I wish I had played along, because as soon as I saw the causeway in the distance, I thought of that spot. That doesn't mean it wasn't a great get, though, but I was more impressed by the detective work on some of the other rounds.
I agree, it was the easiest for me too, but I am from the southeastern US and have been to New Orleans and a lot of the gulf coast region, so that is a definite advantage. Lake Ponchatrain was actually my first thought seeing it, wish I had played along. Although I would have been way off on some of the others, like the last one 😆
That bridge is famous for being exceptionally long. My mind went to that lake too. But only once Tom decided it was a bridge. On my screen it just looked like power lines.
Hi Tom, PDAM is actually an abbreviation of Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum, basically a regional government company that manage usable water all around Indonesia, and that map is a photo of the inside of the factory in Ternate, but you did such a good guess! I guess the other clue than Ternate is the fact that the guy sitting in the chair is using "peci" it is a cap worn by commonly Muslim males. You can find this cap on countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and other South East Asian Countries.
@@stinkiebearr No, but yes its the same thing evolved in style. The peci evolved to be simpler and cheaper. Also called kopiah (phillipines) kofia (south africa ) Fez (turkey - arabia ...). In Pakistan they may be called ( "Roman caps") rumi topi.. as they called the Ottoman empire roman (eastern roman empire -> byzantine -> ottoman ... )... and turkey topi..
Pretty much every other geoguesser youtuber makes their guesses based off of standard meta knowledge, language, road signs, etc. and if they don't see any clear cut clues after 30 seconds, the short attention span will set in and they will make a guess and move on. Tom actually takes the time to enjoy and explore the space he's in. He is willing to think outside of the box to find the more obscure clues to narrow down his guesses. I don't think any other youtuber would've taken the time to recognize the bridge miles away and narrow down that lousiana guess.
I really appreciate this about Tom. The metadata is boring to me and feels against the spirit of geoguessr imo. Far more interesting and impressive to use your geography knowledge and observations.
It’s normal for every competitive (or semi-competitive) game to develop effective strategies and it’s a given that the most effective strategy for a fairly high-speed duel mode is to rely on metadata to guess your location. I just enjoy Tom’s antics honestly, he’s very chill
Amazing Lake Pontchartrain guess, but what's even more incredible is that the "bridge" you thought you saw was not even the bridge at all! There is a long series of power lines that go through the lake as well - right past where the photosphere was taken. That was actually what you were seeing, yet you still nailed it. Well done!
As soon as he saw the "bridge" I was pretty sure it was Pontchartrain, combined with the nasty water and the vegetation, those gave it away immediately for me.
Hey Tom! I'm gonna answer some of your questions concerning that first one, hope this helps on future maps. 3:50 These plaques are all in arabic. The written form of arabic is common to all arab countries, i.e. there's no distinct lebanese arabic writing or syrian arabic writing. What you saw was just different "fonts" so to speak. (The only thing that's unique to each country is the spoken dialect which somewhat resembles the written language but not entirely). Also, arabic is read from right to left, so you were hovering your mouse backwards across the text line. 4:14 This is a plaque that says "allah" in arabic in a heavily decorated font. 4:18 Firas is a common male name in syria and lebanon. 5:03 I don't think there being english and arabic could rule out some countries. Even if it's a purely arabic speaking people, you will easily find images with western looking people and english text ripped from somewhere. For example 5:07 no one makes the arabic equivalent of these photos with middle-eastern people and arabic translations. 5:18 Lebanese people are generally trilingual, speaking french, english and arabic. 5:45 I haven't been to Lattakia but I've heard some good things about it as being a holiday destination (to syrians, mind you). (Source: I'm Lebanese) Cheers!
I know I’m a year late to this only to post about a technicality but some Arabic writing countries to my knowledge have introduced additional/alternate symbols in order to better represent their spoken language. The Persian alphabet, for example, has four extra letters and Pegon, a writing system for certain Sumatran languages, adds letters and diacritics making it stand out even more! All this to say that in certain cases it should actually be possible to rule out certain places from Arabic writing. Of course you’re otherwise correct and your comment is great! I just want to draw attention to some fun and interesting writing facts :)
This might be a "Terrible Map" for the typical Geoguessr player, but for someone with your particular skills and practice (I'm thinking in particular of the Geo Detective series), this map seems to have a particular niche for you. Excellent video!
5:24 during that brief zoom out I immediately spotted Latakia and braced myself for the inevitable agonizing search of the wrong place, then a different country, a different continent, a different planet, while giving a history lesson until finally deciding to go back and follow the initial hunch... All the while thinking that's actually a pretty nice looking dentist office for someplace like Syria 😅 I don't play along, there's no way I'd be able to guess anything at all for these lol but it was very entertaining to watch, amazing guesses as always 👌
What an insane display of instinct, intuition, experience and a little bit of well-deserved luck. Probably some of the most impressive detective work I've seen from you in years.
In Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula these are called a Songkok or Peci. They are also common in Southern Philippines which is predominantly Muslim and called a Kupiah. I personally would've guessed somewhere in Davao City from the men and the scooter number plate.
When I saw it I also immediately thought Indonesia. Wikipedia says : The songkok or peci or kopiah is a cap widely worn in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand, most commonly among Muslim males.
IKR! I was playing this video as background noise, not really paying attention. Then I hear him saying something about Washington DC and remembered earlier he said something about an African American museum. I quickly realized I’ve been there and it felt so weird to see it on screen. A few days ago I actually got the Lincoln memorial randomly on World which felt even more surreal
"Is that the tower in Berlin?, definetly doesn't look like the one in Toronto" A minute later: "That must be Toronto, there can't be that many skyscrapers in Europe"
Tom I'll NEVER understand how you were able to find yourself in Lake Pontchartrain from just that picture... I live in New Orleans and didn't even know where it was!!! Amazing man. Well done.
@@arya6085 rofl why? It’s easy money. And I’m not saying he’s bad, he’s definitely better than me, just that he exaggerates videos like this to get 1M views so he can continue doing what he loves.
