Released: 2026-03-24
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google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4227
Distance: 336km
Lat: 63.8560032
Lng: 18.2612918
The landscape features a managed Scots pine forest and a gravel road characteristic of Northern Europe. The specific soil types and vegetation density, combined with the lighting and timber characteristics, strongly suggest Sweden or Finland. The presence of low moss and shrubs along the ditch is a very common sight in the central-northern regions of Sweden.
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 4606
Distance: 164km
Lat: 62.357373
Lng: 27.538819
The image depicts a dirt road surrounded by tall, thin trees typical of boreal forests, with a cloudy sky. The scene is characteristic of rural areas in Northern Europe. The presence of ’Google’ watermark suggests it’s a Street View image. Based on the tree species and the road’s condition, the location is likely in Finland or Sweden. The specific coordinates are a guess within a region in Finland known for its forests and rural roads.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 4601
Distance: 166km
Lat: 63.8
Lng: 26.5
This image shows a straight gravel/dirt road through a boreal forest with predominantly coniferous trees (pine/spruce). The landscape features the characteristic tall, straight pine trees typical of Scandinavian forestry management. The flat terrain, vegetation type, forest management practices, and road style are consistent with Finland or central Sweden. The well-maintained gravel forest road is typical of Nordic countries. Based on the forest composition, landscape flatness, and typical Nordic forestry characteristics, this appears to be located in central Finland, likely in the region around 63-64°N latitude and 25-27°E longitude.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4589
Distance: 171km
Lat: 64.1
Lng: 25.5
Boreal landscape with tall, straight Scots pines, low heather/moss understory and a narrow gravel road — typical of rural Finland/Scandinavian Taiga. Tree bark colour, sparse understory and road edge drainage match Finnish forest roads in central–northern Finland, so I place it in eastern-central Finland (approx. 64.10°N, 25.50°E).
x-ai/grok-4-fast
x-ai
Score: 4799
Distance: 82km
Lat: 62.2436
Lng: 25.7473
The image shows a straight gravel road lined with dense Scots pine forest and undergrowth typical of boreal taiga regions. This landscape is characteristic of central Finland, particularly rural areas with extensive coniferous forests. The lack of urban elements and the specific tree density suggest a location in the Finnish Lakeland region, near Jyväskylä, where Google Street View captures similar rural forest roads.
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
anthropic
Score: 4656
Distance: 143km
Lat: 63.5
Lng: 26.5
This image shows a gravel road through a boreal pine forest, characteristic of Scandinavia or Finland. The tall, slender Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris), the flat terrain, the gravel road style, and the overall landscape appearance strongly suggest this is in Finland or possibly northern Sweden. The vegetation understory with heather and sparse ground cover is typical of Finnish forests. I’ll estimate this is in central Finland.
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 4530
Distance: 197km
Lat: 63.2
Lng: 28.1
The image depicts a straight, paved rural road flanked by dense, evenly spaced Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests characteristic of managed boreal forestry. This type of monoculture plantation and road infrastructure is iconic of rural Finland, particularly in the Kainuu region (eastern-central Finland) where vast forested areas are interspersed with gravel and paved forestry roads. The absence of mountainous terrain rules out Norway, while the specific road quality and forest management style differ from similar landscapes in Sweden and Russia. The straight road alignment through flat-to-rolling terrain matches Finnish land use patterns for timber transport and rural access.
Each model receives the same Google Street View image. Models are tasked with guessing the location of the image using only visual clues from the street view. Their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.