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Glossary Forensics

Geotag

A geotag is geographic location data, such as latitude and longitude, attached to a photo, video or post.

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Phones usually write GPS coordinates into the EXIF of every photo unless location tagging is switched off. Coordinates are stored as degrees, minutes and seconds and can pin a picture to within metres. Shared files that keep their geotag can reveal where someone lives, works or travels.

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See also

  • Glossary EXIF
    EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is metadata stored inside photos that records the camera, settings, date and often the GPS location.
  • Glossary Metadata
    Metadata is data about data: the hidden or secondary information a file carries about itself, such as its author, creation date.
  • Guide How EXIF Photo Metadata Works
    What EXIF stores inside a photo, where it sits in a JPEG, how to turn GPS degrees into decimal coordinates.
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