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Geometric problem solving constitutes a critical branch of mathematical reasoning, requiring precise analysis of shapes and spatial relationships. Current evaluations of geometric reasoning in vision-language models (VLMs) face limitations,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Yuan Feng , Yue Yang , Xiaohan He , Jiatong Zhao , Jianlong Chen , Zijun Chen , Daocheng Fu , Qi Liu , Renqiu Xia , Bo Zhang , Junchi Yan

Geographic reasoning is a fundamental cognitive capability that requires models to infer plausible locations by synthesizing visual evidence with spatial world knowledge. Despite recent advances in large vision-language models (LVLMs),…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Pengyue Jia , Yingyi Zhang , Xiangyu Zhao , Sharon Li

The evolution of Remote Sensing Vision-Language Models(RS-VLMs) emphasizes the importance of transitioning from perception-centric recognition toward high-level deductive reasoning to enhance cognitive reliability in complex spatial tasks.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Wenshuai Li , Xiantai Xiang , Zixiao Wen , Guangyao Zhou , Ben Niu , Feng Wang , Lijia Huang , Qiantong Wang , Yuxin Hu

We present GeoGrid-Bench, a benchmark designed to evaluate the ability of foundation models to understand geo-spatial data in the grid structure. Geo-spatial datasets pose distinct challenges due to their dense numerical values, strong…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Bowen Jiang , Yangxinyu Xie , Xiaomeng Wang , Jiashu He , Joshua Bergerson , John K Hutchison , Jordan Branham , Camillo J Taylor , Tanwi Mallick

Recently spatial-temporal intelligence of Visual-Language Models (VLMs) has attracted much attention due to its importance for autonomous driving, embodied AI and general AI. Existing spatial-temporal benchmarks mainly focus on egocentric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Qinghongbing Xie , Zhaoyuan Xia , Feng Zhu , Lijun Gong , Ziyue Li , Rui Zhao , Long Zeng

Multimodal reasoning is a process of understanding, integrating and inferring information across different data modalities. It has recently attracted surging academic attention as a benchmark for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although there…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Fenghua Cheng , Jinxiang Wang , Sen Wang , Zi Huang , Xue Li

Current Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) in Earth Observation typically neglect the critical "vertical" dimension, limiting their reasoning capabilities in complex remote sensing geometries and disaster scenarios where physical spatial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Xuran Hu , Zhitong Xiong , Zhongcheng Hong , Yifang Ban , Xiaoxiang Zhu , Wufan Zhao

Geometry problem-solving (GPS), a challenging task requiring both visual comprehension and symbolic reasoning, effectively measures the reasoning capabilities of multimodal large language models (MLLMs). Humans exhibit strong reasoning…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Liangyu Xu , Yingxiu Zhao , Jingyun Wang , Yingyao Wang , Bu Pi , Chen Wang , Mingliang Zhang , Jihao Gu , Xiang Li , Xiaoyong Zhu , Jun Song , Bo Zheng

In human reading and communication, individuals tend to engage in geospatial reasoning, which involves recognizing geographic entities and making informed inferences about their interrelationships. To mimic such cognitive process, current…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Yibo Yan , Joey Lee

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in applications that interact with the physical world, such as navigation, robotics, or mapping, making robust geospatial reasoning a critical capability. Despite that, LLMs' ability to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Thinh Hung Truong , Jey Han Lau , Jianzhong Qi

Geometric spatial reasoning forms the foundation of many applications in artificial intelligence, yet the ability of large language models (LLMs) to operate over geometric spatial information expressed in procedural code remains…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Shixian Luo , Zezhou Zhu , Yu Yuan , Yuncheng Yang , Lianlei Shan , Yong Wu

Remote sensing has become critical for understanding environmental dynamics, urban planning, and disaster management. However, traditional remote sensing workflows often rely on explicit segmentation or detection methods, which struggle to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Kaiyu Li , Zepeng Xin , Li Pang , Chao Pang , Yupeng Deng , Jing Yao , Guisong Xia , Deyu Meng , Zhi Wang , Xiangyong Cao

Vision-language models (VLMs) have shown promise in earth observation (EO), yet they struggle with tasks that require grounding complex spatial reasoning in precise pixel-level visual representations. To address this problem, we introduce…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Yan Shu , Bin Ren , Zhitong Xiong , Xiao Xiang Zhu , Begüm Demir , Nicu Sebe , Paolo Rota

Benchmarking spatial reasoning in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) has attracted growing interest in computer vision due to its importance for embodied AI and other agentic systems that require precise interaction with the physical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Zelin Xu , Yupu Zhang , Saugat Adhikari , Saiful Islam , Tingsong Xiao , Zibo Liu , Shigang Chen , Da Yan , Zhe Jiang

Three-dimensional geospatial analysis is critical for applications in urban planning, climate adaptation, and environmental assessment. However, current methodologies depend on costly, specialized sensors, such as LiDAR and multispectral…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Mai Tsujimoto , Junjue Wang , Weihao Xuan , Naoto Yokoya

Vision Language Models (VLMs) are good at recognizing the global location of a photograph -- their geolocation prediction accuracy rivals the best human experts. But many VLMs are startlingly bad at \textit{explaining} which image evidence…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Mohit Talreja , Joshua Diao , Jim Thannikary James , Radu Casapu , Tejas Santanam , Ethan Mendes , Alan Ritter , Wei Xu , James Hays

As Earth science enters the era of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) not only offers great potential for solving geoscience problems, but also plays a critical role in accelerating the understanding of the complex, interactive, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Jin-Jian Xu , Hao Zhang , Chao-Sheng Tang , Lin Li , Bin Shi

Recent advances in multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have accelerated progress in domain-oriented AI, yet their development in geoscience and remote sensing (RS) remains constrained by distinctive challenges: wide-ranging…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Aoran Xiao , Shihao Cheng , Yonghao Xu , Yexian Ren , Hongruixuan Chen , Naoto Yokoya

Mathematical geometric reasoning is essential for scientific discovery and educational development, requiring precise logic and rigorous formal verification. While recent advances in Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have improved…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Jingxuan Wei , Caijun Jia , Qi Chen , Honghao He , Linzhuang Sun , Conghui He , Lijun Wu , Bihui Yu , Cheng Tan

Beneath the stunning visual fidelity of modern AIGC models lies a "logical desert", where systems fail tasks that require physical, causal, or complex spatial reasoning. Current evaluations largely rely on superficial metrics or fragmented…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Haonan Han , Jiancheng Huang , Xiaopeng Sun , Junyan He , Rui Yang , Jie Hu , Xiaojiang Peng , Lin Ma , Xiaoming Wei , Xiu Li
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