Car Show Demo
Car Show Demo

Locating a Car Show
in 30 Seconds

(Case Study) November 18, 2025 —

A real-world demonstration of OceanIR's geolocation capabilities—pinpointing exact locations from a single photo.

Try It Yourself
Category
Case Study
Date
18.11.2025
Read Time
5 min

Every image tells a story. Sometimes, the most important detail is where it was taken.

Last month, an automotive journalist friend sent us a challenge. A photo from a car show they attended years ago—no idea where. Could OceanIR help? Thirty seconds later, we had our answer.

The challenge

The image showed a bustling car show—classic vehicles, vendor tents, crowds of enthusiasts. No obvious landmarks, no visible signage with location info, no GPS data in the metadata.

It was the perfect test case. The kind of image that would normally require hours of manual searching, cross-referencing against satellite imagery, hoping for a lucky match.

It was the perfect test. Thirty seconds later, we had our answer.

The 30-second journey

Here's exactly what happened when we uploaded the image.

The Process
1
0–5 seconds: Initial Analysis
47 vehicles identified. Architectural elements detected. Shadow angles calculated.
2
5–15 seconds: Regional Narrowing
License plate patterns suggested southwestern US. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture detected.
3
15–25 seconds: Precise Location
Mountain profile matched San Gabriel Mountains. Venue identified: Fairplex in Pomona, California.
4
25–30 seconds: Verification
Event: Pomona Swap Meet. Date range: March or April.
Final Confidence Scores
98.7%
Location
96.2%
Venue
94.1%
Event

The technology

What makes this rapid identification possible is OceanIR's multi-layer approach. Rather than relying on a single method, we simultaneously analyze dozens of factors.

Object Detection
47 vehicles identified
Architecture
Spanish Colonial Revival
Topography
San Gabriel Mountains
Vegetation
SoCal Palm Species

What this means

The car show demo is just one application. The same principles apply to event documentation, insurance verification, historical research, and automotive provenance.

Our current 30-second time is already fast—we're working toward sub-10-second identification for most queries.

Have an image to test?

See what OceanIR can find in your photos.

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— oceanir.ai