As a Louisiana resident, as soon as you noted the long bridge I was also thinking Lake Pontchartrain. So glad you got that one! I've been over that bridge once and when you're in the middle of it, you can't see land from any direction. It's absolutely massive.
It's definitely a location that sticks with you in your mind. I immediately recognized it, too, due to childhood trips over that causeway. The last when my family moved from Mississippi to California.
Hey Tom, I played along, and didn’t do too well on most of them, however, I did get a perfect score on the 4th guess. Perks of driving over that bridge a few times I guess!
I saw it and thought “hey that’s like the longest continuous bridge over water” but I didn’t think it was actually it, just one that was similar lol. But I’ve never been to Louisiana
@@david2734 What. Louisiana predominately builds power lines underground especially near the coast because they are extremely prone to Hurricanes. That was the bridge. They don't have miles of power lines hanging over the water in an area that can get hit by 2-3 hurricanes annually.
@@Cornincarnate Nope, what he saw was power lines. Go look on maps yourself, the bridge is way too far away to be seen and there are plenty power lines between the boat and the bridge
Tom if you are reading this, you are the only UA-camr that I actually look forward to uploading. Your content, narration and the vibe of your videos are absolutely out of this world and a pleasure to watch to relax at the end of the day
the locals call that tiny island in toronto 'donut island' for obvious reasons. me and my friends used to have a rope swing set up on its beach when we were little. its really cool to see a place where i grew up on your channel. awesome surprise!
26:25 the word skid is pretty common in the process industry, usually refers to a complete unit that can be moved. It's used even in non-english speaking country, or the skid could have been shipped from an english speaking country, so not much of a help
@@colatf2 the only hint was the copyright information.. and even then you would have to know the name of a small island in northern Indonesia for it to even be relevant help
So funny to see him poking around my city for once! When the CN tower came up I was like 'finally, an easy round!' and when he said 'it's not the CN tower' I thought 'I'm pretty sure it is, mate!'. Good on him for getting so close!
Pretty crazy. I grew up near the CN Tower & now live about 20 minutes from Lake Ponchartrain. Both my homes in one video. Fun fact is that the bridge/causeway going over Ponchartrain is the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. Enjoyed the video. Keep it up.
Guess number 4 perfectly illustrates Tom's unmatched worldly knowledge that makes him so entertaining to watch as a geoguessr player. Whilst he may not be the best player in the world, I always enjoy watching him more as he doesn't rely so heavily on meta, that and his great personality. Fantastic video as always Tom!
I'm glad that you got to those guys in the industrial photo not being Latin American eventually. I don't immediately see this in the comments but for me the dead giveaway for Southeast Asia was that you can see that one of them has taken his shoes off to be inside, I think. Also having spent a lot of time around Lake Pontchartrain I was like "That muddy water and shoreline gives me Louisiana vibes." It's so impressive to me that you were able to get that without similar experience!
@@eeevie_ bit late to comment but also inside the US. I find it so weird that some people leave their shoes on inside and I've lived in the US my whole life.
out of all the times you amazed me with your findings and speed in getting at least the right country, this whole episode you amazed me the most. so happy to have found you, even tho I don't play geoguesser I've been following you for a good couple years now, every content you create is relaxing and just top quality. even if we don't know each other, I've seen you talk long enough you're almost a friend to me. if you ever come to northern Italy again, you have my sofa!
I was yelling “it’s lake Pontchartrain!!!” as soon as you pointed out the structure. That causeway is pretty famous, it’s basically the longest bridge in the world. I did initially remember it being in Florida, though.
I probably couldn't get a single point on most of these but seeing the CN tower was an instant "Toronto Islands" for me lol it's so weird seeing things you're familiar with on this channel!
I feel likeni would somehow be good at this. I knew Syria right away. US here only have traveled to Mexico and Canada. I've been close on a few of these.
5:23 - He missed Latakia by so litlle, as his first guess he went straight into lebanon, wich was amazing, if he´d just look a bit higher, Latakia was there on the top part of the screen.
I’m a bit of a New Orleans obsessive and as soon as you pointed out that bridge my mind went straight to Lake Ponchartrain. That bridge is actually the longest in the world that continuously runs over water (about 24 miles long). But incredible deduction on your part. Excellent result.
DUDE! I’ve been across lake pontchartrain several times on family new orleans trips and as soon as you pulled that one up, I was screaming that we were there. You have no idea the joy this brings me when you found the right lake!!
I can confirm the last location is Indonesia because the scooter number plate starts with DC which is the code for West Sulawesi. I guess the plant is a water desalination plant which might make sense to have on a small island which probably doesn't get reliable rainfall.
I live by Lake Pontchartrain and I as soon as i seen the fourth map i was like " Wow that looks just like lake pontchartrain!" But I doubted myself because i've played geogussr for a few months and mostly NA maps and never gotten a Louisiana map. Great job Tom!
I had just received a pizza from Syrian friends from Latakia and loaded up this video to watch during eating. Scary thing is these friends are actually from Latakia. Loved the video Tom, playing along is always fun
You may not be the best player in terms of game knowledge and meta data and stuff, but your intuition is beyond amazing and surely tops almost any other Geoguessr player.
That New Orleans one was wild. I was driving along that lake 3 months ago and instantly thought of that exact lake especially with the bridge in the distance - hard to believe I got it right but absolutely ridiculous you got it
26:42 Hey Tom, a little late but loved the video, as always. The Spanish alphabet has the same letters as the English alphabet plus one: Ñ. However, the letters K and W are seldom used, being the least and second least common letters in the Spanish vocabulary, respectively, and by a wide margin from #3. In fact, every single word in Spanish which uses the letter W is either borrowed from another language (English, usually) or slang, and I believe that, except for those with the prefix "kilo," it is the same case for words with the letter K.
