How GeoTips Organizes GeoGuessr Tips by Region

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GeoTips organizes its country and region tips through an interactive world map on its homepage: you click the region you want to expand, or use the region list at the top of the page. The site covers Europe, Asia, South America, Oceania, North America, and Africa, and the map is updated often, so it is worth checking back for newly added or revised countries.

How the regional navigation works

There are two equivalent ways to reach the same content:

  • World map — click a region on the map to expand it and drill down toward individual countries.
  • Top-of-page list — use the list at the top of the page if you prefer text navigation over clicking the map.

Both routes lead to per-country pages. According to the site, each country entry lists the same categories of clues, including the metagame clues described in the general tips section.

What you find on a country page

The site states that when you click a country on the GeoTips map, the metagame clues are listed for that country. The general tips page identifies the main categories to look for when you first load into a location:

  • Google Street View camera quality — GeoTips describes four generations of Street View cameras and treats camera generation as a way to narrow down which country you are in. The site links to a separate camera types explanation with examples.
  • Google Street View car — the cars used to capture Street View differ by country. Some have distinctive bars or a roof rack, some look unusual, and even plain cars can differ in color.
  • Sun position — with the in-game compass on the left (red end points north), you can work out whether the sun is to the north or south of you. Sun in the north suggests the southern hemisphere; sun in the south suggests the northern hemisphere. GeoTips notes this is unreliable at the equator, when the sun appears in the middle, or when the sun is low.

After checking these metagame clues, the general guidance is to look at your surroundings and everything not connected to Street View itself.

Keeping track of updates

The map is described as updated often, and the site lists the most recently updated maps on the homepage. In the version captured in the site's own text, the last maps updated were Canada, Kazakhstan, and India — a useful signal that country pages are revised over time rather than published once.

Related resources on the same site

Beyond the regional map, GeoTips points to several other sections from its main menu and homepage:

  • World Records — a records page, with records set using the GeoTips Records Browser given priority in the verification queue.
  • GeoTips Monthly League and a GeoTips Pro League.
  • Resources — linked from the main menu.
  • GeoTips Browser v1.2 — a downloadable browser whose listed features include full screen, back to previous URL, better performance, and an improved anti-cheat method.

The site describes itself as made by a selected team of top GeoGuessr community players and offered for free. If you are completely new, the general tips at the end of the homepage are the recommended starting point before diving into individual countries.