geolocation

See also: géolocation

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Etymology

From geo- +‎ location.

Noun

geolocation (countable and uncountable, plural geolocations)

1. The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.
2. 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).

Synonyms

• geolocalisation, geolocalization
• geopositioning

Derived terms

• geolocational

Related terms

• geolocalise, geolocalize
• geolocate
• geo-blocking, geoblocking

Translations

the identification of geographic location

Catalan: geolocalització (ca) f, localització geogràfica 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