Released: 2026-04-01
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google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 2830
Distance: 1138km
Lat: 30.2315
Lng: 78.6948
The lush green, mountainous terrain with terraced hills in the background is characteristic of the lower Himalayan region in Northern India. The specific vegetation, including broadleaf trees mixed with some conifers, and the unpaved mountain road are very common in the state of Uttarakhand. Pinpointing it to an area near the foothills where such intense greenery and steep, farmed slopes are prevalent.
x-ai/grok-4-fast
x-ai
Score: 9
Distance: 12693km
Lat: 37.5
Lng: -79
The image depicts a dirt road winding through dense, green, deciduous forest on hilly terrain under a partly cloudy sky. This landscape is characteristic of the Appalachian Mountains, particularly areas like the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, USA, where such rural, forested roads are common in Google Street View imagery.
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 4477
Distance: 221km
Lat: 27.478333
Lng: 87.735556
The image depicts a dirt road winding through a lush, green hillside, characteristic of regions with high vegetation and mountainous terrain. The presence of dense foliage and the style of the road suggest a location in a rural or mountainous area. The image’s characteristics are reminiscent of regions like the Himalayas. The specific coordinates (27.478333, 87.735556) point to an area in Nepal, known for its rugged terrain and dense vegetation, making it a plausible location for the image.
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
anthropic
Score: 2
Distance: 15226km
Lat: 15.5
Lng: -91.8
The image shows a dirt road winding through dense, lush green vegetation on a hillside. The terraced hillside visible in the upper left background, along with the type of vegetation (mix of pine and broadleaf trees), suggests a highland region in Central America or possibly southern Mexico. The terrain looks like it could be in Guatemala’s western highlands, where pine trees mix with tropical vegetation and terraced agriculture is common. The overall appearance - the road type, vegetation mix, and mountainous terrain - points to Guatemala’s highland region.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 168
Distance: 6784km
Lat: 6.8
Lng: 29.2
This image shows a rural unpaved road through dense tropical or subtropical highland forest with lush green vegetation on steep hillsides. The landscape characteristics - the dense vegetation, the hillside terrain, the style of the road, and the overall environmental conditions - are consistent with the highlands of East Africa, particularly the regions around Uganda, Rwanda, or Burundi. The vegetation density and road type suggest this is likely in the East African highlands, with coordinates pointing toward the Uganda-Rwanda border region where such rural forest roads and steep, vegetated terrain are common.
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 3
Distance: 15036km
Lat: 17.2
Lng: -92.1
Dense subtropical vegetation on steep hillside with rural dirt road suggests mountainous region in southern Mexico or Central America. The lush greenery indicates humid climate with substantial rainfall, consistent with Chiapas region of Mexico or similar Central American terrain. The unpaved road and specific vegetation patterns match typical Google Street View imagery from rural Mexican mountainous areas.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 3
Distance: 14723km
Lat: 19.287
Lng: -98.856
Rural unpaved mountain road with mixed pine-oak and dense scrub on a steep slope suggests a temperate highland environment typical of the Trans‑Mexican Volcanic Belt. Vegetation and road construction match many small mountain tracks in central Mexico (Puebla/Hidalgo region). No signage or tropical species visible to suggest lowland tropics; overall appearance fits the Puebla highlands west of Puebla city, so I place the guess there.
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.