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geolocate

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[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

BBC Verify could not definitively geolocate the footage.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

Further research will have to be done to use GPT's extracted location descriptions to actually geolocate victims, and perhaps figure out ways to filter out irrelevant or false posts about a disaster.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Reuters was not able to geolocate or verify the date of the video.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2023

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