geolocate
Determine precise position
To geolocate is to determine the geographic position of something—typically a device, person, or IP address.
The term belongs to digital technology: apps geolocate your phone to give directions, advertisers geolocate users to serve local content, and investigators geolocate suspects through cell tower data.
The photo was geolocated to a café in Berlin.
Geographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- bearingPosture or orientation
waypoint · position · pinpoint · triangulation · GPS · site · spot · place
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- footprintMark from stepping
signals · detection · satellite · radar · spyware · ping · trace · find
latitude
Geographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
bearing · waypoint · position · pinpoint · triangulation · GPS · site · spot · place · address
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- trackingMonitoring location over time
footprint · signals · detection · satellite · radar · spyware · ping · trace · find · follow
smartphone
Handheld connected computer
beacon · RFID · Bluetooth · WiFi · antenna · receiver · hardware · firmware · API · service
cartography
Creating geographic representations
layer · basemap · terrain · boundary · region · zone · area · sector · polygon · database
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
geolocation, geolocations, geolocates, geolocating, geolocated