#geolocating — Public Fediverse posts

@ai6yr

If you like #geolocating you're going to love @rainbolt a Norwegian geolocator who is god.

"Senegal gradient"
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/-cxla3Rt6qc

If this guy does not work for NATO Intel by now, it's a crime.

“We are #geolocating human rights violations in #Senegal, exposing #Israel’s use of #white #phosphorus in #Gaza, verifying #Russia’s #deliberate and #illegal strikes in #Ukraine and now revealing war crimes in #Iran. But we can’t do this #alone.“

https://amnesty.ca/?form=evidence-lab&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_evin_prison_appeal&utm_content=Digital%20Evidence%20Lab%20Emergency%20Appeal%20-%20Evin%20Prison%2024%20July%202025%20-%20Core

“We are #geolocating human rights violations in #Senegal, exposing #Israel’s use of #white #phosphorus in #Gaza, verifying #Russia’s #deliberate and #illegal strikes in #Ukraine and now revealing war crimes in #Iran. But we can’t do this #alone.“

https://amnesty.ca/?form=evidence-lab&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=utm_evin_prison_appeal&utm_content=Digital%20Evidence%20Lab%20Emergency%20Appeal%20-%20Evin%20Prison%2024%20July%202025%20-%20Core

While contributing a little to #OpenStreetMap today (which you have to create an account for) I kept seeing edits from another user in my area, making me guess that they probably gotta live in the same hood as me. That made me wonder if you could use #OSM contributions for #OSINT, in particular for #geolocating contributors.

And yes, of course you can!

OSM states in their #privacy policy that email addresses are never ("intentionally") published, however your user name is public and searchable. So I gave it a little test, I picked a random OSM contributor and based on how their edits are clustered on the map I could make a reasonable guess about the neighborhood they likely live in, see screenshot below. Searching their user name on the web I could quickly identify other accounts on Github and social media, as well their OSM contributions, meaning this works in both directions.

So, while obviously I don't want to discourage anyone from contributing to OSM, I do recommend using a user name that's not easily linkable to your accounts on other websites as well as a unique email address, as you never know if there'll be a leak someday.

https://hachyderm.io/@gollyhatch/114444823292027476

🗺️ #geoquiz

Wo in #Kassel wurde dieses #Foto aufgenommen? Und was befand sich einst an diesem Ort? (Koordinaten + Objekt)

Bitte 🔃 drücken, damit Freunde miträtseln können!

(closest #geodata wins) 🔍

#histodons #Ratsel #geoquiz #openstreetmap #maps #geocaching #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint #Geschichte
@geoquiz @kassel @histodons @geocaching_de

🗺️ #geoquiz

Wo und wann in #Kassel wurde dieses #Foto aufgenommen? (Koordinaten + Jahr)

Bitte 🔃 drücken, damit Freunde miträtseln können!

(closest #geodata wins) 🔍

#histodons #Ratsel #geoquiz #openstreetmap #maps #geocaching #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint #Geschichte
@geoquiz @kassel @histodons @geocaching_de

🗺️ #geoquiz @geoquiz @kassel @histodons @geocaching_de

Die bisherigen Geo-Rätsel waren relativ leicht, hier kommt ein sehr schweres!

Von wo in #Kassel wurde dieses #Foto aufgenommen? (Koordinaten + Lösungsweg)

Bitte 🔃 drücken, damit Freunde miträtseln können!

#histodons #Ratsel #geoquiz #openstreetmap #maps #geocaching #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint #Geschichte

(closest #geodata wins) 🔍

🗺️ #geoquiz @geoquiz @kassel

Von wo in #Kassel wurde dieses #Foto aufgenommen, wie lauten die vollständigen Koordinaten, und was ist der Hinweis?

Bitte 🔃 drücken, damit Freunde miträtseln können!

#Ratsel #geoquiz #openstreetmap #maps #geocaching @geocaching_de #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint

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My #superbowl tradition: #geolocating the commercials, in the thread below!

Just spent 10 minutes #geolocating the photos of some random person on the Birdsite thinking they had to be a fake, AI-generated "bot". Amazingly, no 🤷 (at least, all the photos I checked of them were taken in real places of real people).

🗺️ #geoquiz @geoquiz @kassel

Wo wurde dieses #Foto aufgenommen, wie lauten die vollständigen Koordinaten?

Bitte 🔃 drücken, damit Freunde miträtseln können!

#Kassel #Ratsel #geoquiz #openstreetmap #maps #geocaching @geocaching_de #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint #foto #Fotomontag #Photomonday

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🗺️ #geoquiz @geoquiz @kassel

Wo haben wir dieses schöne Winterbild aufgenommen und welcher Name steht wohl auf dem Schild?

#Kassel #Ratsel #Fotomontag #Photomonday #geoquiz #geocaching #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint #ctf #foto #Schnee #openstreetmap #maps
@gwydd @sqdblly @timtom @schenklklopfer @barsteward @geocaching @haraldboettger @Horschtel

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However you define your "opponents" - let's say #transphobic #racist paramilitary zombie nazzboiz from the Vulcan galaxy, whatever - if you go to their websites to check out all the beautiful things they say about you or your friends, there are a couple few basic things you must do to keep them from putting trojans on your computer or #geolocating your network: #vpn and #virtualmachine. If there is sufficient interest, I will expand the THREAD with #howto info. #infosec for #newbies

🗺️ #geoquiz @geoquiz @kassel

Wo haben wir dieses schöne Winterbild aufgenommen?

#Kassel #Ratsel #Fotomontag #Photomonday #geoquiz #geocaching #geoguessr #GeoLokalisieren #geolocation #Geolocating #osint #ctf #foto #Schnee #openstreetmap #maps
@gwydd @sqdblly @timtom @schenklklopfer @barsteward @geocaching

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More than Meets the Eye: #Geolocating Images Using Creativity and SunCalc. Determining the exact location of where and when an image was taken can be critical for an investigation: https://exposingtheinvisible.org/en/guides/geolocating-images-suncalc/ #OSINT