Released: 2026-06-11
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google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4573
Distance: 178km
Lat: 67.432
Lng: 26.589
The landscape features a taiga forest with Scots Pines and birch trees, characteristic of the Northern Boreal zone. The presence of remaining snow patches on the roadside during what looks like spring suggest a high latitude. The dash pattern on the side of the paved road and the overall vegetation are typical of Northern Finland, specifically the Lapland region.
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 3335
Distance: 810km
Lat: 61
Lng: 25
The image features a forest with coniferous trees and a road, with some snow still present on the ground and along the roadside. The trees and the climate suggest a location in a northern country. The presence of a mix of coniferous and some bare trees, along with the remaining snow, indicates a region experiencing a transition from winter to spring. The landscape and vegetation are typical of regions like Finland or parts of Scandinavia. Given the Google Street View watermark, the image is likely from a country with extensive Street View coverage, such as Finland.
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
anthropic
Score: 4475
Distance: 222km
Lat: 66.5
Lng: 25.5
The image shows a road with snow remnants, pine and birch trees typical of boreal/taiga forest, and what appears to be a frozen lake or wetland in the background. The landscape, vegetation type (Scots pine and birch mix), snow conditions suggesting late spring/early spring, and the road style are all consistent with northern Scandinavia or Finnish Lapland. The flat terrain and forest composition suggest northern Finland around the Rovaniemi or Lapland region.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 3909
Distance: 493km
Lat: 63.95
Lng: 25.75
This image shows a boreal forest landscape with coniferous trees (pine and spruce), birch trees, and patches of snow on the ground and in a water body. The mix of vegetation, the presence of snow in spring, the landscape characteristics, and the road style are consistent with Finland’s central or northern regions. The terrain shows typical Finnish lake country with mixed forests. The road markings and overall environment suggest this is from central Finland, likely in the Kainuu or Northern Ostrobothnia region around 64°N latitude and 25-26°E longitude.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4465
Distance: 226km
Lat: 66.5
Lng: 25.7
Boreal landscape with Scots pine and birch, low flat terrain and a lake directly beside a minor paved road with residual snow on the verge — typical early‑spring scene in northern Fennoscandia. Trees, roadside style and lack of mountains suggest Finnish Lapland rather than mountainous northern Sweden or Norway. I therefore place it near Rovaniemi/central Lapland (approx. 66.50 N, 25.70 E).
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 4460
Distance: 229km
Lat: 66.5
Lng: 25.8
The image shows a boreal forest landscape with Scots pine trees, melting snow along the roadside, and a flat-to-rolling terrain characteristic of Finnish Lapland. The coniferous forest composition, the remnant snow patches suggesting late spring or early autumn conditions, and the road type are consistent with rural areas in northern Finland, particularly in the Rovaniemi or Inari regions. The vegetation matches the taiga biome found in northern Scandinavia, and the specific appearance of the pine forest with scattered birch trees is typical of Finland’s northern forests.
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.