Geotagging
Introduction

[thumb\|Geotag information in a [JPEG](/wiki/JPEG "JPEG") photo, shown by the software [gThumb](/wiki/GThumb "GThumb")](/wiki/Image:Geotagging_gThumb.png "Geotagging gThumb.png")
[thumb\|Geotag information stamped onto a JPEG photo by the software GPStamper](/wiki/File:Geotag_Stamp.jpg "Geotag Stamp.jpg")
[thumb\|Geotagger "Solmeta N2" for the [Nikon D5000](/wiki/Nikon_D5000 "Nikon D5000") DSLR](/wiki/Image:Solmeta_N2_auf_Nikon_D5000_Rueckansicht.JPG "Solmeta N2 auf Nikon D5000 Rueckansicht.JPG")

**[Geotagging](/wiki/Geotagged_photograph "Geotagged photograph")**, or **GeoTagging**, is the process of adding geographical identification [metadata](/wiki/Metadata "Metadata") to various media such as a [geotagged photograph](/wiki/Geotagged_photograph "Geotagged photograph") or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or [RgSS](/wiki/RSS "RSS")feeds and is a form of [geospatial metadata](/wiki/Geospatial_metadata "Geospatial metadata"). This data usually consists of [latitude and longitude coordinates](/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system "Geographic coordinate system"), though they can also include [altitude](/wiki/Altitude "Altitude"), [bearing](/wiki/Bearing_%28navigation%29 "Bearing (navigation)"), distance, accuracy data, and place names, and perhaps a [time stamp](/wiki/Time_stamp "Time stamp").

Geotagging can help users find a wide variety of location\-specific information from a device. For instance, someone can find images taken near a given location by entering latitude and longitude coordinates into a suitable image [search engine](/wiki/Search_engine "Search engine"). Geotagging\-enabled information services can also potentially be used to find [location\-based](/wiki/Location-based_service "Location-based service") news, websites, or other resources. Geotagging can tell users the location of the content of a given picture or other media or the [point of view](/wiki/Perspective_%28visual%29 "Perspective (visual)"), and conversely on some media platforms show media relevant to a given location.

The geographical location data used in geotagging can, in almost every case, be derived from the [global positioning system](/wiki/Global_positioning_system "Global positioning system"), and based on a [latitude](/wiki/Latitude "Latitude")/[longitude](/wiki/Longitude "Longitude")\-coordinate system that presents each location on the earth from 180° west through 180° east along the [Equator](/wiki/Equator "Equator") and 90° north through 90° south along the [prime meridian](/wiki/Prime_meridian "Prime meridian").

The related term [geocoding](/wiki/Geocoding "Geocoding") refers to the process of taking non\-coordinate\-based geographical identifiers, such as a street address, and finding associated [geographic coordinates](/wiki/Geographic_coordinates "Geographic coordinates") (or vice versa for [reverse geocoding](/wiki/Reverse_geocoding "Reverse geocoding")). Such techniques can be used together with geotagging to provide alternative search techniques.


Can I use geotagging-enabled services to find news related to my location?