Hi folks, hope all are well today!
Is there a Lemmy community (or dare I say Reddit sub) that talks about finding locations from photos without meta/EXIF data?
I know there are groups that do this sort of thing for “fun”, so I thought I would ask here first… before doing random internet searches.
I have photo of a person in a location but my “tracking skills” are terrible. Best I can do is determine the country the photo was taken in.
My intent is to keep myself safe, I am not doing anything nefarious!! Just throwing that out there folks 🙂
Appreciate any and all feedback/responses. Have a great day all!
UPDATE 12/20/2024: I was able to very the info I needed without using any photos. However, I do appreciate all the responses. Maybe this post will help others.
OP already solved their problem but for others finding this thread: If you already know the country or city (or other general area), you can try asking in a community for that country or city. Few people can pinpoint locations around the world generally, but people subscribing to such communities may be able to help within that area.
Great advice!
Reddit has WhereWasThisTaken. I’m not aware of a Lemmy counterpart. You could create it though.
The reddit sub is going to delete op submissions, because he’s trying to locate the place of a person.
Could always give this guy’s series a bit of a watch, viewers send in images and he tries to geolocate them: https://youtu.be/QWtQKNsA-uY?si=tfi4ZuzxjG_e5i-V
There’s some tips to be gleaned from the videos when he’s discussing his methods, but it’s not a step-by-step guide by any sense of the word.
Maybe a GeoGuesser community
Is that what they call themselves… GeoGuessers? Did not know that was the terminology.
Will start a search for that, thank you so much!
Not exactly. There is a web-based game called GeoGuesser, where users are given a picture and guess where the picture was taken on a map. You get a higher score the closer you get.
One player I follow called GeoWizard makes YouTube videos of his games, as well as challenges himself to find locations of fan photos and such. Your situation sounds like the ladder. :D
On a different note, he also takes on real life challenges, such as crossing European countries in a (nearly) straight line, or traveling as far as he can with just 10 pounds in his pocket. Recommend checking out a series if you’ve got time.