Remember that the further North you go, the less Magnetic North and True North align. If some amateurs are taking a photosphere, they're likely to bring a magnetic compass to show them North, and in Toronto the difference between Magnetic North and True North is MASSIVE. So the North in the Toronto location may have been magnetically correct, which explains why it looked off on the map. On an unrelated note the lake in Louisiana is pronounced "Lake Ponce-A-Train"
I'm not saying you are wrong but I live much much farther North than Toronto and I have never heard of there being a massive difference that would lead to problems with simple map reading. That would mean that a magnetic compass, i.e. a normal compass, would have some significant problems in most of Europe, seeing as Toronto is at a similar latitude as Southern Europe.
@@disorder1111 the magnetic pole is currently in northern canada(just off the arctic archipelago), making Northern latitudes in north America closer to the magnetic pole than similar latitudes in Europe and Asia. Makes the compass drift have a greater effect.
The magnetic pole is 400 km south of the north pole(towards Canada), making the magnetic pole be anywhere from 400 km closer to 800 km farther at the same latitude depending on where on the longitude the city is located. Toronto is hundreds of km closer to the magnetic north pole than Barcelona.
@@OntarioTrafficMan In this case, though, it's not about latitude, but your comparitive position to the Magnetic North Pole. The North Pole is way closer to Canada than Europe, so it gets more sensitive. Even in Maine, where I've spent a lot of time, I've noticed Magnetic North and Map North can diverge by quite a bit sometimes. That's why charts in Maine and google maps in Maine never really line up.
I was right there with you on that first guess, the second caught me off guard a bit because it definitely felt more NY/Washington style of museum but that North Carolina shirt did me in so I went with Charlotte. The third spot I was caught between Toronto and Seattle and ultimately went with Seattle which was obviously wrong. I guessed California for the fourth one which was clearly wrong lol and in the fifth round I also went with middle of no where Philippines
I was SO blown away on the lake guess. I recognized it as I used to live in that area, went and confirmed it and thought "he's NEVER gonna find this one" ... I should have known better. Good Job!
For the industrial one I was mostly guessing Singapore. It's got that small South East Asian off-the-map vibe to it, similar to what I'd seen around Singapore while doing consulting work on ships. Skid is a process engineering term, it's like a repeatable self-contained "block" of equipment that can be transported and placed on a concrete slab. The labels being in English would make sense for Singapore, but they're not a strong indicator because industrial process equipment is often labelled in English all over the world. Semi-permeable membrane filters (used for water purification, desalination, etc.) use parallel banks of vertical vessels like that. O2 concentrators also have that same structure, but the piping looked wrong for gas. The one thing I couldn't quite square up was the scooter plate because I remember Singapore plates being more like UK ones. Turns out PDAM is "Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum", which is Indonesian for "Local Water Company". Ternate is an island in Indonesia. The name that submitted the 360 to Google Maps has a UA-cam account under the same name, with one video - an Eid Greetings promo video from PDAM Kota Ternate. Turns out "Tim" isn't a person's name - it's Indonesian for "Team", i.e. "PDAM TERNATE GIS Team" or "Ternate Local Water Company GIS Team".
My immediate thought was that it looked like a water desalination plant, but any sort of water treatment plant would probably make sense. Good investigation work on the words.
I always enjoy when Tom is insanely good but I equally enjoy the moments where I yell at my screen "Haha you knob, it's exactly the other way round, THAT is CN Tower!!"
I was so happy that you ended up at lake Ponchatrain. I’m from the south and have crossed that bridge several times, as soon as I saw the length, water color, and white guys I knew that was it. When you started in Venezuela I thought it was hopeless. But I guess you proved both me and the map maker wrong. Fantastic video!
In the last one, I recognized the soap as being from Indonesia. Also learned the licence plates. The first two digits tell you the location of the vehicle it’s registered. Dk = Bali L = Surabaya B= Jakarta
i dunno, the shabby seat with the chunk out of it says to me "This dentist has been doing this a VERY long time" so in theory that means they're pretty good at it.
Amazing video Tom. The guess in the lake in New Orleans was amazing. That bridge even though was very faintly looking was the key to the whole round. Good stuff
The one on lake ponchutrain (I know I misspelled it) only makes you a legend if you have never been to Louisianan. As soon as I saw the causeway I was pretty sure I knew where that was and I haven't been down that way since the causeway got rebuilt after Katrina.
I've never been to Louisiana, but I'm an Arkansan so I still know how to spot folk from the bayou. That was my saving grace with that round. They could only ever be from creole Louisiana
I'm one of those people with an intense fear of google earth but I love watching you play. I never got that uneasy feeling from your videos until this boat one. Heebie jeebies
The Lake guess was awsome! I had a feeling it was the lake and when you started to look at Florida i knew if you went a little farther west youd get it! Well done lad!
I'm very new to geoguessr and I managed just over 16,000 so I'm pretty happy with that It was my first "no-move" game as well, I've only really been doing country streaks and a bit of diverse world so far
That lake guess was just insane, i am amazed how you even though about the unbuidable space between the lake and skyscrapers. I like how open minded you played this. Congrats!
oh man, the suspense of it all.... i make my guess, tom is in a totally different part of the world, i think i'm going to finally beat him... and then he just happens across something very unspecific, lands in an area by complete chance, and gets the answer within a few km. every damn time!
Round 4, my mom being from that area I knew immediately it was Ponchartrain. That bridge used to scare me so bad as a kid. I was cheering for you to find it from this side of my computer!!!
Tom: *Talks about the pain he went through the last time he went to the dentist* Also Tom: Last time he went to the dentist was when he was 10 years old
Tom I'm not sure if you'll see this but fourth image (the one on the boat) is the cover of a song by Zack Villlere called Causeway! Such a crazy coincidence that there must be more to the story
Hey Tom! Just wanted to mention you could see the Indonesia flag on the middle guys t-shirt which made me think Indonesia! But great game with some insane guesses!!
I'm pretty happy with a few of them - I guessed the Smithsonian in DC for the second round, and the coast off Tallahassee, FL for the fourth round - the rest were miles off; gave up looking for Lattakia. 12k. Well played Tom - 20k + for that game is unbelievable!
