 points
#5: I search and search in Baltimore, and then it's Washington. Oops. 4797 points
Total: 20,529 points. I've done worse. Much worse.
That first guess is insane! Eagle vision to pick out that flag. Amazing stuff! Unlucky with the second one in Senegal, the big clue for me was the floodlight. Floodlight = Stadium. I would probably never have found it haha but I would have hunted for a stadium. Love the no moving rounds.
Current top score on this map is by Weyayi3200 who got a perfect score in 3min, 55sec. Round 1 was zero yards in 48 seconds. Sounds legit.
That might well be the best guess on Geoguessr ever
The trees on 3rd round, they mostly grow in the western part of the country. Also western cities are more greener than eastern ones - they are plain gray
Historic moment! Finally after playing every one of your PLAY-ALONG series', I beat your score :D 23,396, completely lucked out on R1 in the same place, and guessed Moscow-suburbs for the Russian one, other that, scored pretty much 5k a round. Very happy!
That Indonesia guess was insane - literally a huge country and you nailed an obscure city - always remember Indo has 12-digit phone numbers, which comes in useful when your population is 270 million. I was also pulling my hair out when I saw 17th and K on Farragut Square which is obviously DC. Good Job.
That was a very typical 'Padang' building in the background. their architecture is pretty distinctive. Kind of amazing you went for it randomly.
‘If there’s grass on the map, let’s leave that’😂 if you know you know
That pointy building at 3:39 was a straight giveaway for West Sumatera, a traditional house called Rumah Gadang, and maybe that's a mosque.
1) Saw the signs, Indonesia or Malaysia (didnt see the flag), actually saw Padang but went for Malaysia, 3618.
2) French, Senegal, Dakar. Saw the blurry road name (and intersection) and by chance found it on the map, 5000.
3) Saw Russia on the car plate, based on vegetation it was probably not very northern, went for Volgograd. Pretty happy with this for a Russian round, 3510.
4) Similar to you, Albuquerque, MLK Ave, took me way longer than you to find it on the map, eventually did, 5000.
5) Quickly saw the Maryland plate and the street names, intersection of K NW St. and 17th - tried in Baltimore but no streets had single letter names, went to DC and found it, 5000.
Overall 22128 points, good game. Got kinda lucky with the Russian pick, but nothing compared to your CRAZY guess in the first round. Thanks for the fun!
That moment at 16:41 was bizarre!!! As the image loaded in I thought that I must know this place and you said "We got a decent score..." and I instantly realized that it was DC and that you hadn't recognized it and weren't saying DCent to be cheeky! Cool to see my hometown on there 😁
Here's a list for bingo:
-A sign you find humorous
-Two people who look like they are having an argument
-Someone who has noticed the google car (bonus point if they are chasing the car)
-A dog
-Someone wearing pink
-A mustang (car)
-Someone eating a corndog
-A teacher having their class outside because it's a nice day
-Shrek
-An elderly lady
In round one, the shape of the roof of the building that you took for a religious building is a good indicator that you might be around Padang. It is a traditional shape ;)
Be careful though, other cultures in Indonesia have quite unique roof shapes that are "kinda spiky" on the sides. You might want to have a look at Toraja roofs in central Sulawesi, or atthe roofs around lake toba, in North Sumatra for your reference ;)
Happy games, and keep up your videos, they are a blessing in these times! :)
OMG THE BEST FORMAT IS BACK!
3:41 that is really useful clue if you know traditional house design,
only 1km away from the actual spot. it's almost impossible.
That first round was almost spot on, wow you're so good at this
this is why you're called a wizard!
btw you're like the only channel that's just narration over a game that ive seen that is always interesting and worth watching, even if the vid is an hour long. and its not even a video game its just google street view
Omg, lol. I visit Albuquerque all the time, cause my best friend lives down there. It's so funny you happened to be there in this game. I've been past that Senior Living building more time than I can count. I love it down there. And when I get a bit older, I'm thinking of possibly moving down there
>Shitty cars in Russia
>Goes for the wealthy oil-rich areas
Sounds about right...
yeah, thought the same, I went for Voronezh and got like 4995 points or something like that
To be fair, you can see this view out ofyour window in Russia in almost every city. Even in Moscow, but further from the city centre of course. I’m Russian. I know, believe me
i miss this series, glad is back!
Tom, fantastic entertainment for lockdown, I started following you when you did the trek across Wales, I do have a Geography degree and like quizzes but I never thought something like this would be my cup of tea, it is your style that makes it so watchable- a nice mix of information, comedy and self doubt. I know you said you quit your job but I think you should really look at getting into tv or radio. the Pedang round was insane- Indonesia stretches 5000km from east to west 1/8 of the distance around the equator.
