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The United States of America is the largest country in North America and the third largest in the world in terms of population. | The United States of America is the largest country in North America and the third largest in the world in terms of population. | ||
== Useful Knowledge == | == Useful Knowledge == | ||
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P7LRYb13phYIYWlu4KSXxTosMGV44tHFU_EgqQvEXVQ/edit#gid=0| United States Comprehensive Cheat Sheet] | |||
== Google Car == | == Google Car == | ||
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[[File:US Interstate Signs.png|right|thumb|United States Interstate Road Sings, via [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Road_signs OpenStreetMap.org]]] | [[File:US Interstate Signs.png|right|thumb|United States Interstate Road Sings, via [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Road_signs OpenStreetMap.org]]] | ||
The United States Interstate system is one of the largest systems of roadways in the world. At least one interstate runs through each of the 48 contiguous states. As shown in the [[#Street Signs|Street Signs]] section, the United States Interstate system | The United States Interstate system is one of the largest systems of roadways in the world. At least one interstate runs through each of the 48 contiguous states. As shown in the [[#Street Signs|Street Signs]] section, the United States Interstate system primarily uses a sign with white lettering, a blue background, and a red heading at the top which reads "INTERSTATE". Occasionally, an Interstate will have white lettering with a completely green background, and it will typically have "BUSINESS" as the header instead of "INTERSTATE". Either way, both signs signify you are on an Interstate. | ||
Interstates do not have a set speed limit; it is different in each state. That being said, typically the speed limit ranges from 50 MPH and 75 MPH in more in the majority of the open parts in the country. | Interstates do not have a set speed limit; it is different in each state. That being said, typically the speed limit ranges from 50 MPH and 75 MPH in more in the majority of the open parts in the country. | ||
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*Interstates exits are sequentially numbered, meaning the exit numbers should increase or decrease by 1 each exit. | *Interstates exits are sequentially numbered, meaning the exit numbers should increase or decrease by 1 each exit. | ||
=== | ===State Highway Systems=== | ||
Each state has their own set of highways. This means each state has the ability to differentiate their highways from others. Because state highways are often confusing and complex, it's probably best learn easier ways to recognize where you are, like nearby cities on exit signs. | Each state has their own set of highways. This means each state has the ability to differentiate their highways from others. Because state highways are often confusing and complex, it's probably best learn easier ways to recognize where you are, like nearby cities on exit signs. Below is a list of links and sample signs of each state's respective highway system. To learn more, you can visit the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highway_System United States Numbered Highway System]. | ||
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Alabama 3.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Highways_in_Alabama Alabama] | |||
Alaska 1 shield.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alaska_Routes Alaska] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._Highways_in_Alabama Alabama] | Arizona 87.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Arizona Arizona] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alaska_Routes Alaska] | Arkansas 7.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Highway_System Arkansas] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Arizona Arizona] | California 1.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_California California] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Highway_System Arkansas] | Colorado 14.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Colorado Colorado] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_California California] | Connecticut Highway 15.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Connecticut Connecticut] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Colorado Colorado] | Elongated circle 1.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_State_Route_System Delaware] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Connecticut Connecticut] | Florida 5.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Highway_System Florida] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_State_Route_System Delaware] | Georgia 11.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) Georgia] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Highway_System Florida] | HI-11.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Hawaii Hawaii] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Georgia_(U.S._state) Georgia] | Idaho 75.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Idaho Idaho] | ||
Illinois 1.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Highway_System Illinois] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Hawaii Hawaii] | Indiana 37.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_Indiana Indiana] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Idaho Idaho] | Circle sign 3.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Primary_Highway_System Iowa] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Highway_System Illinois] | K-4.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Kansas Kansas] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_Indiana Indiana] | Elongated circle 80.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_Kentucky Kentucky] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Primary_Highway_System Iowa] | Louisiana 1 (2008).svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Louisiana Louisiana] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Kansas Kansas] | Maine 11.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_State_Highway_System Maine] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_Kentucky Kentucky] | MD Route 2.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_highway_system Maryland] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Louisiana Louisiana] | MA Route 28.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_State_Highway_System Massachusetts] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_State_Highway_System Maine] | M-28.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Trunkline_Highway_System Michigan] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_highway_system Maryland] | MN-1.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Minnesota Minnesota] | ||
