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If you ask, where is this photo taken and you provide the EXIF data, why would that be cheating?

That really depends on your prompt. "Guess where this photo was taken" at least mildly implies that using EXIF isn't in the spirit of the thing.

A better prompt would be "Guess where this photo was taken, do not look at the EXIF data, use visual clues only".