These geoguessr videos are keeping me going well through this isolation
this is wild to watch you do this right around my house in baltimore. so stressful watching to watch but couldnt have enjoyed it more. Those black traffic lights are always in DC for the future!
ABSOLUTELY here for the Pokémon references and Age of Empires 👌
Love Dakar, we built a big monument for them
Sedot = suck(ing)
WC = Water Closet (toilet)
Sedot WC= basically a service to suck the septic tank when it's full
Angkutan = transport
Barang = goods, items, stuffs
Angkutan barang= a service to help you move out, transport business cargo etc.
By looking at one of the house roof in the backgrounds. Most Indonesian can tell that it's in west sumatra. But to make it that close (1km) is impressive.
Great to have you back, hope you're well.
Oftentimes US license plates will be different for different types of vehicles, so a UPS truck will have a different looking plate than a personal vehicle.
This is no doubt my favourite series, keep them coming. Scored 21915, could have been worse. Crazy guess that first one btw
5:31 - Yeah, those taxis are build up from different parts, black and yellow. Apparently all these taxis are created from a fleet of black and a fleet of yellow taxis, mixed together as Frankensteins. Curious they all got the exact same patchwork. Hahaha, poor Tom, we all have a blind spot. Now I will continue watching to see if Tom realises that the black-and-yellow pattern is on purpose.
was really impressed with your Indonesia guess. The "religious" building you saw was actually a Batak house, who is an arcitecture from central Sumatra. Batak tribe is from here, and the most famous Batak that I know of is belgian footballer Radja Nainggolan
Round One was so good based on such little information that I am questioning its legitimacy! But I'm fairly certain you're an honest person.
1 - I found a place called Batang in Indonesia and got a *1.5k* score smh
2 - I GUESSED ON THE RIGHT STREET WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE NAME AND GOT *4999* POINTS!!!!
3 - I thought it looked like it might be closer to the sea and further south as it seemed very humid and by looking at the vegetation I hedged my bets in a city between Rostov on Don and Sochi - got *2,963* points
4 - I was looking for the bloody road for almost 30 mins.. I did not find it... *4,968* points.
5 - I guessed in Baltimore RIP - *4799* points
You got 19,498 points in total. I am happy with this!
>sees juicy green leaves on big trees, people in shirts and sandals
>thinks this could be in Siberia
(In Siberia, only needle-greens grow, because even in Summer you're lucky to get over 0°C outside)
One consideration for the Russia round is building density. Those were all mid-rise apartment buildings it was likely in a populated area. Love you
Good lord, that is the most insane guess I've ever seen. Each day you prove why you actually are the GeoWizard.
The first guess was INCREDIBLE! Gg man!
The 25k with no Moving from the twitch stream you mentioned has actually been achieved on A Diverse World which arguably is harder than Urban World.
finally one in maryland, i was able to see my neighborhood
Stoked to have beaten the GW on this one, with an insane guess of my own. Certainly a rare occasion.
1. Spotted the Indonesian flag as well, picked a random spot in eastern Java - 1,623 km away for 1,575 points.
2. Put the marker in Dakar on Rue 11. Unfortunately I picked the wrong Rue 11, as there is another one 3 km north of the actual point. 4,989 points.
3. Probably my most insane guess to date. Saw the RUS on the number plate, and thought the foliage looked more southern. Put the mark down in Voronezh on the wrong side of the river. 5 km away for 4,980 points.
4. Full score in Albuquerque - took a bit of searching but got it eventually.
5. Quickly recognized DC street names (letters), found the corner of K and 17th without any trouble. Full score again.
Total of 21,544! Keep the vids coming mate.
#1 I moved just cause I can so doesn't count, got the right city but was further away than you anyway. Insane guess :D Rest of the rounds are legit comparisons
#2 Figured this would be Dakar. Tried to find the stadium this was right next to but ran out of patience. 6 km off.
#3 The only round I actually beat you. Went for Kazan because the vegetation looked like it couldn't be further north or Siberia
#4 Again, ran out of patience/experience :P 8 km away
#5 I thought of Washington pretty quickly because of some of the architecture, and the combination of obvious hints and street signage eventually led me to the correct location. Perfect score.
