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I've heard people say they get geo-location from video or pictures. How do you do that? Thanks, I enjoyed the article!

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Hi John - glad you liked it! That's a great question. I'll point you to the Bellingcat geolocation tutorials because they do a far better job of explaining it than I ever could. Let me know if you have questions or need a hand with anything:

Basic stuff: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2014/07/09/a-beginners-guide-to-geolocation/

More advanced stuff: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2020/12/03/using-the-sun-and-the-shadows-for-geolocation/, https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/03/05/how-to-use-google-earths-three-dimensional-view-feat-syria-yemen-sudan/

Other stuff that's good to know :) https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2021/11/09/first-steps-to-getting-started-in-open-source-research/

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