05 – Geolocating Photos & Videos – Practical Exercises
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Where is this precisely (latitude & longitude)?
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Where are we?
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Where exactly (within one meter) was this photo taken? Find the visual confirmation and exact coordinates.
What is the name of the strange-looking monument or building on the left?
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Where exactly was this video filmed?
My daughter sent this photo and dared asking me where she was spending a few days off. She is based in Nîmes. Where was this photo taken precisely?
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Where and when was this photo most probably taken?
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Where was this photo taken?
What is behind those walls?
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Where was this photo taken?
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Where are we?
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Where is this? What is unique about this place?
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Where was this aerial photo taken exactly and when?
Give its precise geographic coordinated (latitude & longitude), the date it was taken , and confirm the location with a satellite view from Google Earth Pro.
Where is this mosque? What tragic event happened here?
Where and when was this photo taken exactly?
On using 3D terrain & satellite imagery to match landscapes…
It is claimed that American soldiers are training Albanian soldiers in shooting near the village of Bizë in Albania. With Google Earth, geolocate this photo very precisely.
Another geolocation tool using mountain ridgelines: the PeakVisor app.
*A tutorial on this subject : More than Mountaineering: Using PeakVisor for Geolocation
How can heat signatures visible from space be used to geolocate environmental disasters (e.g., megafires) or signs of war in certain regions (e.g., bombings and fire destruction)?
Your starting point: find the approximate location and a range of dates, and use NASA’s FIRMS heatmap: firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/
Example:
The video below is supposed to show a village set on fire by the Burmese armed forces in the Mandalay region of Myanmar (formerly Burma), around January 13 or 14, 2022. How can its exact location be verified using FIRMS and other tools?
More explanations here: https://x.com/BenDoBrown/status/1482045588980080641
A tutorial on this:
According to a BBC article, a massacre took place in the village of Dalori (image below), 10 km southeast of Maiduguri in Nigeria, in January 2016. The village was also largely set on fire. Using the FIRMS website, check if there are thermal signatures at that location and on that specific date.
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