Haha! Being from Maryland, I knew you were in D.C. the second I saw "pret a manger" and those weird little second streets on the side. Great vid as always!
marylandcarspots yeah, I’m from Bmore and when he said he might be there I was like “no, Baltimore wouldn’t be that clean”. Still love the city though
Awesome to see you scrolling around Baltimore in this one! Right over my neighborhood :)
I don’t believe it. In a map I just played I got 24,827. I had some amazing fluke guesses too like you. 1km off in Mumbai, 1km off in Tijuana. This game is incredibly addictive.
Got 2.4 miles away in Voronezh! Crazy. Thanks for the vids Tom !!!
Mate that 1st round guess deserves a Mount Rushmore of Insane Guesses! I absolutely will buy a lottery after that kind of guess lol
That place in Russia could have been aaaaaaaaanywhere. No shame at all. I'm glad you grew a pair and decided to go deep into the country. That's what seperates the mice from the men. But seriously I don't know how they expect anyone to get close with that picture. There wasn't a single clue of a name or feature
36 code on the car - it is Voronezh region ;)
Today I learned all the Pokémon Professors have a street in Albuquerque.
I immediately recognise that image in the thumbnail, at least I know the name of the country. 🇮🇩
Wkwk sangat tipikal komplek perumahan
First time trying this:
#1: Placed my guess in Central Java, 2167 points
#2: Turns out I have no idea about African geography. Got only 239 points for that round
#3: Got lucky with my guess in Russia, placed it in the right town, 4969 points
#4: I thought the place should be more eastward, like you assumed first, so my score wasn't that high, 4947 points
#5: Full points as well. I used the street signs on the intersection to find the place though lol
Overall 17,322 points, not bad, I think.
On the third one (Russia), I was looking at the trees and it looked more southern than what you were choosing and in all honesty, I was thinking of Voronezh when I saw it south of Moscow :P
That first guess is insane dude, like I'm an Indonesian, I'd guess for somewhere in Kalimantan (Borneo) instead of Sumatera first
Missed this format! Thanks for another great video!
Sedot WC apparently means toilet pump in Indonesian. So that begs the question, why are there so many adds for toilet pumps on the street there? Google search turns up hundreds of hits for various "Sedot WC" companies. Lack of plumbing I suspect?
That first guess is absolutely mental what ahahahhaha
Dakar, there is me screaming, can he not see the flood lights? stadium, STADIUM, but you did not hear!
I like the way you guest and soluce. For the Voronezh guest you haven't look at nature : trees, forest type , grass color, sky gradient.
The Dakar one was pretty easy to figure out once you saw the Rue 11, since Dakar does numerical sorting of smaller streets, so you'd just need to follow the grid until you found Rue 11 and then the avenue.
Scored 18,544. I ran into problems with Indonesia. When you were looking at the street signs in D.C., you missed K street. D.C. is famous for their wagon wheel/grid layout with some of the streets named D, E, F, G, etc. That one I got in about 15 seconds.
Except for J street. Urban legend says because Pierre L'Enfant hated John Jay, but that's been proven bullshit - back in the "day", I and J were considered the same letter, so J was omitted because of ambiguity.
Me as Indonesian ngakak so hard when you said "Sedot WC"
Ngakak = laugh
insaneee indeed... Jaw dropping luck. It took me 5-10 mins to go 500meter away, and I'm Indonesian.
No way you would've known that 'religious building' is indeed a traditional house in Padang area (you still can find it in some other areas in Indonesia, but highly, remotely unlikely). Insane
13:57 came up and I was like "that looks a lot like the road by UNM" and it then he sees Albuquerque Grand😂 yup it is
I caught that exact bus in the picture from Farragut Square in DC for a year and was screaming when you landed there and were trying to go to Baltimore
Your Indonesia guess was insane, I was in the middle of Java. But I was only 3km away in Russia in Voronezh so got 22,055 in the end
WOW THAT FIRST ONE was insane, the chance of you just clicking that place was soooo low
You don't do yourself any favours by identifying street names and then ignoring them when on the map - i.e. Dakar "Rue 11" you should have been able to spot the number system the amount of time spent in the streets there. And as for #5, not seeing "K Street" first up (a big giveaway for DC I think, and I'm from Australia) is silly, but then seeing 17th Street and not factoring that in while aimlessly wandering Baltimore was unforgivable! Haha, you redeemed yourself with that insane #1 guess though. -)
Looove the classic videos. Keep it up :)
"Albuquerque" is one of my favorite Weird Al songs.
Ok, the first guess was just epic. Unbelievable, you should make a living out of guessing places.
I laughed hard as soon as i saw "Sedot WC" Well, The first one is obviously in Indonesia, hahahahahaha.
