geolocation

[ jee-oh-loh-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌdʒi oʊ loʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun Digital Technology.

the process of determining the location of an electronic device, as a computer, cell phone, satellite, etc.

the actual location as determined by this process: The website uses the IP address of your device to estimate your geolocation.

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Origin of geolocation

First recorded in 2005–10; geo(graphical) + location

ge·o·lo·cate, verb (used with object) ge·o·lo·cat·ed, ge·o·lo·cat·ing.

The artist founded a Norfolk data-mining company that collaborated with California’s Niantic on a mobile game, “Ingress,” whose geolocation technology led to the Pokemon-hunting app.
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It’s this sort of geolocation technology that is used to help your car company or food delivery service locate you, and how the map app on your phone gives you directions.
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The NBA used high-tech tools like technology from Kinexon, a real-time geolocation technology company, that tracks athletes’ performance to monitor social distancing.
What business can learn from the NBA bubble|Beth Kowitt|October 19, 2020|Fortune
The second is to look at mobility trends, such as geolocation or credit card data, to see if people are actually behaving the way they say they are.
Republicans And Democrats See COVID-19 Very Differently. Is That Making People Sick?|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux|July 23, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

So a number of other studies have tried to figure out what people were actually doing by using geolocation data to follow people’s movements.
Republicans And Democrats See COVID-19 Very Differently. Is That Making People Sick?|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux|July 23, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The social networking behemoth is getting into the geolocation game.
Facebook's Annoying New Feature|Brian Ries|August 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST