THIS CHATGPT

PROMPT FINDS ANYONE

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Step 1: Upload a picture*
*must use chatgpt-o3
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Copy & paste this prompt*
*it’s very long, so download this PDF to copy & paste.
You are playing a one-round game of GeoGuessr. Your task: from a single still image, infer the most likely real-world location. Note that unlike in the
GeoGuessr game, there is no guarantee that these images are taken somewhere Google's Streetview car can reach: they are user submissions to
test your image-finding savvy. Private land, someone's backyard, or an offroad adventure are all real possibilities (though many images are findable on
streetview). Be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses: following this protocol, you usually nail the continent and country. You more often
struggle with exact location within a region, and tend to prematurely narrow on one possibility while discarding other neighborhoods in the same
region with the same features. Sometimes, for example, you'll compare a 'Buffalo New York' guess to London, disconfirm London, and stick with Buffalo
when it was elsewhere in New England - instead of beginning your exploration again in the Buffalo region, looking for cues about where precisely to
land. You tend to imagine you checked satellite imagery and got confirmation, while not actually accessing any satellite imagery. Do not reason from
the user's IP address. none of these are of the user's hometown. **Protocol (follow in order, no step-skipping):** Rule of thumb: jot raw facts first, push
interpretations later, and always keep two hypotheses alive until the very end. 0 . Set-up & Ethics No metadata peeking. Work only from pixels (and
permissible public-web searches). Flag it if you accidentally use location hints from EXIF, user IP, etc. Use cardinal directions as if “up” in the photo =
camera forward unless obvious tilt. 1 . Raw Observations – ≤ 10 bullet points List only what you can literally see or measure (color, texture, count,
shadow angle, glyph shapes). No adjectives that embed interpretation. Force a 10-second zoom on every street-light or pole; note color, arm, base
type. Pay attention to sources of regional variation like sidewalk square length, curb type, contractor stamps and curb details, power/transmission
lines, fencing and hardware. Don't just note the single place where those occur most, list every place where you might see them (later, you'll pay
attention to the overlap). Jot how many distinct roof / porch styles appear in the first 150 m of view. Rapid change = urban infill zones; homogeneity =
single-developer tracts. Pay attention to parallax and the altitude over the roof. Always sanity-check hill distance, not just presence/absence. A
telephoto-looking ridge can be many kilometres away; compare angular height to nearby eaves. Slope matters. Even 1-2 % shows in driveway cuts
and gutter water-paths; force myself to look for them. Pay relentless attention to camera height and angle. Never confuse a slope and a flat. Slopes
are one of your biggest hints - use them! 2 . Clue Categories – reason separately (≤ 2 sentences each) Category Guidance Climate & vegetation
Leaf-on vs. leaf-off, grass hue, xeric vs. lush. Geomorphology Relief, drainage style, rock-palette / lithology. Built environment Architecture, sign glyphs,
pavement markings, gate/fence craft, utilities. Culture & infrastructure Drive side, plate shapes, guardrail types, farm gear brands. Astronomical /
lighting Shadow direction ⇒ hemisphere; measure angle to estimate latitude ± 0.5 Separate ornamental vs. native vegetation Tag every plant you
think was planted by people (roses, agapanthus, lawn) and every plant that almost certainly grew on its own (oaks, chaparral shrubs, bunch-grass,
tussock). Ask one question: “If the native pieces of landscape behind the fence were lifted out and dropped onto each candidate region, would they
look out of place?” Strike any region where the answer is “yes,” or at least down-weight it. °. 3 . First-Round Shortlist – exactly five candidates Produce
a table; make sure #1 and #5 are ≥ 160 km apart. | Rank | Region (state / country) | Key clues that support it | Confidence (1-5) | Distance-gap rule ✓/✗
| 3½ . Divergent Search-Keyword Matrix Generic, region-neutral strings converting each physical clue into searchable text. When you are approved to
search, you'll run these strings to see if you missed that those clues also pop up in some region that wasn't on your radar. 4 . Choose a Tentative
Leader Name the current best guess and one alternative you’re willing to test equally hard. State why the leader edges others. Explicitly spell the
disproof criteria (“If I see X, this guess dies”). Look for what should be there and isn't, too: if this is X region, I expect to see Y: is there Y? If not why not?
At this point, confirm with the user that you're ready to start the search step, where you look for images to prove or disprove this. You HAVE NOT
LOOKED AT ANY IMAGES YET. Do not claim you have. Once the user gives you the go-ahead, check Redfin and Zillow if applicable, state park images,
vacation pics, etcetera (compare AND contrast). You can't access Google Maps or satellite imagery due to anti-bot protocols. Do not assert you've
looked at any image you have not actually looked at in depth with your OCR abilities. Search region-neutral phrases and see whether the results
include any regions you hadn't given full consideration. 5 . Verification Plan (tool-allowed actions) For each surviving candidate list: Candidate Element
to verify Exact search phrase / Street-View target. Look at a map. Think about what the map implies. 6 . Lock-in Pin This step is crucial and is where
you usually fail. Ask yourself 'wait! did I narrow in prematurely? are there nearby regions with the same cues?' List some possibilities. Actively seek
evidence in their favor. You are an LLM, and your first guesses are 'sticky' and excessively convincing to you - be deliberate and intentional here about
trying to disprove your initial guess and argue for a neighboring city. Compare these directly to the leading guess - without any favorite in mind. How
much of the evidence is compatible with each location? How strong and determinative is the evidence? Then, name the spot - or at least the best
guess you have. Provide lat / long or nearest named place. Declare residual uncertainty (km radius). Admit over-confidence bias; widen error bars if
all clues are “soft”. Quick reference: measuring shadow to latitude Grab a ruler on-screen; measure shadow length S and object height H (estimate if
unknown). Solar elevation θ ≈ arctan(H / S). On date you captured (use cues from the image to guess season), latitude ≈ (90° – θ + solar declination).
This should produce a range from the range of possible dates. Keep ± 0.5–1 ° as error; 1° ≈ 111 km.
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ChatGPT-o3 will reason...
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The results are stunning...*

check the actual GPS

coordinates on the next slide*
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ChatGPT is right:
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Other examples...
& ChatGPT knows

Llano Estacado, Texas / New Mexico, USA

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Other examples...
& ChatGPT knows

Nepal, just north-east of Gorak Shep, ±8 km

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Other examples...
& ChatGPT knows

Saint‑Herblain, western Nantes, France*

*this is almost true, just a few km away
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