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geolocate

American  
[jee-oh-loh-kayt, jee-oh-loh-kayt] / ˌdʒi oʊˈloʊˌkeɪt, ˌdʒi oʊ loʊˈkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to determine the location of (something or someone) by means of GPS or other positioning technology.


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Researchers say AI models can be useful to professional fact-checkers, helping to quickly geolocate images and spot visual clues to establish authenticity.

From Barron's Dec. 16, 2025

Its experts can set up a dense network of direction-finding sensors and radars to identify and geolocate threats.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

We were able to geolocate it to a residential block on the outskirts of Washington DC.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2025

They mined tweets for both common and scientific names of the pathogen and were able to geolocate the sources.

From Science Daily Feb. 15, 2024

Reuters managed to geolocate the videos but could not verify the date they were shot.

From Reuters Aug. 10, 2023

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