geotag
Digital location marker
A geotag is location data—typically latitude and longitude coordinates—embedded in digital content like photos, videos, or social media posts.
When you take a picture with your phone, the device often automatically geotags it, recording exactly where the photo was taken.
This metadata enables features like mapping your travel photos or searching for images by location.
As a verb, to geotag means to add such location information to digital content: I geotag all my hiking photos so I can remember the trails.
Spatial data framework
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- overlayCovering placed atop
- layerSingle thickness of material
- markerSomething that signals location
pin · annotation · spatial · visualization · heatmap · cluster · plotted · basemap
Geographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- UTMCartographic coordinate system
- WGS84Earth's shape model
datum · geodetic · waypoint · coordinate · position · pinpoint · precision · accuracy
Registering one's presence
- FoursquareGeolocation social media platform
- InstagramPhoto-sharing social platform
- FacebookDominant social media platform
- SnapchatDisappearing multimedia messenger
posting · privacy · tagged · Flickr · upload · social · friends · public
Photo file information standard
- timestampRecorded moment identifier
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- fileStored collection of data
- imageVisual or mental likeness
photo · camera · properties · attributes · extraction · encoding · storage · header
GIS
Spatial data framework
- cartographyCreating geographic representations
- overlayCovering placed atop
- layerSingle thickness of material
marker · pin · annotation · spatial · visualization · heatmap · cluster · plotted · basemap · tile
latitude
Geographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- UTMCartographic coordinate system
WGS84 · datum · geodetic · waypoint · coordinate · position · pinpoint · precision · accuracy · altitude
check-in
Registering one's presence
- FoursquareGeolocation social media platform
- InstagramPhoto-sharing social platform
- FacebookDominant social media platform
Snapchat · posting · privacy · tagged · Flickr · upload · social · friends · public · discovery
EXIF
Photo file information standard
image · photo · camera · properties · attributes · extraction · encoding · storage · header · parsing
location-based
Dependent on physical position
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- fleetVehicles under unified command
asset · wildlife · logistics · delivery · movement · route · history · breadcrumb · trace · surveillance
- tagsdog tags, ear tags, gift tags, hang tags, luggage tags
- trackerslocation tracker, pet tracker, car tracker, phone tracker, fitness tracker
- Location Datacoordinates, latitude, longitude, GPS coordinates, address
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- GPSsatellite, GPS navigation, GPS tracking, latitude, GPS receivers
- check-in termsfront desk, lobby, reservation, confirmation, key card
geotagprivacy mode
Untracked browsing option
anonymize · untagged · incognito · untraceable · anonymous posting