Nameless Range
Well-known member
I have always been good at guessing Montana locations based on pictures. I had an internship in college that required me to review feature-accuracy for every USGS Quad in the state, and have been obsessed with MT Geography my whole life. Often when people post hunting photos I have been able to nail down their location, with only a mountain side aspect and some vegetation in the picture.
Sooner than later, that skill will be exceeded by anyone who can use Google.
Google has now developed an AI that can identify image locations on earth that are not geotagged.
It's not overly impressive in its abilities yet, but as its sample size increases and the "deep-learning" algorithm gets more and more data from previously geotagged images like vegetation, aspect, topography, and drainage direction via shadows, I would not doubt that within the next decade this thing becomes freakishly good at nailing down locations - if only from the picture of some dude with his elk in the timber.
Sooner than later, that skill will be exceeded by anyone who can use Google.
Google has now developed an AI that can identify image locations on earth that are not geotagged.
It's not overly impressive in its abilities yet, but as its sample size increases and the "deep-learning" algorithm gets more and more data from previously geotagged images like vegetation, aspect, topography, and drainage direction via shadows, I would not doubt that within the next decade this thing becomes freakishly good at nailing down locations - if only from the picture of some dude with his elk in the timber.