Indonesia

By PenRaiser
(Huge thanks to Azuryne)
Methodology
• Collect all metas about Indo from Plonk It
• Play around 50 games in each province, take notes, and find more
• Be a pain in the ass to Azuryne and Pig
• Each province consists of:
• Tips on how to recognize it(hopefully)
• Some regionguessing tips(also hopefully)
• Pole dump(all poles I have found)
• Some not confirmed metas, or ideas I thought could work(occasionaly)
• Not a foolproof method, depending on the maps mostly (for example the map for
Aceh didnt consist of gen 4 coverage at all), but it is what it is
• This is only a beta version, I ll update to alfa version in a month or so. There are
some things I want to work on more (like vegetation) but I dont have time rn so I
ll just post this for now
• Also, pls ignore all gramar/typo mistakes, I hate this language
How to recognize Indonesia?
• I wont be covering that here, use:
• Plonk It guide: https://www.plonkit.net/indonesia#2
• Pigs guide:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12wSB-pOXk3mSB-o7Ii2A6bfWyAwpNIcbrtMcd2nQ
32g/edit#slide=id.g165d540e4ca_0_154

• GeoHints: https://geotips.net/asia/
• However I ll add this pole sticker cause noone mentioned it and I find it funny
 Vegetation
(I tried)
I think it has way more potential, but for now it is what it is
Thanks Alok for the assist
• Ugly ass palm/Bananas-literaly everywhere
• Oil palms
• Idk the name
• ”Lolipop” palm
• Idk the name, seen it more in the south but I havent look that much into it
(https://www.google.com/maps/@-4.2843497,122.1012955,3a,75y,295.79h,115.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFnetpYnCeibfyjj8G8saIg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 )
• Kapok tree
• Eucalyptus urophylla (https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.6584046,122.4438678,3a,66.1y,158.42h,114.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st3-8_E--l-FVCNteQXKzFA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 )
• There is one more species of eucalyptus exclusive to East Nusa but I couldnt
find anything on street view, here is the link: (the page is prety dope in
general)
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42463332

Not GeoGuessr related, but I found it interesting. There is an invisible border

of flora and fuana between Indonesian islands called the Wallace line

Watch this video to learn more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTK_bC00ilg&t=8s&ab_channel=PBSEons
Support poles
• Standard Indonesia support pole is
black(sometimes brown due to rusting) and
features Indonesian flag
• Support pole sometimes can have these 3
parralel lines(mostly white, rarely in other
colours)
• A few of them will have a written string of
letters and numbers, idk about the numbers
but the letters are abrevation for the
kabupaten. For example on this picture JMB
means Jambi Kota(Jambi) and TSK means
Tasikmalaya(West Java)
• Same thing aplies for electricity boxes and
transformators, on this picture CKP stands for
Cikampek(West Java)
• More useful in soma parts than in
others(mostly in Sumatra)
• However, top of the support poles are
painted in different colours, and some of
them are specific to the province (rarely,
there are so many designs and I wouldnt
trust them that much)
Sumatra
Aceh

• Practice map( the map doesnt include gen 4 locations):

https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/61d55cd9ec0a080001a0b035
• Not a lot of coverage,
mostly concentrated on
the border with North
Sumatra
• Gen 3 and gen 4 black car
• In gen 3 wheater is mostly
always like this:
• Gen 4 areas(red)
• The biggest city that has coverage is Langsa
followed by Karang Baru
• Not many roads in Langsa, you can easily
recognize it with the yellow-black-white
curbs
• Some urban locations have white sand
alongside roads(literaly a whole country)
• You can find this plants in the rural rounds
• This silverish gen 3 car with a black spot on
the left is very common in Aceh(its very
common in North Sumatra aswell, and it
can be found across all Sumatra provinces
and western parts of Java)
• As every Indo province you will
see a lot of different poles but
from what I have seen there a
lot of poles with 2
bars(sometimes 3) (almost
spammed)like on these pictures

