Profile used for matching
Edit these in setup/profiles.php and re-import from the Data page.
- Script
- Arabic, Latin
- Language
- Arabic, English
- Road edge lines
- Yellow, solid
- Centre lines
- White, dashed
- Street View car
- Black
- Camera
- Gen 3
- Licence plates
- White
- Warning signs
- White triangle
- Landscape
- Arid
- Road surface
- Poor
Country-wide 9
Black car, no antenna, no red brake light
The only Middle-Eastern country covered by a black car without antenna or brake light - elsewhere in the world black cars exist, so confirm with Arabic-only signage.
Plates white (long or short); taxis/commercial = green strip left
United Arab Emirates: The green strip is Jordan-only in the Middle East; UAE has English on most signs, Jordan doesn't.
Israel West Bank: Yellow plates → Israel; Hebrew script → Israel.
Arabic - and unlike the UAE, most commercial signs have no English
United Arab Emirates: No English → Jordan; bilingual → UAE.
Yellow outer + white middle lines
United Arab Emirates: Modern Gulf highways + English → UAE.
Israel West Bank: Hebrew + yellow plates → Israel.
Chevrons white with red arrows (Israel: black w/ white arrows)
Poles: rounded concrete w/ diagonal support or 3 horizontal Y-tops; thin metal poles w/ 2 supports + 3 vertical coils
Very arid, much lifeless desert - even the lushest parts are only arid-Mediterranean
Bright sandstone-brick buildings with flat roofs
Israel West Bank: Hebrew or yellow plates → Israel side.
Road quality often poor - heat-warped, buckled cracks (generally worse than Israel)
Regional 1
Coverage only in the far west: bigger towns + main roads; ends N of Jerash (Irbid = zero coverage), south to Aqaba
City 1
Largest city w/ extensive coverage: big-city feel, slightly hilly, medium apartment blocks; taxis yellow-green
Specific spots 4
Highway metas
Flat, sometimes tilled fields w/ rich red soil (continues N+S along Hwy 35); taxis yellow w/ white bumpers
Wadi al Hasa (Hwy 35): arid rolling-hill valley, smooth rounded rock, single-lane road; Aqaba: jagged mountain wall east/south + olive-green/black taxis
Wadi Musa: bulbous rock formations; Petra trekkers: eroded reddish rock, narrow gorges, tourist crowds (a mainstay of the default World map!)