Geoguessr
Released: 2026-09-19
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meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 3461
Distance: 736km
Lat: 8.4753
Lng: -11.7644
The image depicts a dirt road surrounded by lush greenery and trees, characteristic of tropical or subtropical regions. The red soil is typical of certain areas in West Africa. Given these features, a likely location is in countries like Sierra Leone or Guinea, where such landscapes are common. The specific coordinates are an educated guess based on the visual cues.
google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4778
Distance: 91km
Lat: 12.3551532
Lng: -16.3242031
The image shows a reddish-brown dirt road characteristic of West Africa, specifically the Casamance region of Senegal or parts of Guinea-Bissau. The lush green vegetation, presence of palm trees, and the specific car hood color (tan/beige) visible in the bottom of the frame are very common in Google Street View coverage from Senegal.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 281
Distance: 5760km
Lat: -13.5
Lng: 28.3
This image shows a distinctive red/laterite soil dirt road typical of southern African regions, particularly Zambia. The landscape features characteristic tall trees with sparse undergrowth, typical dry season savanna vegetation, and the reddish earth that is common in Zambian rural areas. The vegetation density and tree types, combined with the red soil and road condition, strongly suggest this is somewhere in Zambia, likely in the southern or eastern regions. The Google Street View watermark and image quality are consistent with rural African coverage. Based on these environmental markers, I’m estimating coordinates in southern Zambia.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4580
Distance: 175km
Lat: 11.8639
Lng: -15.5975
Red lateritic dirt road, dry-season yellow grasses and open tropical woodland with scattered palms — vegetation and soil strongly suggest West African coastal savanna (e.g. Guinea-Bissau/Bissau region). No paved road or dense Amazon rainforest features; tree shapes and sparse palms match West African rural roads.
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 2120
Distance: 1716km
Lat: 10.5
Lng: -1
The image shows a rural unpaved road with distinctive red-orange laterite soil and savanna vegetation (scattered trees with dense undergrowth and grasses). This combination of red laterite soil and Sudanian/Guinea savanna vegetation is characteristic of West Africa, particularly countries like Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, or Benin. The presence of palm trees and the specific type of broad-leaved trees suggest a tropical climate with distinct wet and dry seasons. The lack of any buildings, signs, or vehicles indicates a remote rural area. Based on the biome characteristics and Google Street View coverage patterns, this appears to be in the savanna region of West Africa, approximately around northern Ghana or southern Burkina Faso.
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.