• This pole with 2/3 bars

and circular coils might
be unique
North Sumatra

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c14495a8147401f6c3364e
• I ll start with the most usefull clues:
• These asymetrical poles with the bar being the same length on both sides is
mostly found in North Sumatra
• These slightly acute roofs are only found in North Sumatra, a similar design
can be found in West Sumatra
• Landscape like this with big oil
palm plantations is more common
in the northern areas by the Strait
of Malacca
• Corn and rice fields are more
common near Medan and around
the Toba lake
• Gen 3 white and black car and
gen 4 black car
• Metallic roofs mostly, in rural
areas houses are made from
wooden planks and they might be
on stilts
• Sometimes grassy roofs
• If you see a body of water followed
by a big mountain range you are
probably located on Samosir island
(big island in a Toba lake)
• North Sumatra roofs are nearly
spammed on that island
• The Nias island(southwest from
the province) has only gen 3 white
car
• The island is easily recognisable
with ivy leaves alongside roads
• Gen 4 black car with a red break
light is most common west and
northwest of the Toba lake
Pole dump

• Unique flap
West Sumatra

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c14480a8147401f6c33649
• The best clue is the West Sumatra roofs
you can see in the picture
• Gen 3 white and Gen 4 black car
• There are plenty of different poles,
symetrical poles are almost always really
thin
• I would say this pole is super common in
West Sumatra, I ll keep an eye where else
you can find it
• The signs with word „nagari” (it means
village) are unique to the province of West
Sumatra (in other parts of Indonesia you ll
found words like „Desa” or „Kelurahan” )
• Rice fields and corn are mostly found
inbetween the 2 biggest lakes
 • This support pole
Pole dump
Riau

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63873f20b93aed1b5e7d0ce0
• Gen 3 white and Gen 4 black car
• A lot of roads have gas pipelines
by the side
• In general Riau is realy flat unlike
North and West Sumatra
• A lot of big oil palm plantations
• If you see a nonpaved road with
oil palms Riau is the safest plonk
• A lot of red/brown and white sand
on and by the road
• Thought this road with pipeline to the south
was unique but no, pipelines are pretty
common
• To my knowledge this pole with L shaped
metal bar is exclusive to Riau and Riau islands
(Saw it once in West Sumatra near the border
with Riau and twice in Bengka Belitung
Islands)(Riau Islands looks very similar to Riau
in general)
• Depending on the location, you ll find
this foliage alongside the road in most
rounds
• Houses near Malacca strait can be on
stilts(might be in other areas aswell, they
are realy common there)

• This pavement
• Dualingual signs(realy rare)
Pole dump
• This pole might
be exclusive I ll
keep an eye(it is )
Riau Islands

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6419ea36da56fcf4843cc686 -not a good map(I made it, a lot of
photospheres)
• Gen 3 white and gen 4 black car
• You can get a gen 3 black car but its
realy rare
• Gen 4 white lines (never seen a yellow
line)
• Literaly Riau just more
red/brown(obviously not always)
• Uniue pole, same as in Riau
• In urban rounds you can get a purple
camera(rare)
• Sometimes this weird car glitch is
possible
• Signs with chinese characters
• Sometimes you get these narrow roads with a ”border” between the road and forrest

• The most common landscapes:

Pole dump

• Unique flap
Jambi

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c14427a355a7a688ca7930
• Sadly, not much specific stuff
• Gen 3 white and black and Gen 4
black car
• Also silver gen 3 car (we didnt had
that before we did, I m just stupid,
its also found in Aceh and North
Sumatra)
• A lot of red dirt with oil palm
plantations, but also white sand soil
is common aswell
• Some roads in the eastern parts have
a straight east-west road orientation
• Western parts, near the border with
Bengkulu and Western Sumatra are
mountainous
• A very good mix between red tilled and
metallic roofs
• Voltage markers(the yellow one is the
most common) are found in Jambi and in
southern Sumatra provinces
• Jambi horns
• This pavement is very common

• This pole markings might be a thing(they

are not )
• Fences with wavy patterns are very common in Sumatra(a similar design can be
found in Sulawesi)

• I havent tackled back of the signs yet, now its the good time. Stickers on the left
side almost always mean north of Jambi(rarely I have seen it on the right) (Maybe
in Sumatra, everywhere else they are random and I wouldnt trust them)
• In Jambi it is the mix of both left and right
• You can get no stickers everywhere
 • Very common for an
Pole dump asymetrical pole to
have 2 bars conecting
it to the top
Bengkulu