Circle sign 15.svg||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_State_Highway_System Mississippi] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_State_Highway_System Massachusetts] | MO-5.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_State_Highway_System Missouri] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Trunkline_Highway_System Michigan] | MT-200.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Highway_System Montana] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Minnesota Minnesota] | N-92.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_State_Highway_System Nebraska] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_State_Highway_System Mississippi] | Nevada 318.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Nevada Nevada] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_State_Highway_System Missouri] | NH Route 16.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Highway_System New Hampshire] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Highway_System Montana] | Circle sign 47.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_New_Jersey New Jersey] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_State_Highway_System Nebraska] | New Mexico 120.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_roads_in_New_Mexico New Mexico] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_Nevada Nevada] | NY-17.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_New_York New York] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Highway_System New Hampshire] | NC 24.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_System North Carolina] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_New_Jersey New Jersey] | ND-200_(2015).svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_North_Dakota North Dakota] | ||
OH-7.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_Ohio Ohio] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_roads_in_New_Mexico New Mexico] | Oklahoma State Highway 3.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Oklahoma Oklahoma] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_New_York New York] | OR 140.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_Oregon Oregon] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_System North Carolina] | PA-18.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Route_System Pennsylvania] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_North_Dakota North Dakota] | Rhode Island 138.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_routes_in_Rhode_Island Rhode Island] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_highways_in_Ohio Ohio] | South Carolina 9.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Highway_System South Carolina] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Oklahoma Oklahoma] | SD 20.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_South_Dakota South Dakota] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_Oregon Oregon] | Tennessee 1.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_System Tennessee] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Route_System Pennsylvania] | Texas 6.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_state_highway_system Texas] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_routes_in_Rhode_Island Rhode Island] | Utah 24.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Utah Utah] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Highway_System South Carolina] | Vermont 30.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Vermont Vermont] | ||
Virginia 40.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_Virginia Virginia] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_South_Dakota South Dakota] | WA-20.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_Washington Washington] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_System Tennessee] | WV-20.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Highway_System West Virginia] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_state_highway_system Texas] | WIS 35.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Trunk_Highway_System Wisconsin] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Utah Utah] | WY-59.svg|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Wyoming Wyoming] | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Vermont Vermont] | </gallery> | ||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_Virginia Virginia] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_Washington Washington] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Highway_System West Virginia] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Trunk_Highway_System Wisconsin] | |||
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Wyoming Wyoming] | |||
== Area Codes == | == Area Codes == | ||
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== Environment == | == Environment == | ||
As with infrastructure, the United States is so big that it has massive variations in environment based on where you are in the country. Learning the | As with infrastructure, the United States is so big that it has massive variations in environment based on where you are in the country. Learning the environment by region, or even by state, is helpful. | ||
== | == States/Territories == | ||
{{US States Table}} | {{US States Table}} | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
<td>States</td> | <td>[U.S. States}States]</td> | ||
<td>{{US States Table|type=list}}</td> | <td>{{US States Table|type=list}}</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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The United States of America is the largest country in North America and the third largest in the world in terms of population.
Useful Knowledge
United States Comprehensive Cheat Sheet
Google Car
The United States is covered by all 4 generations and is the most covered country in the world. Both the expanse of land and coverage makes it difficult to identify where you are based on the Google Car.
License Plates
Identifying where you are based on the license plates is a widely used tactic by players. For the United States however, it can be very difficult. All 50 states, and most territories, have their own license plates. That means it can be tedious to learn the license plates of each state, but if you do, it will help you identify where you are faster and more accurately.
Street Signs
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Road_signs
Bollards
Roads
Interstate System
United States Interstate Road Sings, via OpenStreetMap.org
The United States Interstate system is one of the largest systems of roadways in the world. At least one interstate runs through each of the 48 contiguous states. As shown in the Street Signs section, the United States Interstate system primarily uses a sign with white lettering, a blue background, and a red heading at the top which reads "INTERSTATE". Occasionally, an Interstate will have white lettering with a completely green background, and it will typically have "BUSINESS" as the header instead of "INTERSTATE". Either way, both signs signify you are on an Interstate.
Interstates do not have a set speed limit; it is different in each state. That being said, typically the speed limit ranges from 50 MPH and 75 MPH in more in the majority of the open parts in the country.
