The lake guess was an all-timer for this channel. Wow.

I can't believe they managed to get a google street view car inside of a dentists office, that's impressive

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.

One of the guys on the last round was wearing a fez. Those are common in Indonesia but not in the Philippines.

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 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 *

The Smithsonian museums aren’t exactly obscure, but it’s always surreal to see a place on Geoguesser where you have literally stood before

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!

That 4th guess is just insane. Well done.

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 👌

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!

Tom checking the sound level: "AURRRRRRRRRR" 👹👹

"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"

As a Toronto resident I was laughing when Tom said "its definitely not the one in Toronto"

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.

I suspect the 5th was a water filtration plant, like reverse osmosis desalinization plant or something.

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!

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!

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.

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.

This was fantastic. Would love to see more of this map.

The factory one was screaming more asian. Barefoot inside, the slides off to the side, and the little scooter that's very commonly used

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.

7:36 i never thought i'd hear tom say "french cock" but here we are.

I laughed way too hard at “French cock”

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!

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!

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

Tom if you are reading this, you are the only KZfaqr 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

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 like the more detective work side of Geoguessing. I like looking stuff up, using translators, etc. it’s a lot more fun.

I cannot tell you how much I’ve been wanting a video from you fellow Tom!

We have evolved! Tom has added sound effects to the quintessential "are we recording" 👹👹👹👹

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.

Really enjoyed this. Had all of the elements I love about this channel. You did much better than I would have thought- very impressive.

'it's pretty damn circular' - proceeds to pick the rectangle lake option XD

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!

That's the type of content that I love your channel for. Very entertaining.

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

"Doctor Fikas... Maybe he's got thicc ass" 😂

"Just want to test the sound levels -👹👹👹👹 yep they seem to be FUCK they seem to be fine"

I would love to see this map played again! I loved this video. Some epic pond/lake guesses!

Damn Tom, you're a beast! Legendary guesses. Lot of fun.. Please do more of these. 🍻

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.

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.

That was one helluva round! Amazing work!

We NEED more of this map!!! Amazing vid!

This man pronounces tooth “teuff”

Tom I gotta say, I am really happy you are back with the GeoGuessr content😁

This was great. When I saw the first round I thought this would go horribly wrong but you nailed it as always. :D

I *love* these obscure locations. Keep this up pls!

There was some great detective work involved in this one, wouldn't mind at all if this map were to return for another round

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"

Unreal! So fun to watch you break it down.

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!

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 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!!"

you’re UNBELIEVABLE! as always

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!

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.

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

When he said, "that definitely isn't the CN Tower," I, a Torontonian, questioned my own eyesight and memory🤣

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 are a true legend. Keep up the good work

You're an absolute legend for some of these guesses, wow

I think some people would really like to go to Dr. Thicc-ass’s dental office😂

You killed me with that sound level check. Was not expecting that.

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 KZfaq 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".

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.

Thank you so much for playing my map! I plan on creating a sequel some day, but it may take me a while! 👍

very interesting map! i love the detective work hope to see more of it!

Absolutely loved this map, please play it again sometime!

Just checked Amazon, and I ♥️ Walsall ornaments do indeed exist 😅 Longest bridge in the world at Lake Pontchartrain. That's where I was thinking

As soon as you mentioned the long bridge going on forever I thought of Lake Pontchartrain with the long causeway. Fantastic job!

This was a great video, would love to see more of this map! The Pontchartrain one becomes kinda obvious if you know about it - my best friend is from NOLA and I’ve spent enough time poking about the place on google maps to know that lake and bridge

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

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 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!

Never follow the tooth brushing advice of a dentist who has promotion for chocolate eggs for children in his practice 😄😅😂

That Chewbacca noise is elite 🤣🤣🤣

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!

this map was amazing. gotta repeat this one. amazing guesses, you're a legend Tom

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!

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

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 grew up near New Orleans and immediately recognized Lake Pontchartrain lol. I was pretty surprised when you eventually made it there too! Great job!

I knew I recognized that museum!! Well done :)

14:20 I turn style hopped the Fernsehturm in Berlin... I was lagging behind my friends and didn't realize you needed to buy tickets at the start of the line instead of the end of the line, so we had waited ~30 minutes and got to the front of the line. I joined in the group of ~10 of my friends as they were going through the turn style and used my years of parkour training to discretely hop over without the guards noticing. I was terrified the entire time I was up top that you'd need a ticket to get back down and I'd be stuck there forever.

I spotted Latakia right away at 5:23 and just about jumped out of my seat! I'm always amazed at how you can pick out the tiniest town on a map, so I was surprised when it jumped out at me.

I’m really shocked u got the 4th! I actually was thinking Florida at first but I’ve flown right over that lake when I went to New Orleans a few years ago. I thought it could have been that because I remember how big that lake was and the bridge. Really cool to see it in geoguesser

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!

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

Never had Tom guess my hometown but that is cool!

I just noticed, congrats on 1 mil subs!

That is some of the best gameplay I have ever seen.

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!

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!!

You continue to amaze me

As an American I was standing up, hootin’ and hollerin’ for you during that Pontchartrain round, wow!!! Great job, Tom!