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Puzzle#151

Geoguessr

Released: 2026-04-04

Google Street View Image
Country Flag

France

Lat: 47.02100331623274

Lng: 6.56719484054552

See on Google Street View


7
Models Tested
642.7km
Avg. Distance
3638.1
Avg. Score
6
LLM Providers

Key:

Attempt
Solution

Score Threshold:

>4400
>2000
<2000

google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

Score: 3707

Distance: 598km

Lat: 48.441416

Lng: 14.288219


The image shows a sawmill with stacked lumber and specific industrial architecture commonly found in Central Europe. The style of the wooden beams and the green metal siding are highly characteristic of rural industrial facilities in Austria and Southern Germany (Bavaria). Specifically, the topography and the surrounding vegetation visible through the gap suggest the hillier regions of Upper Austria or the Bohemian Forest border region.


meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

Score: 3794

Distance: 552km

Lat: 49.0213

Lng: 13.3619


The image appears to be a warehouse or lumber yard with wooden structures and stacks of lumber. The presence of the ’Google’ watermark in multiple places suggests it is a Google Street View image. The architecture and the style of the buildings are consistent with those found in rural or semi-rural areas of Europe. The text ’I GODDE’ visible through OCR might be a partial name or sign on the building, potentially indicating a local business or landmark. Given the date ’2013’ from the watermark, it is an older image. The coordinates are guessed to be in Germany, given the potential German origin of the name ’GODDE’ and the architectural style, possibly in a region like Bavaria known for its forestry and wood industry.


x-ai/grok-4-fast

x-ai

Score: 3902

Distance: 496km

Lat: 47.8095

Lng: 13.055


The image depicts a rural lumber yard with wooden structures featuring green and red metal roofs, stacks of timber, and a concrete yard surrounded by grassy areas. This architecture and setting are characteristic of the Alpine regions in Central Europe, particularly Austria. The mountainous backdrop implied by the style suggests proximity to the Alps. Salzburg, Austria, is a plausible location for such a sawmill or wood processing site, based on common Google Street View imagery from that area.


anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

Score: 3577

Distance: 670km

Lat: 47.8

Lng: 15.4


The image shows a rural farm complex with wooden buildings, corrugated metal roofing, and brick storage structures. The architectural style, building materials, and overall aesthetic are characteristic of Central European agricultural facilities. The terrain appears slightly elevated with the landscape in the background. Based on the construction style, weathering patterns, and rural setting, this appears to be from Austria or southern Germany’s Alpine foothills region. The distinctive wooden construction and mixed brick/metal roofing is typical of Styrian or Upper Austrian farm buildings. Estimating coordinates for a location in the Upper Austrian/Styrian border region.


anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6

anthropic

Score: 3839

Distance: 529km

Lat: 47.8

Lng: 13.5


This image shows a sawmill or lumber yard with stacks of freshly cut timber boards. The architectural style of the buildings (green metal roof, wooden construction typical of Alpine regions), the lush green vegetation in the background, and the general appearance suggest this is located in the Alpine region of Central Europe - likely Austria or southern Germany (Bavaria). The image quality and Street View metadata suggests Austria. The style of the sawmill and surrounding landscape is consistent with the Austrian Alps region, possibly in Upper Austria or Styria.


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

Score: 3662

Distance: 623km

Lat: 47.2

Lng: 14.8


The image shows a lumber yard with stacks of wood panels under metal and wood structures. The architecture features green corrugated metal siding and wooden beams typical of Central European industrial buildings. The mountainous, green landscape in the background and the style of the facility strongly suggest this is in the Alpine region, likely Austria. The building construction, roofing materials, and lumber storage methods are characteristic of woodworking operations in Styria (Steiermark) or similar Austrian regions known for forestry industries. The overall scene matches typical Street View imagery from rural industrial areas in Austria.


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

Score: 2986

Distance: 1031km

Lat: 49.432

Lng: 20.032


Rural sawmill / timber yard in a temperate, Central European setting: stacks of spruce/pine boards, corrugated metal roofs and open-sided wooden shed construction common in Poland/Slovakia/Czechia. Vegetation and cloud type indicate a mid-latitude climate. Building style, materials and small-scale industrial layout match many lumber yards in southern Poland near the Tatra foothills (Nowy Targ / Zakopane region), so I placed the guess in that area (approx. 49.4320, 20.0320).


Methodology Note

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.

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