Through the use of publicly available satellite imagery, open source investigative techniques, and a bit of creativity, we can find where and when a photo or video was taken. But sometimes, geolocating footage comes with unique challenges – all of which differ depending on the country, landscape, availability of data, or the quality of the… Continue reading
This post is a list of geospatial datasets to drag into Google Earth Pro, such as NASA daily fires and Wikimapia. I have found these useful in conflict analysis and routine geolocation work as they boost what information is achievable with the Google Earth Pro platform. Google Earth Pro is great when it is contains… Continue reading
Identifying past, current, and possible future locations through the geolocation and chronolocation of media provided by a specific user. This case study is based on a challenge from well-known entrepreneur, John McAfee, to show how relative geolocation of two points on a chronological timeline can give a likely path and possible locations in between. To… Continue reading
Villages, towns and dense areas have been burnt, destroyed, and completely levelled in northern Nigeria as the country continues its fight against the Boko Haram insurgency. Using Google Earth’s history function, we can view how landscapes change over years, as well as study developments in infrastructure and refugee movement through conflict areas. For the northern region of… Continue reading