geolocation

See also: géolocation

English

Etymology

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

Related terms

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

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