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Everything about Geotagging

Act of associating geographic coordinates to digital media

Geotagging, or GeoTagging, is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or RgSSfeeds and is a form of geospatial metadata. This data usually consists of latitude and longitude coordinates, though they can also include altitude, bearing, distance, accuracy data, and place names, and perhaps a time stamp. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: GeotaggingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: StreetScouting: A Deep Learning Platform for Automatic Detection and Geotagging of Urban Features from Street-Level ImagesInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Social Media RetrievalThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Who Tweets with Their Location? Understanding the Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and the Use of Geoservices and Geotagging on TwitterCited 205 times
  5. Go sideways: Geotagged photographA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Geo (microformat)A closely related topic

đź“– Definitions

Verb present participle and gerund of geotag

Noun The augmentation of photographs or other items with metadata indicating a geographic location.

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