As a brit from the midlands, just like Tom, who's travelled far far less, I want to give myself props for Lake Pontchartrain. I saw that bridge and knew at ONCE it was the lake above New Orleans. I knew that bridge was fucking massive.
I guessed the fifth one! I'm from the PH and I also thought initially that it's from my country because there's a town here called Ternate. But the plate number on the motorcycle was not a PH plate. Then I suddenly remembered the Ternate Kingdom from history which originated in Indonesia!
Another great video as always Tom! Getting Lake Pontchartrain was insane, I was thinking it could be there because I have been on that bridge but would have never guessed!
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The lake guess was an all-timer for this channel. Wow.
The brown water instantly reminded me of the Gulf of Mexico or Mississippi river area.
I'm not good at this game at all but I actually thought that was the easiest one out of all of them....
I wish I had played along, because as soon as I saw the causeway in the distance, I thought of that spot. That doesn't mean it wasn't a great get, though, but I was more impressed by the detective work on some of the other rounds.
I agree, it was the easiest for me too, but I am from the southeastern US and have been to New Orleans and a lot of the gulf coast region, so that is a definite advantage. Lake Ponchatrain was actually my first thought seeing it, wish I had played along. Although I would have been way off on some of the others, like the last one 😆
That bridge is famous for being exceptionally long. My mind went to that lake too. But only once Tom decided it was a bridge. On my screen it just looked like power lines.
I can't believe they managed to get a google street view car inside of a dentists office, that's impressive
What's even crazier is that they got the driver to willingly enter a dentist to begin with. Lmao
Dude's entered and parked in there yeah! 😂
The Google driver had a dentist appointment 😅
And when "Latakia" showed up on the map and he missed it. 😀
“I just want to check the sound levels”
* proceeds to make a noise that can only be described as a pelican gargling an old rotary telephone *
what time is this lol
It wouldn't be a right proper GeoWizard video without it! 😂
@@epicflamingchicken2788 right at the start haha
It's how casually he does it that gets me
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Hi Tom, PDAM is actually an abbreviation of Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum, basically a regional government company that manage usable water all around Indonesia, and that map is a photo of the inside of the factory in Ternate, but you did such a good guess! I guess the other clue than Ternate is the fact that the guy sitting in the chair is using "peci" it is a cap worn by commonly Muslim males. You can find this cap on countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and other South East Asian Countries.
Is peci the same as songkok? Coming from a Bruneian, it looks like a songkok to me or like a kupiah haji as we like to call it 😂
@@stinkiebearrif i remember correctly, i believe it _is_ the same
I thought it was similar to some water filtration plant
@@Gusto20000 I agree, I was considering a desalination plant with reverse osmosis.
@@stinkiebearr No, but yes its the same thing evolved in style. The peci evolved to be simpler and cheaper. Also called kopiah (phillipines) kofia (south africa ) Fez (turkey - arabia ...). In Pakistan they may be called ( "Roman caps") rumi topi.. as they called the Ottoman empire roman (eastern roman empire -> byzantine -> ottoman ... )... and turkey topi..
Pretty much every other geoguesser youtuber makes their guesses based off of standard meta knowledge, language, road signs, etc. and if they don't see any clear cut clues after 30 seconds, the short attention span will set in and they will make a guess and move on.
Tom actually takes the time to enjoy and explore the space he's in. He is willing to think outside of the box to find the more obscure clues to narrow down his guesses. I don't think any other youtuber would've taken the time to recognize the bridge miles away and narrow down that lousiana guess.
I really appreciate this about Tom. The metadata is boring to me and feels against the spirit of geoguessr imo. Far more interesting and impressive to use your geography knowledge and observations.
It’s normal for every competitive (or semi-competitive) game to develop effective strategies and it’s a given that the most effective strategy for a fairly high-speed duel mode is to rely on metadata to guess your location.
I just enjoy Tom’s antics honestly, he’s very chill
I was almost certain that that bridge was just some artifact from photos being pieced together, but he really won’t give up any clue!
I thought that bridge/lake one was the Chesapeake bay so that was a really good guess, Chesapeake bay looks alot like that
That’s literally how I play geoguesser lol
Amazing Lake Pontchartrain guess, but what's even more incredible is that the "bridge" you thought you saw was not even the bridge at all! There is a long series of power lines that go through the lake as well - right past where the photosphere was taken. That was actually what you were seeing, yet you still nailed it. Well done!
Thats probably why he clicked more near the bridge than the coast!
That is mad
As soon as he saw the "bridge" I was pretty sure it was Pontchartrain, combined with the nasty water and the vegetation, those gave it away immediately for me.
@@Deezle_Gaming That and "Oui"
Why the oui though? Is it a brandname there? Or did the locals speak french?
That 4th guess is just insane. Well done.
Well said.
but where did that "wait a minute, this probably is America" came from? Looked around in South America and all of a sudden - USA.
Finally it has come to our doorstep.
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@@swalkner you're right ... he's clearly a fraud
@@swalkner I was thinking USA but Florida because of the water color.
Hey Tom! I'm gonna answer some of your questions concerning that first one, hope this helps on future maps.
3:50 These plaques are all in arabic. The written form of arabic is common to all arab countries, i.e. there's no distinct lebanese arabic writing or syrian arabic writing. What you saw was just different "fonts" so to speak. (The only thing that's unique to each country is the spoken dialect which somewhat resembles the written language but not entirely). Also, arabic is read from right to left, so you were hovering your mouse backwards across the text line.
4:14 This is a plaque that says "allah" in arabic in a heavily decorated font.
4:18 Firas is a common male name in syria and lebanon.
5:03 I don't think there being english and arabic could rule out some countries. Even if it's a purely arabic speaking people, you will easily find images with western looking people and english text ripped from somewhere. For example 5:07 no one makes the arabic equivalent of these photos with middle-eastern people and arabic translations.
5:18 Lebanese people are generally trilingual, speaking french, english and arabic.
5:45 I haven't been to Lattakia but I've heard some good things about it as being a holiday destination (to syrians, mind you).
