geolocation

See also: géolocation

English

Etymology

geo- +‎ location

Noun

geolocation (countable and uncountable, plural geolocations)

The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.
The latitude and longitude coordinates of a particular location. Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008 (this standard has since been revised by ISO/IEC 19762:2016).

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Translations

the identification of geographic location

Catalan: geolocalització f
French: géolocalisation (fr) f
Galician: xeolocalización f
Georgian: გეოლოკაცია (geoloḳacia)
German: Geolokalisierung f
Greek: γεωεντοπισμός (el) m (geoentopismós)
Italian: geolocalizzazione (it) f
Portuguese: geolocalização (pt) f, georreferenciação f, georreferenciamento m
Russian: геопозициони́рование n (geopozicionírovanije), геолока́ция (ru) f (geolokácija)
Spanish: geolocalización (es) f

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