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c14495a8147401f6c3364e
• Again, not many specific stuff, can look like • Not a lot of bridges but some of
West Sumatra a lot them had this design before the
• The best way how I would describe it is a mix bridge started, even some houses
between Lampung and West Sumatra and walls had the same girrafe
• Generaly, western parts are flat, eastern are
pattern(might be a thing(its not))
hilly
• A lot of palms and oil palm plantations near
the coast
• Mix of metallic and tiled roofs
• Stickers on a back of the signs can be
anywhere
• First time I saw a yellow outline, might be
something random but I ll look for more
Pole dump
South Sumatra

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c143be3045053c2b80e71a -okey map, it has a lot of locs in
Bangka Belitung islands(might be a good practice to differentiate them)
• Dont guess here(red)
• Gen 3 white car, sometimes silver, gen
4 black car
• A mix of metallic and tiled roofs
• Havent talked about colors of the roofs
yet, blue roofs are common
everywhere in Sumatra, in South
Sumatra and in Lampung you can
sometimes see black tilled roofs
• Not 100% true, but long lamps are
realy common in South Sumatra
• Red and white sandy soil
• Not many regional clues apart from the
mountains in the west
• Sometimes balconies can look like this
and front of the houses have
pillars(also common in the Lampung)
• Bullard spam (also common in
Lampung )
• Sometimes grey rocky roads in rural
locations
• Empty deforested fields followed by
a straight line of this white tree is
very common(also in Lampung)
Pole dump
• Very common for an asymetrical pole
to have 1 bar conecting it to the top
Bangka Belitung Islands

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/641b641d9e1772905eb4f0f8
• Gen 3 white and gen 4 black car
• Looks a lot like Riau Islands
• Mostly red and white soil, a lot of red and
white sand alongside and on the roads
• Realy flat, there are like 3 hills combined
• Not much difference between the islands,
in my experience I would say Belitung has
more white sand, but that depends a lot
• Channals in front of the houses are realy
common
• Sometimes you can find buckets in front of
the houses, probably for collecting rain
• Houses look mostly like
this
• This pavement(also found
elsewhere)
• I saw this white lines on a
road once might be a
thing(its not)
• Not many lamps, most
common design
• This bollard is somewhat
common
• Back of the sign stickers
are random
Pole dump
• These 2 pole tops
are uniue
• POV you are looking away from the road
Lampung

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6328c1d19d1f11f6ed68524d
• Literaly a mess, a whole Sumatra
and Java combined in one
• Gen 3 white and black nad gen 4
black car
• The whole province is slitghtly
hilly, general charachteristics are
big fields of random crops
followed by a row of trees or a
mountain in the distance
• This a classic ”Lampung hill”
• Sometimes by the road you see a
row of random
tree/palma/banana plant and
behind is a field with a random
type of crops
• This thing associeated with
bridges can be found on random
roads(havent seen it much in
other Sumatra provinces)
• This black-white red-white bullards
are spammed a lot
• Mix between metallic and tilled roofs,
sometimes the roof is tilled but there is
an extention from different material
• A lot of houses have realy nice stone
fence, gates sometimes have decorated
pillars
• There has been a lot of deforrestation,
so empty fields with stumps are
common, logs in front of the houses
are common
• Generaly red and brownish soil and
roads, roads may have stones in them
for easier driving
• Bilingual signs with a language that
looks like elvish from Lord of the Rings
Pole dump
Kalimantan
North Kalimantan

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/640b57fef63207287b24f9f0
• Gen 4 mostly (like 99%), gen 3 white car
with a fuzzy camera (
https://www.google.com/maps/@3.4386943,117.5472698,3a,90y,4
0.8h,85.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWy9DBMQlXESfIaf6HFb5Bg!2e0
!7i13312!8i6656
)
• Limited coverage, dont forget the small
island near Tawau in Malaysia
• On the road from the border with EK to
Tanjung Selor you can find pole lamps
with numbers, they go from 155 in the
south to 01 in the north
• Concrete pole marking with TMJ and
sometimes numbers, numbers increase
from south to north
• Gen 4 white lines around Mensalong
• Something I have noticed that will probably
came up in the later Kalimantan provinces are
roads like this with additional conrete on both
sides (havent seen that in Sumatra iirc, I ll
keep an eye if its a thing in later islands)
• Before the bridge, ocasionaly you can find this
sign with coordinates, due to time coordinates
might be faded but this sign should be unique
to NK
• Nunukan (northenmost island with overage)
and Tarakan(capital city) an be easily
reognised with an overwelming number of
motorbikes (
https://www.google.com/maps/@4.1395187,117.6551226,3a,73.5y,222.97h,85.28t
/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNuS3cXnY5x2ATxg070W8HQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
)
• Theories:
• This cabbage means more north
• Gen 3 white car=Tarakan island
Pole • Asymetrical poles
Dump
East Kalimantan