(Source: I'm Lebanese)
Cheers!
Your comment must be in top.
thanks for the insight! :)
I know I’m a year late to this only to post about a technicality but some Arabic writing countries to my knowledge have introduced additional/alternate symbols in order to better represent their spoken language. The Persian alphabet, for example, has four extra letters and Pegon, a writing system for certain Sumatran languages, adds letters and diacritics making it stand out even more!
All this to say that in certain cases it should actually be possible to rule out certain places from Arabic writing.
Of course you’re otherwise correct and your comment is great! I just want to draw attention to some fun and interesting writing facts :)
This might be a "Terrible Map" for the typical Geoguessr player, but for someone with your particular skills and practice (I'm thinking in particular of the Geo Detective series), this map seems to have a particular niche for you. Excellent video!
+ non meta induced
5:24 during that brief zoom out I immediately spotted Latakia and braced myself for the inevitable agonizing search of the wrong place, then a different country, a different continent, a different planet, while giving a history lesson until finally deciding to go back and follow the initial hunch... All the while thinking that's actually a pretty nice looking dentist office for someplace like Syria 😅
I don't play along, there's no way I'd be able to guess anything at all for these lol but it was very entertaining to watch, amazing guesses as always 👌
Syria is actually a really beautiful country in many areas, the war-torn parts are just the only places that are televised.
@@reemthememe my mum has a colleague with family in damascus, they're completely fine
Syrias a great place to live unless you live in the isis controlled north
What an insane display of instinct, intuition, experience and a little bit of well-deserved luck. Probably some of the most impressive detective work I've seen from you in years.
One of the guys on the last round was wearing a fez. Those are common in Indonesia but not in the Philippines.
In Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula these are called a Songkok or Peci. They are also common in Southern Philippines which is predominantly Muslim and called a Kupiah.
I personally would've guessed somewhere in Davao City from the men and the scooter number plate.
When I saw it I also immediately thought Indonesia. Wikipedia says : The songkok or peci or kopiah is a cap widely worn in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines, and southern Thailand, most commonly among Muslim males.
@@vegancam that's interesting. Worth noting.
crazy to think that in a random picture of a warehouse there are all the clues to figure out exactly where it is in the world
@@emapage8914 Well not excact location but close anyway.
This was fantastic. Would love to see more of this map.
lol spoke too soon ..
The Smithsonian museums aren’t exactly obscure, but it’s always surreal to see a place on Geoguesser where you have literally stood before
I ran into one of the geodetective spots on accident it was awesome
Same here I saw the image and immediately said I know exactly where that is and turned out to be right
Got placed a street away from my house once, that was quite the experience.
IKR! I was playing this video as background noise, not really paying attention. Then I hear him saying something about Washington DC and remembered earlier he said something about an African American museum. I quickly realized I’ve been there and it felt so weird to see it on screen. A few days ago I actually got the Lincoln memorial randomly on World which felt even more surreal
They aren't obscure to Americans..
"Is that the tower in Berlin?, definetly doesn't look like the one in Toronto"
A minute later:
"That must be Toronto, there can't be that many skyscrapers in Europe"
The Berlin TV tower has red and white stripes at the top.
@@hennnnerz and it's round shaped like a ball
I live in Toronto lol. As soon as I saw that I knew 100% it was the CN tower.
I honestly thought it was Moscow
@@georgiishmakov9588 I've never seen Russian cities in Geogessr. Sanctions.
Tom I'll NEVER understand how you were able to find yourself in Lake Pontchartrain from just that picture... I live in New Orleans and didn't even know where it was!!! Amazing man. Well done.
It’s cuz he cheats.
@@LexanderMiller 🙄I bet you’re a blast to hang out with
@@Folse thanks, you too.
@@LexanderMiller a cheater would have given up on this channel a long time ago
@@arya6085 rofl why? It’s easy money. And I’m not saying he’s bad, he’s definitely better than me, just that he exaggerates videos like this to get 1M views so he can continue doing what he loves.
Tom checking the sound level: "AURRRRRRRRRR" 👹👹
youtu.be/w5T27DOAC
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As a Louisiana resident, as soon as you noted the long bridge I was also thinking Lake Pontchartrain. So glad you got that one! I've been over that bridge once and when you're in the middle of it, you can't see land from any direction. It's absolutely massive.
Wtf
It's definitely a location that sticks with you in your mind. I immediately recognized it, too, due to childhood trips over that causeway. The last when my family moved from Mississippi to California.
same! lived there for the last 4 years and so happy i got it right away
Hey Tom, I played along, and didn’t do too well on most of them, however, I did get a perfect score on the 4th guess. Perks of driving over that bridge a few times I guess!
I saw it and thought “hey that’s like the longest continuous bridge over water” but I didn’t think it was actually it, just one that was similar lol. But I’ve never been to Louisiana
That bridge was actually power lines, though :p
@@david2734 What. Louisiana predominately builds power lines underground especially near the coast because they are extremely prone to Hurricanes. That was the bridge. They don't have miles of power lines hanging over the water in an area that can get hit by 2-3 hurricanes annually.
@@Cornincarnate Nope, what he saw was power lines. Go look on maps yourself, the bridge is way too far away to be seen and there are plenty power lines between the boat and the bridge
my sis lives in metarie so when he was talking about big lakes in america with a bridge i knew exactly where it was lol
As a Toronto resident I was laughing when Tom said "its definitely not the one in Toronto"
Tom if you are reading this, you are the only UA-camr that I actually look forward to uploading. Your content, narration and the vibe of your videos are absolutely out of this world and a pleasure to watch to relax at the end of the day
I'm pretty stingy with compliments, but I have to agree on this one.
Right? And he’s just so genuine with every video and wants his viewers to have an enjoyable time too. Love this guy and his content!
the locals call that tiny island in toronto 'donut island' for obvious reasons. me and my friends used to have a rope swing set up on its beach when we were little. its really cool to see a place where i grew up on your channel. awesome surprise!
