India

Chir pines are more or less exclusive to Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir as well as in westernmost Arunachal Pradesh. These pines can be identified from their generally smooth-looking conical or spherical crowns with very long needles.

Khasi pines are mainly found in Meghalaya and Manipur. While the needles appear similar to those of chir pines, the overall crown formed by its branches will appear more jagged and disorganised.

This type of cacti (Euphorbia neriifolia) can commonly be seen as part of fences throughout Gujarat, western Maharashtra and the southern half of Rajasthan.

Palmyra Palms have a round crown with fan shaped leaves and a trunk with consistent thickness, giving them a lollipop shape. If you see them in large numbers you should be in the south or east of the country.

Areca Palms can be recognised by their very thin trunk and a small crown. They are mainly found near the southwestern coast, in the northeast and on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Date palms are commonly found in drier areas of the central regions of India where there are fewer tropical and coastal palms.

Oil palm plantations are most commonly found in the panhandle of Andhra Pradesh, especially near the eastern border with Telangana.

Tea plantations can be found in the northeast and the far south.

NOTE: If you find tea plantations in a flat area, you are likely in Assam or northeastern West Bengal, near the Assam border.

Sugarcane is most commonly found in the north in and around Uttar Pradesh, and in the southwest.

Cotton is commonly found in the western parts of India, particularly in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Canola is mostly found in and around Rajasthan.

The by far tallest mountains in India are found in the Himalayas.

In Ladakh and northern Himachal Pradesh you can find an extremely dry landscape with little to no vegetation within the Himalayan mountains.

The northern plains, also known as the Ganges River Valley, of India are very fertile with extremely flat and open agricultural fields.

Distinctly dark soil is mainly found in Maharashtra and adjacent regions.

Red soil can be found in several regions, but mainly near the southern west coast and in and around Chhattisgarh and western Odisha.

The western parts of Rajasthan can commonly be recognised by the dry landscape with sandy soil.

The Western Ghats Mountains in the western part of Maharashtra can be recognised by their distinct ridgelines, often having plateaus rather than peaks. The northern part is drier while the southern part has more vegetation. 

NOTE: During the rainy season the mountains will turn green and appear quite different.

The landscape in Mizoram mainly consists of lush, green valleys with fairly low vegetation with eroded hillsides having many small peaks scattered around.

NOTE: A somewhat similar landscape can be found in Meghalaya, however rather than distinct peaks, the hillsides will have a mostly smooth and flat top.

Large visible, square shaped cars can be found in the areas shown on the map.

NOTE: A somewhat similar car with a visible hood on the car can be found in Odisha.

In the northeast you will commonly see fences made of thin wooden sticks in a square pattern.

Buddhist prayer flags are found in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

On the Andaman and Nicobar Islands you can find these black pole stickers, containing several digits as well as an arrow in the middle.

The City of Chandigarh is a planned industrial city. As a result, the city features a lot of unique infrastructure, such as blue signs mentioning sectors and industrial areas, round yellow markings on street lights, and street signs which will typically feature several numbers rather than street names.

NOTE: The nearby cities of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar and Panchkula are also planned industrial cities, which feature somewhat similar signs.

Orange and bright green buses are typically found in Delhi.

On large roads in Ahmedabad and Surat you can find separated middle lanes for buses. Beware that people will still often drive in these lanes.

Black Taxis with yellow roofs are found in Meghalaya and Mumbai.

Taxis in Sikkim often have a painted yellow hood or a small yellow circle on it.

Elevated railways can be found in the following cities: 

• Bengaluru

• Chennai

• Delhi

• Hyderabad

• Jaipur

• Kochi

• Kolkata

• Mumbai

The area on the border of Telangana and Karnataka often have houses with roofs made out of distinctly thin grey bricks. These grey bricks and similar coloured rocks are sometimes also seen in walls and scattered on the ground in stockyards.

White painted clay huts are found in northwestern Bihar and northeastern Uttar Pradesh.

Wooden huts with a cross pattern can be found in central Bihar.

Japanese cedar trees can typically be recognised by their significant height combined with their narrow, fluffy-looking crowns. They are most commonly found near the border of Sikkim and West Bengal, as well as in Meghalaya.

The Himalayan cedar is most commonly seen on the NH34 from Harsil to Gangotri, as well as around the city of Shimla.

The Bhutan white pine can be recognised by its hanging needles all pointing downwards. They are mainly found in the Mechuka Valley as well as near the Bhutan border in Arunachal Pradesh.

Doum palms, which appear similar to Palmyra palms but with multiple branches, are almost exclusive to the union territory of Diu.

The endangered Indian pitcher plant is exclusive to the Khasi Hills, which are mainly in Meghalaya. They can occasionally be spotted on road sides, especially on the NH206 north of Umlārem.

The western half of Uttarakhand is typically far more barren than the other Himalayan regions, due to logging and erosion. The coverage northwest of Dehradun on the Himachal Pradesh Border has some especially barren hills full of brown grass and small roads next to cliffs.

The Mechuka valley is the only place in Northeast India where snowy mountains are visible. The valley contains brownish grass and a plethora of Bhutan white pine. North of Mechuka the coverage gradually becomes overcast and somewhat dark.

Chaukhamba, located near the town of Ukhimath, is a mountain massif covered in snow which can be recognised by its three distinct peaks, with the centre peak being the tallest.

The landscape south of Shillong in Meghalaya, is characterised by V-shaped, green eroded valleys with somewhat flat and smooth ridgetops. 

NOTE: Mizoram hills are less smooth with more rises and falls instead of long smooth ridges.

Salt flats and coastal marshes with nearly no vegetation, other than short yellow or brown grass, can be found in parts of Gujarat. Shallow bodies of water can often be seen around these areas. 

NOTE: The soil in western Rajasthan will be a lot more sandy and you’ll typically be able to see short desert shrubs.

Near the southern tip of Tamil Nadu, you can find these large monolithic mountains, with huge exposed rocks. Several of these mountains can be seen from afar, especially the Magenthiragiri hills.

A flat, bushy landscape with very red soil can be found in southern Tamil Nadu.

The coverage on road NH326 (labelled 326) west of Brahmapur in Odisha has a thin grey antenna. The images are generally very high-quality for shitcam, with an especially high quality near the Harabhangi Reservoir.

Parts of roads NH6 and NH206 southeast of Shillong can be recognised by the presence of khasi pines with distinct yellow outer road lines and fresh dark pavement.

NOTE: This is the only road in Meghalaya that uses yellow outer road lines, but these lines exist in other states as well.