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6207400c96234c0001708a3f
• Gen 4, but there is a fairly amount of gen 3 white
car
• Gen 3 white car fuzzy camera(
https://www.google.com/maps/@-0.2067013,117.0601776,3a,75y,146.71h,88.93t/data=!3m6
!1e1!3m4!1snj-2yB-JJZx2J2N71w5LcA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
)
• Other gen 3 white car is with a smudge
• TJM pole marker as in NK
• A lot of concrete roads, sometimes there is an
aditional concrete/asphalt on the side of the road,
white sand alongside roads is common aswell
• Only divided highway in EK(not many in
Kalimantan worth knowing them)
• These purple and green stickers on support
poles (similar stickers can be found in
Sulawesi, but they are divided, these ones
are conected, I ll paste a picture with
distribution later)
• Big amount of gen 4 white road lines
• Idk what these are, they look like a can in
the road, saw them more in WK

• TMNT septic truck can be

found on this 0,5 kilometers
road stretch (I had to include
TMNT septic truck)
Pole • Asymetrical poles, poles with metallic cover are very common
Dump
South Kalimantan

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c14544fd1c1dc092805247
• Gen 4 black and gen 3 white car
• Gen 3 white car
• Fuzzy camera(
https://www.google.com/maps/@-3.46661,114.8435043,3a
,89.8y,308.05h,70.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svFhpzU8ugXe
s-6lrIzkpcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
)
• No fuzzy camera, smudge as in EK
• A lot of blue roofs and red tilled roofs, especialy
around Banjarmasin
• Lily pads on river and canals around Banjarmasin
• Rice and corn plantations on the southern parts
• Pole protection thingies(idk where else they are
found)
• ”Snakes” on poles (Also in CK )
• Pipelines are rare
Pole • Mostly asymetrical this one is unique
Dump
Central Kalimantan

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6404a5bd4e3312c4c7122afc
• Gen 4 and gen 3 white car
• Gen 3 white car
• Fuzzy camera (
https://www.google.com/maps/@-3.0289095,11
2.937772,3a,90y,236.06h,78.45t/data=!3m6!1e1
!3m4!1sG4omCZmYy2hJPHg9b9gadw!2e0!7i133
12!8i6656
)
• No fuzzy camera=black smudge
• Sandy roads, more than any other province
in Kalimantan
• ”Snake” on the poles
• I have seen a lot of red soil around Sampit
and on the roads to West Kalimantan, but
rarely I have seen it in northeastern side of
the province
• Oil palm plantations are more common to
the south(near the border with SK and
around Pangkalanbun)
• This wheat/grass is occasionaly seen in the
southern areas
Pole • Mostly asymetrical, roughly areas with ”weird poles”
Dump
West Kalimantan

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/632a07adb7349449b77af2ce
• Gen 3 white and black car and gen 4 black
car
• As other provinces WK has gen 3 white car
smudge
• Only 3 places have gen 3 black car
• Black car, sunny weather, sometimes
smudges=Ketapang
• Black car, realy overcast= Singkawang
• Black car, not sunny but not overcast=Pontianak
• Pontianak has realy long lamps as seen in
the piture (I had them only once in
Sinkawang)
• Gen 3 fuzzy camera is almost always in the
north, near Sarawak
• Pipelines are rare
• These ”cans” might be a thing (I ll return
later)
Pole Dump • 99.9% symetrical coils
Sulawesi
North Sulawesi

