LocationAgent: A Hierarchical Agent for Image Geolocation via Decoupling Strategy and Evidence from Parametric Knowledge
Qiujun Li, Zijin Xiao, Xulin Wang, Zhidan Ma, Cheng Yang, Haifeng Li

TL;DR
This paper introduces LocationAgent, a hierarchical model for image geolocation that separates reasoning and evidence verification, utilizing external tools and a new Chinese dataset, achieving significant performance improvements.
Contribution
The paper proposes a novel hierarchical agent with external evidence verification for image geolocation and introduces the CCL-Bench dataset for Chinese locations.
Findings
LocationAgent outperforms existing methods by at least 30% in zero-shot settings.
The RER architecture effectively prevents reasoning drift in multi-step processes.
External evidence tools improve the accuracy and robustness of geolocation inference.
Abstract
Image geolocation aims to infer capture locations based on visual content. Fundamentally, this constitutes a reasoning process composed of \textit{hypothesis-verification cycles}, requiring models to possess both geospatial reasoning capabilities and the ability to verify evidence against geographic facts. Existing methods typically internalize location knowledge and reasoning patterns into static memory via supervised training or trajectory-based reinforcement fine-tuning. Consequently, these methods are prone to factual hallucinations and generalization bottlenecks in open-world settings or scenarios requiring dynamic knowledge. To address these challenges, we propose a Hierarchical Localization Agent, called LocationAgent. Our core philosophy is to retain hierarchical reasoning logic within the model while offloading the verification of geographic evidence to external tools. To…
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Taxonomy
TopicsMultimodal Machine Learning Applications · Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques · Advanced Neural Network Applications
