Australia
Country Flag:
Google car:
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Bollard:
The most common Bollard is flat, and white apart from a red rectangle towards the top.
There are variations on these but they all maintain the colour theme:
Camera Generation:
Gen 1, 2, 3, and 4
Road Lines:
Australia uses all white lines.
Road Signs:
Australia uses yellow diamond-shaped warning signs often featuring the local fauna.
Road numbering system:
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Electricity poles:
Australia uses wooden poles.
License plates:
All plates are white except for New south wales where they are yellow.
Phone number:
Australian states each use a different first two digits with a couple overlaps.
Vegetation/Landscape:
Australia has a wide variety of landscapes, ranging from desert in the center, grasslands in the south, and tropics in the north.
Specific tree:
Australia has a wide variety of unique Flora/Fauna to be found there, here are just 3 examples out of hundreds:
Eucalyptus.
Paperbark.
Strangler Fig.
Architecture:
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General look:
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Alphabet/script:
Australia uses a typical English alphabet.
Subdivisions:
Australia Has 8 states which are as follows, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Australian Capital Territory.
Internet domain:
.Au
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New Zealand
Country Flag:
Google car:
When it is Gen 4, you can see a bit of the blue car. However, the other Gens were covered by a white car. However, you will only see pieces of it if the coverage is slightly glitched.
Bollard:
(Front)
(Back)
New Zealand has some unique bollards, so it is worth learning them. If you don’t, you may often confused New Zealand with Australia.
(Front)
(Back)
You can also find these near bridges.
Camera Generation:
Gen 1, 2, 3 and 4
Road Lines:
New Zealand uses a yellow divider line and white shoulder lines.
There are some cases where you can find just white dashed lines. This means that you can pass other drivers.
You can also find these in cities. They tell you that there is no parking in this spot.
You can also find Green bus lanes and red or green bicycle lanes in urban areas.
Road Signs:
New Zealand has these green signs that are on most major roads. That red shield is important as it is the New Zealand State road system.
New Zealand uses Diagonal warning signs, and they appear on White wooden poles. The exception is pedestrian crossings, which have black and white striped poles.
These are the pedestrian crossing signs mentioned above
Electricity poles:
These concrete poles are mostly found in Suburbs and urban areas.
The wooden poles are mostly found in rural areas, but they can also be found closer to urban areas. There are some areas of the country that are replacing these poles with the concrete ones above.
These metal poles are found mostly on large highways and near some major cities.
New Zealand uses Yellow poles for their traffic lights. There were found in major cities quite frequently.
License plates:
Phone number:
Cellphone number formats:
02X-XXX-XXX, 02X-XXX-XXXX, 02X-XXX-XXXXX or 02XX-XXX-XXXX
Landline number format:
(0X) XXX-XXXX or 0X-XXX-XXXX. (Sometimes the area code is omitted)
Toll-Free number format:
0800-XXX-XXX or 0508-XXX-XXX
Area codes in New Zealand can be incredibly useful.
02 = Cellphone
03 = Entire South Island
04 = Wellington area
06 = East side of North Island
07 = Central and west side of North Island
09 = North end of North Island (from Auckland northwards)
Regions:
Specific tree:
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Architecture:
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General look:
This is the General feel of the North Island. While New Zealand is really diverse, its a generic feel.
This is the General feel of the South Island.
The best thing to do is imagine the Lord of the Rings movies. If it looks like Middle Earth, its New Zealand.
Alphabet/script:
New Zealand uses English and Māori. Most of the North Island contains both languages.
Domain:
.nz
Christmas Island
Country Flag:
Google car:
You can see the edges of the tray on the back of the google car.
There is also boat coverage on the north coast.
There is also trekker coverage.
Bollard:
Christmas island has a few different bollards, including the same bollard as mainland Australia.
Camera Generation:
3
Road Lines:
Christmas island uses white lines though most are faded.
Road Signs:
Street names are on yellow signs.
Electricity poles:
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License plates:
Christmas islands use yellow backed plates.
Phone number:
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Vegetation/Landscape:
Christmas island is a tropical island containing dense rainforest.
Specific tree:
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Architecture:
Many of the houses feature satellite dishes.
General look:
Alphabet/script:
Christmas island uses English.
Domain:
.cx
Guam
Country Flag:
Google car:
Guams google car features a long antenna on the front right of the vehicle.
Bollard:
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Camera Generation:
3
Road Lines:
Guam uses white shoulder and yelllow centre lines, however interestingly it is more common to find studded roads rather than lined.
Road Signs:
Guam uses US style signs.
Electricity poles:
Guam uses wooden and concrete poles, with the bases of many being painted with a white and blue stripe.
License plates:
Guam uses a US style white plate.
Phone number:
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Vegetation/Landscape:
Guam is a rather flat tropical island.
Specific tree:
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Architecture:
Guam features lots of bungalow style housing.
General look:
Alphabet/script:
Guam has 2 official languages in Chamorro and English, however everything is signed only in English.
Domain:
.gu
Northern Mariana Islands
Country Flag:
Google car:
The Mariana islands car has an antenna on the front right of the vehicle.
Coverage:
Only the Northern most Island of Saipan is Covered.
Bollard:
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Camera Generation:
3
Road Lines:
Lines are quite rare on the Mariana island roads, however they will have yellow centre lines.
Road Signs:
The Mariana Islands use US style signs.
Mariana street names are on blue signs.
Electricity poles:
The Mariana Islands use wooden poles.
License plates:
The Mariana Islands use US style plates.
Phone number:
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Vegetation/Landscape:
The Marianas are mountainous tropical islands.
Specific tree:
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Architecture:
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General look:
Alphabet/script:
Northern Mariana Islands use English as their official language.