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- Script
- Arabic, Latin
- Language
- Arabic, French, English
- Camera
- Gen 3
- Landscape
- Mediterranean, Mountainous
Country-wide 6
Plates long or short w/ blue strip left (Euro-like); taxis = deep-red plates
Arabic official - plus common English and French
The Arabic+French mix is the Middle-East tell for Lebanon - other Arabic countries on Street View pair with English (UAE) or nothing (Jordan).
United Arab Emirates: French on signs → Lebanon; English → UAE.
Jordan: French present → Lebanon; Arabic-only → Jordan.
Only Middle-Eastern country with official shitcam coverage; everything else = Gen3 trekkers
Mediterranean landscape - many hills & rocky cliffs
Metal mesh poles, sometimes painted bright yellow; generic wooden poles too
Many sandstone-brick buildings
Israel West Bank: Hebrew → Israel; French/English mix + shitcam → Lebanon.
Regional 2
Coverage concentrated on the west coast north of Beirut
Zahle: flat farmland w/ mountains NW (+ visible black car in/around Zahle); NE mountains east of Tripoli = snow coverage; northern Lebanon = very flat farmland, mountains SE
City 1
Only covered city with modern high-rises; promenade coverage: grey brick pavement + many fan palms; Université Saint Joseph = grand old sandstone building
Specific spots 2
University spotlights: Beirut Arab Univ. (Debbieh) = sparse modern sandstone on forested hill, sea far west; LIU = stone buildings w/ unpainted ground floors + beige upper floors; Balamand = cubic modern white; Lebanese American Univ. (E of Byblos) = urban, much construction
Historic spotlights: Byblos = ancient city, uniform unpainted stone; Bsharri trekker = big canyon south; Baalbek = Roman ruin complex; Mseilha fortress (SW of Tripoli) on a limestone monolith; the only rural coastal trekker road = SW of Tripoli