26:25 the word skid is pretty common in the process industry, usually refers to a complete unit that can be moved. It's used even in non-english speaking country, or the skid could have been shipped from an english speaking country, so not much of a help
That one was definitely impossible. You would have to have been inside that building to get it right
@@colatf2 was it a building? or was it a ship?
@@jlt131 damn.. you are asking the right questions :D
@@colatf2 the only hint was the copyright information.. and even then you would have to know the name of a small island in northern Indonesia for it to even be relevant help
@@colatf2 people who know license plates could have got it
So funny to see him poking around my city for once! When the CN tower came up I was like 'finally, an easy round!' and when he said 'it's not the CN tower' I thought 'I'm pretty sure it is, mate!'. Good on him for getting so close!
He did another where of Toronto neighbourhoods and he did better than I did as a local
I cannot tell you how much I’ve been wanting a video from you fellow Tom!
Same
you need to apologize to Jerry man
innit!
Pretty crazy. I grew up near the CN Tower & now live about 20 minutes from Lake Ponchartrain. Both my homes in one video. Fun fact is that the bridge/causeway going over Ponchartrain is the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. Enjoyed the video. Keep it up.
I suspect the 5th was a water filtration plant, like reverse osmosis desalinization plant or something.
it most likely is. PDAM is the national water company from Indonesia so...
thought the same, look pretty similar to reverse osmosis filters.
I thought about that, but I assumed the pipes would have been bigger for something like that? But I'll admit, that is an uneducated assumption.
@@MrJerryCola If the island is that small I assume that's why they were so small. Think a boats desalination plant onboard which are tiny.
I saw handwriting on one of the pipes, but he didn't see it! Could have been a clue?
Guess number 4 perfectly illustrates Tom's unmatched worldly knowledge that makes him so entertaining to watch as a geoguessr player. Whilst he may not be the best player in the world, I always enjoy watching him more as he doesn't rely so heavily on meta, that and his great personality. Fantastic video as always Tom!
Tom I gotta say, I am really happy you are back with the GeoGuessr content😁
I'm glad that you got to those guys in the industrial photo not being Latin American eventually. I don't immediately see this in the comments but for me the dead giveaway for Southeast Asia was that you can see that one of them has taken his shoes off to be inside, I think. Also having spent a lot of time around Lake Pontchartrain I was like "That muddy water and shoreline gives me Louisiana vibes." It's so impressive to me that you were able to get that without similar experience!
Kinda weird that you didn't notice his headwear first, that's called a songkok and is commonly found in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Isn't the taking off your shoes thing something that pretty much everyone outside of the US does?
@@eeevie_ bit late to comment but also inside the US. I find it so weird that some people leave their shoes on inside and I've lived in the US my whole life.
For me it was the small motorbike, they're so common in asia
out of all the times you amazed me with your findings and speed in getting at least the right country, this whole episode you amazed me the most. so happy to have found you, even tho I don't play geoguesser I've been following you for a good couple years now, every content you create is relaxing and just top quality. even if we don't know each other, I've seen you talk long enough you're almost a friend to me. if you ever come to northern Italy again, you have my sofa!
Never follow the tooth brushing advice of a dentist who has promotion for chocolate eggs for children in his practice 😄😅😂
I laughed way too hard at “French cock”
Cock au vin.
same ngl
I think I'll.. I'll pass
That one was good but it was Dr. Thicc Ass that did it for me
But he's tasted a french man's Jebend before
I was yelling “it’s lake Pontchartrain!!!” as soon as you pointed out the structure. That causeway is pretty famous, it’s basically the longest bridge in the world. I did initially remember it being in Florida, though.
0:36 to 0:41 is just pure GeoWizard joy. I swear even if you just reviewed your own audio levels for 40 mins I'd be hooked.
I actually clipped it because it was so funny ua-cam.com/video/usaG_oelaig/v-deo.html
I probably couldn't get a single point on most of these but seeing the CN tower was an instant "Toronto Islands" for me lol it's so weird seeing things you're familiar with on this channel!
I feel likeni would somehow be good at this. I knew Syria right away. US here only have traveled to Mexico and Canada. I've been close on a few of these.
7:36 i never thought i'd hear tom say "french cock" but here we are.
Get in! (Or maybe not!)
Thank you so much for playing my map! I plan on creating a sequel some day, but it may take me a while! 👍
5:23 - He missed Latakia by so litlle, as his first guess he went straight into lebanon, wich was amazing, if he´d just look a bit higher, Latakia was there on the top part of the screen.
can’t tell u how many times that stuff happens in his videos, hilarious and equally frustrating 😂
This is an ongoing thing on the channel
More entertaining this way 😂👌
I like the more detective work side of Geoguessing. I like looking stuff up, using translators, etc. it’s a lot more fun.
Well that's against the rules though. I hope you don't use them in multi-player at least
@@Eggy79I'm sure he's just playing single player. I do the same thing. I'm playing by myself after all, so I'll play however I want.
I’m a bit of a New Orleans obsessive and as soon as you pointed out that bridge my mind went straight to Lake Ponchartrain. That bridge is actually the longest in the world that continuously runs over water (about 24 miles long). But incredible deduction on your part. Excellent result.
DUDE! I’ve been across lake pontchartrain several times on family new orleans trips and as soon as you pulled that one up, I was screaming that we were there. You have no idea the joy this brings me when you found the right lake!!
I can confirm the last location is Indonesia because the scooter number plate starts with DC which is the code for West Sulawesi. I guess the plant is a water desalination plant which might make sense to have on a small island which probably doesn't get reliable rainfall.
Nobody mentioning it but one guy had a red white flag as well on his shoulder.
@@giannistek1 He had the muslim cap on as well
I saw the Songkok/ Topi Haji and immediately thought of Malaysia, esp. with the dettol handwash on the sink.
@@QTpitarianne a lot Malaysian and Indonesian wearing that kind of hat, me aswell
the photosphere was submitted by PDAM Ternate, i guess that's the biggest clue, and Ternate is a pretty big city in North Maluku
I live by Lake Pontchartrain and I as soon as i seen the fourth map i was like " Wow that looks just like lake pontchartrain!" But I doubted myself because i've played geogussr for a few months and mostly NA maps and never gotten a Louisiana map. Great job Tom!