You could see number 36 on the license plate in Russia- it means Voronezh oblast, could be easy guess if you print that region table
"And is he...oh, no, it doesn't matter." I spilled my coffee here!
Geography Challenges has done the perfect score, the video is on his channel
Geography Challenges has so much skill. it's unbelievable
fair play, got to check this out.
@@GeoWizard Here's the link th-cam.com/video/hOnfZNFYxUs/w-d-xo.html
Wouldn't be surprised. That guy is insane. He'll tell you that he's in Guatemala just by the size of your shoes.
How we know he isn't cheating?
This is my favourite format. Shame about that Russia one, but can't blame you.
Round 5: More importantly than license plates -- no numbered streets at all in Baltimore, vs. 17th st. Barely beat you by 100, thanks to Russia. Had Malaysia, but wrong city (Medan), Same in Senegal (Thies). I went Belarus vs. Russia, which is almost as good as Ukraine for a safe guess in that area -- thought it looked too run-down for Ukraine. Took longer on Albuquerque was quicker on DC, but got 5k on both.
Yes, another round to watch. Fuck knows how you manage to get any on this, it's impossible.
I do a podcast in Scotland, do you ever fancy coming on it? Talk about your mad trips?
20:43 'if there's grass on the map' ......
I recognized the DC metro sign and the MD plate was the icing to confirm DC
I had a Eureka moment on the last one, I think. At first I was super lost, because I didn't see the second street sign as well. And just 17th street is not narrowing it down whatsoever in the US :D
But then I saw the street sign with just a "K" on it - and I was like: Who the F names a street with just one letter? I know one town in germany that does, but... OH WAIT! Washington! That's why the plate is Maryland! And boom, I had it :) 5000 points.
Ah, Farragut station. It's in Fallout 3 (set mostly in Washington D.C.), where I recognized it from :)
3 perfect rounds, twice bad luck = 18.381 points
#1: 1679 points: Looked Asian; Latin script = Malaysia, Indonesia or Philippines; Saw the flag also; Went to the outskirts of Surabaya as it is relatively central in the country - This time very far away though
#2: 5000 points: TATA on the bus = first thought was India, but one second later it was obvious it is Africa; A Senegalese flag on a license plate plus the French language made me positive it was Senegal; Big city, there was no way I was going for anything else than Dakar; Looked for a SE-NW street that passes by a stadium; Found two, one had the CTI-place right nearby = 5000 points.
#3: 1702 points: Obviously Russia thanks to a non fully blurred license plate on a Lada; Looked pretty run down, so I wasn't going to go for Moscow or St. Petersburg. Took a gamble and clicked Chelyabinsk - Pretty damn far, even for Russian standards.
#4: 5000 points: Damn, took me quite a while to find Martin Luther King Ave. For some reason I thought it was the N-S road...wasted quite a lot of time here.
#5: 5000 points: Unblurred Maryland license plate plus big city ? Likely Baltimore or D.C.; The fact that there was a Metro (I never knew that Baltimore also had one until I saw you playing) and that it looked really nice made me positive it was D.C.; Finding Farragut North Metro was easy; easy 5000 points
Had I had better luck in RU and ID, that could have been a pretty decent score...
Would love to see you do a series using the Extraordinary World map!
It looks funny that "SEDOT WC" is everywhere in your first round 😂😂😂 However, it's literally what we have here in Indonesia. It's even already become a meme here since it's everywhere with a lot of different phone numbers to call 😂😂😂
19,613 points. Distance losses on #1 and #3.
Round #1 - Guessed the country but went for the wrong part of the island
Round #2 - It took me a while but I've found Rue 11 from the sign
Round #3 For a brief second thought that was Poland. RUS on the car plate was bad news - small chance to score points. I was considering Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod because it all looked still fairly eastern european but with a lot of old cars, so not like Moscow or Siberia. Unfortunately I've chose Novgorod.
Round #4 - City and the street were given on a plate, so it was just matter of scouring
Round #5 - At first it looked NYC but little off, like Boston or Chicago. So I went to check Philly for 17th street. The K street broke me, I've never heard of such street naming system. I didn't find the exact spot, but 17th was there, Fairmore station was there (misread Farragut), although not North Station... K street was not there... It felt wrong, so I checked Chicago, nope, then Washington and bam, there are those letter street names!
The first time I recognize a place on a video! When I visited America my hotel was on the square of the last challenge in Washington DC!
I'm a simple man:
I see GeoWizard doing a Geoguessr video, I give it a like 👍🏻
that round 1 guess was really insane