geolocation

Meaning

Noun

• 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).

Related

Similar words

• geolocalisation, geolocalization
• geopositioning

Origin

• geo- + location