I had just received a pizza from Syrian friends from Latakia and loaded up this video to watch during eating. Scary thing is these friends are actually from Latakia. Loved the video Tom, playing along is always fun
Who would have thought your syrian friends from Latakia are actually from Latakia. That's insane...
As an American I was standing up, hootin’ and hollerin’ for you during that Pontchartrain round, wow!!! Great job, Tom!
There was some great detective work involved in this one, wouldn't mind at all if this map were to return for another round
It always blows my mind how good you are at this game. If I was lost anywhere in the world, I want you with me.
You're an absolute legend for some of these guesses, wow
You may not be the best player in terms of game knowledge and meta data and stuff, but your intuition is beyond amazing and surely tops almost any other Geoguessr player.
We have evolved! Tom has added sound effects to the quintessential "are we recording" 👹👹👹👹
It's absolutely amazing how much you can narrow down possibilities based on just a few details then nail down a location within yards
That New Orleans one was wild. I was driving along that lake 3 months ago and instantly thought of that exact lake especially with the bridge in the distance - hard to believe I got it right but absolutely ridiculous you got it
I've driven that lake too and it was the only thought I had once I saw the bridge. What a wild guess though
I was familiar with that bridge and lake from flat earth debunking videos. lol
(New Orleans Elevator)
26:42 Hey Tom, a little late but loved the video, as always. The Spanish alphabet has the same letters as the English alphabet plus one: Ñ. However, the letters K and W are seldom used, being the least and second least common letters in the Spanish vocabulary, respectively, and by a wide margin from #3. In fact, every single word in Spanish which uses the letter W is either borrowed from another language (English, usually) or slang, and I believe that, except for those with the prefix "kilo," it is the same case for words with the letter K.
Remember that the further North you go, the less Magnetic North and True North align. If some amateurs are taking a photosphere, they're likely to bring a magnetic compass to show them North, and in Toronto the difference between Magnetic North and True North is MASSIVE. So the North in the Toronto location may have been magnetically correct, which explains why it looked off on the map.
On an unrelated note the lake in Louisiana is pronounced "Lake Ponce-A-Train"
I'm not saying you are wrong but I live much much farther North than Toronto and I have never heard of there being a massive difference that would lead to problems with simple map reading. That would mean that a magnetic compass, i.e. a normal compass, would have some significant problems in most of Europe, seeing as Toronto is at a similar latitude as Southern Europe.
@@disorder1111 the magnetic pole is currently in northern canada(just off the arctic archipelago), making Northern latitudes in north America closer to the magnetic pole than similar latitudes in Europe and Asia. Makes the compass drift have a greater effect.
True in some places but not here in Toronto. We're on the same latitude as Barcelona.
The magnetic pole is 400 km south of the north pole(towards Canada), making the magnetic pole be anywhere from 400 km closer to 800 km farther at the same latitude depending on where on the longitude the city is located. Toronto is hundreds of km closer to the magnetic north pole than Barcelona.
@@OntarioTrafficMan In this case, though, it's not about latitude, but your comparitive position to the Magnetic North Pole. The North Pole is way closer to Canada than Europe, so it gets more sensitive. Even in Maine, where I've spent a lot of time, I've noticed Magnetic North and Map North can diverge by quite a bit sometimes. That's why charts in Maine and google maps in Maine never really line up.
I was right there with you on that first guess, the second caught me off guard a bit because it definitely felt more NY/Washington style of museum but that North Carolina shirt did me in so I went with Charlotte. The third spot I was caught between Toronto and Seattle and ultimately went with Seattle which was obviously wrong. I guessed California for the fourth one which was clearly wrong lol and in the fifth round I also went with middle of no where Philippines
'it's pretty damn circular' - proceeds to pick the rectangle lake option XD
I was SO blown away on the lake guess. I recognized it as I used to live in that area, went and confirmed it and thought "he's NEVER gonna find this one" ... I should have known better. Good Job!
same reaction!
For the industrial one I was mostly guessing Singapore. It's got that small South East Asian off-the-map vibe to it, similar to what I'd seen around Singapore while doing consulting work on ships. Skid is a process engineering term, it's like a repeatable self-contained "block" of equipment that can be transported and placed on a concrete slab. The labels being in English would make sense for Singapore, but they're not a strong indicator because industrial process equipment is often labelled in English all over the world. Semi-permeable membrane filters (used for water purification, desalination, etc.) use parallel banks of vertical vessels like that. O2 concentrators also have that same structure, but the piping looked wrong for gas. The one thing I couldn't quite square up was the scooter plate because I remember Singapore plates being more like UK ones.
Turns out PDAM is "Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum", which is Indonesian for "Local Water Company". Ternate is an island in Indonesia. The name that submitted the 360 to Google Maps has a UA-cam account under the same name, with one video - an Eid Greetings promo video from PDAM Kota Ternate. Turns out "Tim" isn't a person's name - it's Indonesian for "Team", i.e. "PDAM TERNATE GIS Team" or "Ternate Local Water Company GIS Team".
My immediate thought was that it looked like a water desalination plant, but any sort of water treatment plant would probably make sense. Good investigation work on the words.
The infrastructure doesn't look like singapore. It had very much south east asian vibes that I've seen before inside an industrial factory.
as an indonesian just look at the license plate and you'll find what your looking for
That's the type of content that I love your channel for. Very entertaining.
I always enjoy when Tom is insanely good but I equally enjoy the moments where I yell at my screen "Haha you knob, it's exactly the other way round, THAT is CN Tower!!"
"That tower is the Seee....cret." You almost had it there Tom.
I immediately Toronto when I saw the landscape, tower, and skyline. No Tom, it's not Berlin!
I was so happy that you ended up at lake Ponchatrain. I’m from the south and have crossed that bridge several times, as soon as I saw the length, water color, and white guys I knew that was it. When you started in Venezuela I thought it was hopeless. But I guess you proved both me and the map maker wrong. Fantastic video!
