用强化学习让模型自己推理照片地理位置,不依赖外部数据。
Vision-Language Reasoning for Geolocalization: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
- 构建层级地理推理链,从坐标自动映射到国家、城市等实体。
- 通过哈弗辛距离设计奖励机制,提升定位精度与泛化能力。
- 无需图像检索,结果可解释,适合需要透明推理的应用场景。
视觉语言模型的发展为基于推理的图像地理定位带来了新可能。然而,现有方法通常依赖合成推理标注或外部图像检索,限制了可解释性与泛化能力。本文提出Geo-R,一种无检索框架,通过真实坐标挖掘结构化推理路径,并利用强化学习优化定位精度。我们设计了‘区域链’(Chain of Region)规则化分层推理范式,将GPS坐标映射至国家、省、市等地理实体,无需模型生成或合成标签。在此基础上,引入轻量级强化学习策略,基于哈弗辛距离的坐标对齐奖励,使模型通过空间有意义反馈不断优化预测。该方法融合结构化地理推理与直接空间监督,在多个基准测试中显著提升定位准确率,增强泛化性与推理透明度。实验验证了Geo-R的有效性,建立了一种可扩展、可解释的无检索图像地理定位新范式。为促进研究复现,模型与代码将公开发布。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Recent advances in vision-language models have opened up new possibilities for reasoning-driven image geolocalization. However, existing approaches often rely on synthetic reasoning annotations or external image retrieval, which can limit interpretability and generalizability. In this paper, we present Geo-R, a retrieval-free framework that uncovers structured reasoning paths from existing ground-truth coordinates and optimizes geolocation accuracy via reinforcement learning. We propose the Chain of Region, a rule-based hierarchical reasoning paradigm that generates precise, interpretable supervision by mapping GPS coordinates to geographic entities (e.g., country, province, city) without relying on model-generated or synthetic labels. Building on this, we introduce a lightweight reinforcement learning strategy with coordinate-aligned rewards based on Haversine distance, enabling the model to refine predictions through spatially meaningful feedback. Our approach bridges structured geographic reasoning with direct spatial supervision, yielding improved localization accuracy, stronger generalization, and more transparent inference. Experimental results across multiple benchmarks confirm the effectiveness of Geo-R, establishing a new retrieval-free paradigm for scalable and interpretable image geolocalization. To facilitate further research and ensure reproducibility, both the model and code will be made publicly available.
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