This tutorial is part 4 of the OSINT At Home series. It covers how to identify a location from a photo or video using Google Maps – also referred to as geolocation.
The techniques in this video should not be taken alone in their process, as the first three videos in this series cover the image reverse search, looking up metadata, and using advanced search techniques to find out more information in your research. All of this information adds to the context of an image or video you are trying to geolocate.
While I have tried to be as thorough as possible in my geolocation methodology to help you learn or master this technique, this is not a definitive learning resource, and it should be complimented with other resources, such as the ‘more resources’ I have listed below.
Many have asked me about how they can get good at geolocation, like what is seen in this video. I would recommend following some of the accounts I mention in the resources below, especially those that are transparent in their methodology. The other way is to practice, whether that be by geolocating images found on social media, in the news, or through games such as GeoGuessr.
The OSINT At Home series is useful for those looking to find digital breadcrumbs and pick up some methods of open source intelligence (OSINT), digital investigations and good old plain research. No matter who you are, or where you are in the world, you can follow these tutorials from home with publicly available information to answer questions such as who, what, where and when.
TOOLS MENTIONED
GOOGLE MAPS: https://maps.google.com/
MORE RESOURCES
https://benjaminstrick.com/finding-mcafee-a-case-study-on-geoprofiling-and-imagery-analysis/
https://medium.com/quiztime/how-to-tell-the-geolocation-of-places-based-on-old-sources-using-osint-a-case-study-e44e0faed388
GEOLOCATION ACCOUNTS ON TWITTER
https://twitter.com/obretix
https://twitter.com/il_kanguru
https://twitter.com/BenDoBrown
https://twitter.com/john_marquee
https://twitter.com/y_vdw
PRACTICE GEOLOCATION:
https://www.geoguessr.com/
https://twitter.com/Quiztime
https://ftp.firstdraftnews.org/articulate/glch318/story_html5.html
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CREDITS FOR THIS TUTORIAL
MUSIC INTRO: World’s Fair – God Mode
MUSIC END: Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400003
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
FOOTAGE: Therry_FX/Shutterstock.com/ Alexander Steam/Shutterstock.com
FOOTAGE FROM SYRIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXNxKAotKSw
FOOTAGE FROM MYANMAR: Myanmar Army via AP: https://apnews.com/article/c8f628c535da565ab3d45b7905d1acaf
FOOTAGE FROM TWITTER: https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1222192224412278784?s=20