In the last one, I recognized the soap as being from Indonesia. Also learned the licence plates. The first two digits tell you the location of the vehicle it’s registered.
Dk = Bali
L = Surabaya
B= Jakarta
i dunno, the shabby seat with the chunk out of it says to me "This dentist has been doing this a VERY long time" so in theory that means they're pretty good at it.
You are a true legend. Keep up the good work
Amazing video Tom. The guess in the lake in New Orleans was amazing. That bridge even though was very faintly looking was the key to the whole round. Good stuff
The one on lake ponchutrain (I know I misspelled it) only makes you a legend if you have never been to Louisianan. As soon as I saw the causeway I was pretty sure I knew where that was and I haven't been down that way since the causeway got rebuilt after Katrina.
I've never been to Louisiana, but I'm an Arkansan so I still know how to spot folk from the bayou. That was my saving grace with that round. They could only ever be from creole Louisiana
Really enjoyed this. Had all of the elements I love about this channel. You did much better than I would have thought- very impressive.
"Doctor Fikas... Maybe he's got thicc ass" 😂
"I think that's Muslim stuff."
This was great. When I saw the first round I thought this would go horribly wrong but you nailed it as always. :D
Absolutely loved this map, please play it again sometime!
I'm one of those people with an intense fear of google earth but I love watching you play. I never got that uneasy feeling from your videos until this boat one. Heebie jeebies
A fear of Google earth!?
@@lewismcmillan5920 yes, it's probably the stupidest fear possible. Look it up, there's quite a few of us! No explanation as to why.
"Just want to test the sound levels -👹👹👹👹 yep they seem to be FUCK they seem to be fine"
TRUE
classic Tom
The Lake guess was awsome! I had a feeling it was the lake and when you started to look at Florida i knew if you went a little farther west youd get it! Well done lad!
I'm very new to geoguessr and I managed just over 16,000 so I'm pretty happy with that
It was my first "no-move" game as well, I've only really been doing country streaks and a bit of diverse world so far
That lake guess was just insane, i am amazed how you even though about the unbuidable space between the lake and skyscrapers. I like how open minded you played this. Congrats!
Just checked Amazon, and I ♥️ Walsall ornaments do indeed exist 😅
Longest bridge in the world at Lake Pontchartrain. That's where I was thinking
I was thinking either the Florida keys or Chesapeake bay. His guess of Lake Pontchartrain was pure skill.
i dont think thats the longest bridge
That's not the longest bridge in the world.
@@La_sagne it's longest over water, or was when it was built at least
@@Ojisan642 If it had been Florida, the water would have been more clear/blue.
The factory one was screaming more asian. Barefoot inside, the slides off to the side, and the little scooter that's very commonly used
oh man, the suspense of it all.... i make my guess, tom is in a totally different part of the world, i think i'm going to finally beat him... and then he just happens across something very unspecific, lands in an area by complete chance, and gets the answer within a few km. every damn time!
Round 4, my mom being from that area I knew immediately it was Ponchartrain. That bridge used to scare me so bad as a kid. I was cheering for you to find it from this side of my computer!!!
Tom: *Talks about the pain he went through the last time he went to the dentist*
Also Tom: Last time he went to the dentist was when he was 10 years old
I think some people would really like to go to Dr. Thicc-ass’s dental office😂
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I've seen you do a lot of crazy stuff in GeoGuessr, but that fourth round might be the craziest.
Please, PLEASE do this map set again.
This man pronounces tooth “teuff”
I've heard Welsh people say it like that too.
I would love to see this map played again! I loved this video. Some epic pond/lake guesses!
When he said, "that definitely isn't the CN Tower," I, a Torontonian, questioned my own eyesight and memory🤣
Damn Tom, you're a beast! Legendary guesses. Lot of fun.. Please do more of these. 🍻
Tom I'm not sure if you'll see this but fourth image (the one on the boat) is the cover of a song by Zack Villlere called Causeway! Such a crazy coincidence that there must be more to the story
How very bizarre!?
The first line of the song:
"That's a big long bridge across the lake"
@@martinl.monkey923 and the fact that the bridge is called the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway 🤯
I knew it right away only because of this! Good to see a fellow Zack fan.
Unreal! So fun to watch you break it down.
Hey Tom!
Just wanted to mention you could see the Indonesia flag on the middle guys t-shirt which made me think Indonesia!
But great game with some insane guesses!!
Yeah!!
Did not notice that!
I was also going to say the guy was wearing a Muslim hat, the Philippines are mostly catholic.
I'm pretty happy with a few of them - I guessed the Smithsonian in DC for the second round, and the coast off Tallahassee, FL for the fourth round - the rest were miles off; gave up looking for Lattakia. 12k. Well played Tom - 20k + for that game is unbelievable!
As a brit from the midlands, just like Tom, who's travelled far far less, I want to give myself props for Lake Pontchartrain. I saw that bridge and knew at ONCE it was the lake above New Orleans. I knew that bridge was fucking massive.
As soon as you mentioned the long bridge going on forever I thought of Lake Pontchartrain with the long causeway. Fantastic job!
That Chewbacca noise is elite 🤣🤣🤣
You killed me with that sound level check. Was not expecting that.
Never had Tom guess my hometown but that is cool!
this map was amazing. gotta repeat this one. amazing guesses, you're a legend Tom
I guessed the fifth one! I'm from the PH and I also thought initially that it's from my country because there's a town here called Ternate. But the plate number on the motorcycle was not a PH plate. Then I suddenly remembered the Ternate Kingdom from history which originated in Indonesia!
Another great video as always Tom! Getting Lake Pontchartrain was insane, I was thinking it could be there because I have been on that bridge but would have never guessed!
Even wilder than you think. That was not the bridge. It was power lines.
A skid is a system comprising of main equipment such as pumps, heat exchangers, filters and vessels. It is assembled together with interconnecting pipework with in line items.