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/62a86b7fe622c562690fbada
• Gen 3 black/white car and black gen 4
• Although pretty rare this glitch and a fuzzy camera
on the side of the road might be a thing
• Metalic roofs and ”palm spamming”
• After East Nusa, North Sumatra has the largest
christian population(around 67%) so churches are pretty
common. Most churches in NS have a very steep roofs.
Occasionaly, churches will have 1 big and 2 small towers
• Manado pavement
• These trash cans or whatever they are are realy common
• HORSE TUK TUK!!!!!(found only in North Sulawesi)
• These mountains are very common north of
Manado
• Alongside standard Indonesian house,
houses like these are very common(a house
with 4 sides and a pyramidical roof)
• Mostly found inbetween two lakes
• Rice fields are found around Manado, corn
fields around and north of Kotamobagu
• Areas alongside the coast near Gorontalo
have a very dry landscape(almost like Nusas)
Pole Dump
The most common poles
Gorontalo

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/642f2d74525df8181eec2483 (made by me, maybe photospheres idk)
• Gen 3 and Gen 4 black car, never seen gen 3 white
• The biggest difference from NS are realy big plains
sorrounded with mountains (NS doesnt have realy
long plains). For example, area near the lake
northwest from Gorontalo city
• These light posts and electricity poles are uniqeu
to Gorontalo city
• Tuc Tucs are very common
• These blue stickers with the first letter L are
exclusive to Gorontalo (sadly they are also found
in the southern parts of South Sulawesi)
 • Parts alongside the northern coast are
very dry(almost like Nusas), same as in
NS(its a thing in Central Sula aswell)

• This small strech of the road is the

only divided road in all of Gorontalo
Pole Dump
• Almost unique
Central Sulawesi

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/62f909f66a28bd52116e7f22
• Gen 3 and Gen 4 black car
• Unique bullard
• These green signs, with curved edges are only found in
the city of Palu
• Areas around Palu are easily recognizable since the city is
sorroundued with mountains on both sides(place a
markes anyway in the city to see what I mean)
• Purple and green markers on support poles are exclusive
to central Sulawesi (something similar can be found in
some parts of Kalimantan)
• Oil palm plantations and rice fields are generaly more
common in the SE parts of the province(red circle)

• ”Bali” roofs can sometimes be seen, so be careful not to send Bali

instantly
• In Seluang couple of times I have seen Bali shrines(idk if its a thing)
• The northern coast near Gorontalo has a very dry and
arrid look, that can look like Nussas sometimes(from
memory Sulawesi has more palms then Nussas(I ll
return to it later to confirm it))
• Sometimes you ll get a gen 3 black car sunset
coverage near the border of Gorontalo(idk how rare it
is)
• Landscape in the circled has a lot of redish soil, the
best way how I would describe it is ”It looks like
Kalimantan”(kinda a stupid thing to say but it works
for me)
• Areas around Tamondjengi has a very distinctive
landscape with low grassy hills
• Rural areas north of the Peleng Islands have a lot of
gen 3 black car with narrow roads
• I dont have a concrete meta for Peleng Islands yet, the
best way I would describe it are narrow roads with a
lot of bushes and trees near the road(it also feels like
a weird Kalimantan, but more palms in general)
• Roofs like this one in the picture with 3
(sometimes 2) sections are mostly found in the
southern parts(very common sight in southern
Sulawesi provinces)

• Already mentioned purple and green markers

on support poles are found in red areas(there
are even more metas with Central Sulawesi
support poles on the next slide)
• I have seen this tuk-tuk twice in Tolitoli(might
be a thing )
• https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1090153630600015962/1110742888729546752/SulTengTraSupportPoles.png
Pole Dump
• Flaps inside(maybe a
thing)
West
Sulawesi

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63e0347b3c77d801d44eb3e4
• Gen 3 white and black and gen 4 car

• This bullard and concrete roads are very

common

• Couldnt find a lot of metas sadly, some areas

looks like Kalimantan so be careful

• Single yellow stripe around the pole is unique to

West Sulawesi (have seen them in West
Kalimantan aswell, but landscape is different)

• Havent seen a round transformators yet, so I

guess it could be a thing, they are not that
common tho

• Idk what these are, seen them all over the

province
 • A blak gen ar with dirt on top is almost uniue to Kabubapten Mamuju Tengah

• Horns are more common in the

south

• Also, this type of roof with 1-2

sections is very common in the
south(its also a thing in South Sula
and Southeast Sula)

• First time I saw a yellow guardrail in

Indonesia, might be a thing (2 times,
surely the Yamaguchi of Indonesia)

