ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Geolocation

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Geolocation is a noun meaning The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. 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).

Word Forms

Synonyms for geolocation

Depending on context, synonyms include geolocalisation, geolocalization, geopositioning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include histolocalization, cytolocation, echolocalization, biogeography, biologging, biotelemetry.

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