Released: 2026-08-06
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google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4989
Distance: 4km
Lat: 41.0182522
Lng: 20.6277914
The image shows a scenic lakeside road with distinctive architecture and landscape features common in the Balkans. The stone retaining wall on the left, the specific style of the streetlights, and the large body of water adjacent to mountainous terrain are characteristic of the road along Lake Ohrid. Specifically, the view matches the SH3/P501 road on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid, looking south towards the North Macedonian border from the Albanian side, or near the Pogradec area.
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 4436
Distance: 240km
Lat: 42.454722
Lng: 18.5375
The image shows a road running along the edge of a large body of water, with a hillside to the left. The road has a stone wall on one side and a guardrail on the other, and there are streetlights along the road. The body of water and the surrounding mountains are consistent with the geography of the Bay of Kotor in Montenegro. The specific location appears to be near the town of Perast, which is known for its scenic road along the bay.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 4455
Distance: 231km
Lat: 42.8
Lng: 19.3
This image shows a modern coastal highway with distinctive features: a well-maintained asphalt road with white lane markings, modern street lights, a protective retaining wall on the left side, and a scenic Adriatic Sea view on the right. The landscape shows Mediterranean vegetation and mountainous terrain. The road design, safety barriers, and overall infrastructure style are consistent with the Adriatic coastal highways found in the Balkans, particularly in Montenegro or Albania. The turquoise water and rocky coastline are characteristic of this region. Based on the road quality and coastal geography, this appears to be along the Montenegrin coast, likely near the Bay of Kotor area or further south along the Adriatic highway (route that connects the coast).
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4979
Distance: 8km
Lat: 40.9059
Lng: 20.6642
Coastal two‑lane road with stone retaining wall on the uphill side and metal guardrail on the lakeside, Mediterranean scrub on the hills and distant mountain silhouette across a narrow but large freshwater body — matches the appearance of the Albanian shore of Lake Ohrid near Pogradec/Tushemisht. Lamp posts and road markings are consistent with Albanian national road along the lake.
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 1789
Distance: 2056km
Lat: 40.35
Lng: 45.08
The image shows a paved highway running alongside a large body of water with steep, rocky hills on the landward side. The road features a distinctive stone retaining wall on the left and standard guardrails on the right overlooking the water. The vegetation is sparse and Mediterranean/semi-arid in appearance. This combination of a large alpine lake with surrounding arid mountains and stone-walled highways is characteristic of Lake Sevan in Armenia, specifically along the M-4 highway that circles the lake. The landscape, road infrastructure style, and climate match this region rather than coastal Mediterranean highways or the greener Black Sea coast.
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.