• Gen 3 white car with sunset

coverage north of Matakali
Pole Dump • aa
South Sulawesi

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c146ab5856c389d8d411b5
• A lot of gen 3(both cars) coverage(at least on
the map I played)
• Bugis roofs + horns (almost spammed)(if you
see gen 3 car and these roofs plonking South
Sulawesi is the safest bet)
• Distribution map
• Occasional bullard, I have seen it more in
West Sulawesi
• Apart from horns, some roofs have these
really cool ornaments
• With the usual Sulawesi fences, fence like this
one are super common
• Gen 3 white car blur(
https://www.google.com/maps/@-3.9372936,119.8671637,3a,75y,71.78h,7
8.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9Jv149BrW2oe5IkjKGCiYQ!2e0!7i13312!8i665
6
)
• Rice fields around Makassar and the lake
• Tiled roofs are around Makassar
• Roughly tho • Red soil(looks like
Southeast Sula tho)

• Gen 3 white car

sunset overage)
Pole Dump • Literaly a dump, everything is possible
South-east Sulawesi

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c147c3563ddfcf1b8ca7db
• Gen 3(both cars) and gen 4 black, gen 3 is far
more common but that might be due to the
map I have been playing on
• The same fuzzy camera described in South
Sulawesi is also in this province, but from my
experience the weather is usualy overcast
• A lot of gen 3 fuzzy cameras, I ll try to map it
in the future
• Gen 4 blur(), usualy on the left side of the
front of the ar
• Landscape is similar to South Sulawesi but
the soil is generaly more sandy and redish
• Same architectual tips from South Sulawesi
can be aplied here but its not that common
as in the previous province(hadnt seen
”really cool” ornaments as the horns)
• Alongside the usual Sulawesi fences, more
colorful fences are more common
• Central Sulawesi support poles can be found in the north near the
border with central Sulawesi
• Oil palms are realy rare but they are mostly found in the circled area
• Tiled roofs in the flat areas, inbetween Meloehoe and Roliai
• In the future I ll add all blurs here
Pole Dump • Asymetrical are the most common,
but there are random poles
Lesser Sunda Islands
East Nusa Tenggara

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c148f9c27e174c56b0bb02
• Gen 3 white and gen 4 black car
• 99% metalic roofs
• This pole with a long support bar is unique
to West, East Nusa Tengara and Bali (there
is something similar in other provinces
tho), sometimes it can be two support bars
• Very dry landscape, similar to northern
Gorontalo
• Sometimes you ll find motives with
Komodo dragon on random things,
Komodo dragon is endemic to ENT
• ”Nusa fences” not realy reliable meta IMO,
use it cautiously(its in WNT aswell and in
some parts of Java)
• East Nusa has the highest percentage of
christians in Indonesia, churches are
common more than anywhere else
• Apart from Sumba, there are not many
landscape tips for differienting Timor and
Flores
• Northern Sumba is easily recognizable with its
savannah landscape(gen 3 white is
occasionaly acomponied with small rifts in
the sky)
• Apart from that, Sumba is also easily
recognizable with these 2 roof shapes
• Areas east of red line have only gen 3 white
car(gen 3 can be seen west of the line tho)
• Stone walls can sometimes be seen in the
south western parts of Timor(near Kupang),
also Timor has redish soil from time to time
Pole Dump This asymetrical metal pole top with a long
bar should be exclusive to East Nusa (I had it
maybe once or twice in West Nusa)
West Nusa Tengarra

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c148e2291d7f1604e7526b
• Gen 3 white and gen 4 black car
• Landscape basicaly the same as in East Nusa, West Nusa
is on average more lush but thats the fakest meta I know
• Same long support bar on pole tops, West Nusa uses
concrete poles more often
• While East Nusa uses metallic roofs, a big amount of
roofs in West Nusa are tiled(generaly if you are closer to
Java expect more tiled roofs)
• I have seen more kapok trees in West Nusa than in East,
but that might be due to the maps
• Poles sometimes have a green or blue sticker(much more
common on Lombok(green) and Bali(blue))
• Havent seen long lamps on East Nusa, might be a good
way to distinguish it
• Lombok dark tiled roofs
• Stone walls are found north of
Ndano and Sila
• Areas around Bima have Sulawesi
fences and Sulawesi horns(I think
only this type of horns, not ”usual”
Sulawesi horns)
• Sumba Besar sometimes have
painted pole bottoms(might be a
fake meta)
Pole dump
This asymetrical concrete pole
top with a long bar is exclusive
to West Nusa
Bali