Since Interstates are in the majority of US States, there is no "tell" as to which Interstate you are on unless you find the number or recognize an exit.
While it's good know when you are on an Interstate, it is probably not vital to memorize the location of each Interstate due to the visibility of the Interstate Roads on the map in GeoGuessr.
- If an interstate ends in zero or an even number, it travels from east to west. If it ends in a odd number, the interstate travels north to south.
- Interstate Numbers from South to North and West to East.
- Interstate Numbers with triple digits are branches off the the interstate of the last 2 digits. ex: I-405 branches off I-5 (thanks Gaelan)
- If the first digit is even it generally bypasses or goes around a city.
- If the first digit is odd, it's generally a spur that provides access to destinations in the middle of a city.
- Interstates exits are sequentially numbered, meaning the exit numbers should increase or decrease by 1 each exit.
State Highway Systems
Each state has their own set of highways. This means each state has the ability to differentiate their highways from others. Because state highways are often confusing and complex, it's probably best learn easier ways to recognize where you are, like nearby cities on exit signs. Below is a list of links and sample signs of each state's respective highway system. To learn more, you can visit the United States Numbered Highway System.
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Area Codes
United States Area Code Map, via AllAreaCodes.com
Area codes can be extremely useful to find out where you are. Phone numbers in the united states are typically listed as (XXX) XXX - XXXX. A phone number starting in +1 (800), 1 (800), or just (800) is a commercial phone number and has no link to the region you are in, so don't pay much mind to it.
For a more more detailed view, visit the List of North American Numbering Plan area codes Wikipedia page
Postal Codes
Postal codes in the United States are called Zip Codes. ZIP Codes are typically used for postage. They typically are written on postage, so you usually will not be able to see them. If you find only a ZIP code, which is very rare, you will be able to narrow down which state you are in.
| # | Where it is Found |
|---|---|
| 0 | Connecticut (CT), Massachusetts (MA), Maine (ME), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), Puerto Rico (PR), Rhode Island (RI), Vermont (VT), Virgin Islands (VI), APO Europe (AE), FPO Europe (AE) |
| 1 | Delaware (DE), New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA) |
| 2 | District of Columbia (DC), Maryland (MD), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV) |
| 3 | Alabama (AL), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Mississippi (MS), Tennessee (TN), APO Americas (AA), FPO Americas (AA) |
| 4 | Indiana (IN), Kentucky (KY), Michigan (MI), Ohio (OH) |
| 5 | Iowa (IA), Minnesota (MN), Montana (MT), North Dakota (ND), South Dakota (SD), Wisconsin (WI) |
| 6 | Illinois (IL), Kansas (KS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE) |
| 7 | Arkansas (AR), Louisiana (LA), Oklahoma (OK), Texas (TX) |
| 8 | Arizona (AZ), Colorado (CO), Idaho (ID), New Mexico (NM), Nevada (NV), Utah (UT), Wyoming (WY) |
| 9 | Alaska (AK), American Samoa (AS), California (CA), Guam (GU), Hawaii (HI), Marshall Islands (MH), Federated States of Micronesia (FM), Northern Mariana Islands (MP), Oregon (OR), Palau (PW), Washington (WA), APO Pacific (AP), FPO Pacific (AP) |
Infrastructure
Infrastructure across the United States is very different across different states and regions (possibly outside of the Interstate Highway system).
Environment
As with infrastructure, the United States is so big that it has massive variations in environment based on where you are in the country. Learning the environment by region, or even by state, is helpful.
States/Territories
| United States Territories | |
|---|---|
| [U.S. States}States] | Alabama ● Alaska ● Arizona ● Arkansas ● California ● Colorado ● Connecticut ● Delaware ● Florida ● Georgia ● Hawaii ● Idaho ● Illinois ● Indiana ● Iowa ● Kansas ● Kentucky ● Louisiana ● Maine ● Maryland ● Massachusetts ● Michigan ● Minnesota ● Mississippi ● Missouri ● Montana ● Nebraska ● Nevada ● New Hampshire ● New Jersey ● New Mexico ● New York ● North Carolina ● North Dakota ● Ohio ● Oklahoma ● Oregon ● Pennsylvania ● Rhode Island ● South Carolina ● South Dakota ● Tennessee ● Texas ● Utah ● Vermont ● Virginia ● Washington ● West Virginia ● Wisconsin ● Wyoming |