Profile used for matching
Edit these in setup/profiles.php and re-import from the Data page.
- Script
- Latin
- Language
- Spanish
- Road edge lines
- White, solid, Yellow, solid
- Centre lines
- White, dashed, White, solid, Yellow, solid
- Bollards
- Plain white, Orange board
- Bollard reflector
- White / grey, Orange
- Telephone poles
- Concrete, Wood
- Street View car
- White, Black, Blue
- Camera
- Gen 3, Gen 4
- Licence plates
- White
- Warning signs
- Yellow diamond
- Landscape
- Arid, Mountainous, Temperate
- Vegetation
- Eucalyptus, Pine
- Road surface
- Good, Unsealed
- Road numbers
- A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z
Country-wide 6
Road lines all white OR all yellow, never mixed: all-white most common; all-yellow in national parks / high-snowfall areas
All-yellow lines are essentially Chile-only in the Americas; all-white also occurs in Argentina.
Argentina: Yellow-black chevrons + square poles → Chile; white-red chevrons → Argentina.
Gen3: solid white car w/o antenna - plain, or w/ a visible black section (unique to Chile); Gen4 = blue car
Peru: Black section variant → Chile only.
Bolivia: Black section → Chile; red-brick towns → Bolivia.
Square concrete poles w/ an indent on both sides + small pinholes up top (fewer horizontal supports than Brazil's ladder poles); wooden poles fairly common too
Brazil: Fewer rungs → Chile; Portuguese → Brazil.
Regular plates white; commercial & taxis = orange
Ecuador: Square indent poles → Chile.
Brazil: Portuguese → Brazil.
Slots at the top of signposts; chevrons yellow w/ black arrows (Argentina: white-red)
Bollards Spanish-style (white front reflector / yellow-orange back) but rare; more often the orange temporary bollard w/ two white top stripes; bridges often have red-painted fence posts
Regional 3
4000+ km long → climate = latitude: arid desert north, Mediterranean centre (Santiago), cold wet oceanic far south (Köppen map)
Road naming: first letter runs A→Y from north to south - extremely useful; 2-digit area codes regionally memorable (provinces differ in the centre)
Landscape north→south:
City 2
Cities: Arica = gentle sandy ridge; Iquique = towering ridge; Antofagasta = rocky uneven ridge; San Pedro de Atacama = clay-brick walls w/ triangle tops; orange street signs → Lanco (+ Malalhue); Villa O'Higgins = big mountains right east + orange-stained wood everywhere
Lamp & pole city metas: orange lamps → Calama & Chañaral; green dome lamps → Copiapó; photocell lamps → Santiago; grey flat-top lamps → Talca; blue lamps w/ yellow stripe → Concepción; silver-grey lamps → Puerto Montt & Temuco; pole paint: white w/ black number → Arica, yellow → other Atacama cities, black round → El Salvador
Specific spots 3
Recognisable roads: A-31 = high altitude w/ steep valley drop north + Gen3 sunset; Ruta 21 (Calama→Chiu Chiu) = Gen4 sunset w/ pink-glowing volcanoes; B-710 & Ruta 5 = more Gen4 sunset; Ruta 1 = coast squeezed between mountain wall (east) & Pacific (west); Ruta 41 = valley + snowy peaks + triple yellow lines; purple lupines → Ruta 240; all-yellow lines on concrete → Magallanes (barren grassy treeless far south)
Nature parks: Lauca = snow-capped line + 2 symmetrical lone volcanoes, fresh dark roads; Pampa del Tamarugal = Tamarugo trees along a NW road; Alto Loa = salt pans → snowy volcanoes; Los Flamencos = smooth reddish mountains + salt pans + triple yellow; Nevado Tres Cruces = red sand, salt pans, mountain pass; Llanos de Challe = brown dirt + juniper + overcast (Pan de Azúcar similar, barer); Alto Bío Bío = treeless cold + triple yellow + monkey puzzles east; Puyehue = dense vegetation, tar snakes, dead trees east
Special cars & trekkers: 'Outback' trailer behind the car → south of Santiago zoo; grey Hilux w/ snorkel → Baños Morales; white truck w/ mirrors + antenna → Conguillío NP; white pickup → Puerto Williams (southernmost covered town, far from all other coverage); ALMA radio telescopes (2 trekkers); horse trekker → NE of San Felipe (Argentina has a similar one!); Torres del Paine = glacier walk w/ orange helmets