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/64693b04c266e22a42b6ee07
• I dont have much that hasnt been said
already
• Gen 3 white and black car, gen 4 black
• Bali architecture is very unique. A lot of roofs
have ”Bali crowns”. Big portions of gates and
walls are built from a dark volcanic rock
• Statues and towers are a common motive
• This pole top with a square is almost always
in Bali(sometimes you can get it in Riau for
some reason)
• Apart from square plack on pole top, Bali also
has a long support bar like WNT and ENT
• Blue and green stickers are more common in
Bali than in WNT
• This pavement
• Trekker coverage(use plonk it guide to lazy to
include it here)
• A lot of narrow roads with north to
south orientation
• Sadyl not many clues for region
guessing
• Random blurs in some places, idk if its
usefull to map them all
• The Penida island(also a part of Bali
province) southeast from Bali has a
very dry climate with small thin trees
• Gen 3 black silver car distribution
Pole dump
Java
East Java

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c14190a355a7a688ca78a9
• Generaly speaking, Java has a lot of tiled
roofs (a realy good indication you are in Java).
This type of roof is called Joglo and is found
all across Java
• Roofs with parallel bumps are found throught
the island, but roofs with intersect bumps are
found in central and East Java only
• Unlike the rest of Java, East Java has
asymetrical poles, sometimes the pole is
extended(this should be East Java only)
• White gen 3 and black gen 4 car (black and
white gen 3 car with an anthena is found
throught the island but its more common in
East Java)
• Not sure how this is true but rows of trees(mainly small)
are very common alongside the roads in rice fields(might
not be a hint for East Java but Java)
• Not many clues to regionguess the province apart from
flatter north
• Madura island is usualy much dryer then the rest of the
province but still it can look like other areas in East Java
• East Java is much dryer then the rest of the island but
sometimes it can look like Lampung so be careful not to
confuse these 2 provinces
• ”East Java” pavement
Pole dump
• 99% asymetrical
Central Java

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c1417628096131e16c8ff0
• Gen 3 white, silver and gen 4 black(I
saw once a gen 3 black) + usual Java
gen 3 anthena cars
• Look for this egzact poles, they are all
unique (at least in Java)
• Sometimes poles will have a yellow
sticker
• Roofs are already explained in East Java
• Grass inside a road might be a fake
meta, but I ll trust it no matter what
• These lamps might be a thing, cant
remember seeing them in East Java
(could be a fake meta )
• Saw this tree alongside the
mountain range, idk how rare it
is(also in West Java)
• Areas around the border with East
Java are dryer and flatter then the
rest, also corn is a very common
crop in this areas
Pole dump
Special Region of Yogyakarta (very
special)

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/6076df90e1da990001529bdf
• Everything from Central
Java is aplicable
• Pray to God you dont get
Yogyakarta on province
streaks
• This dark green support
pole might be a thing
only in Yogyakarta, but
idk
West Java

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c1415ba8147401f6c3359d
• Gen 3 white, gen 4 black + usual Java gen 3
anthena cars(realy rare)
• Sadly, not much to talk about, utility poles
will have triangle conector(its also found in
Banten and in some Sumatra provinces, but
its way more common in Java)
• Some poles will have an indent(resembling
a Chilean utility pole), however thats also
found in Banten
• Areas around Jakarta will often have
divided highways, big apartments buildings
and big skyscrapers in the distance(this can
also be said about Jakarta and Banten tho)
• West Java is the biggest producer of tea in
Indonesia, big tea plantations are found
around Bandung and Garut
• Yellow stickers on Chilean poles
Pole dump
Jakarta

• Practice map:
• Big city vibes xD
Banten

• Practice map:
https://www.geoguessr.com/maps/63c141385856c389d8d41073
• Literaly same as West Java, good
luck not losing a province streak
xD
• Pole dump also same, although I
have not seen asymetrical chilean
pole top in West Java
• These stickers with ”BYH” are
Banten only

• More often in
Banten then
in West Java