When to use it
You have Image and want to check it through safe, legal, source-based research.
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Location workflow
Verify a location or map clue.
A workflow for checking signs, buildings, terrain, and map evidence safely.
Passive and safe research workflow
What you get
Location assessment, supporting clues, limits, and confidence level.
Safety boundary
This workflow is not for exploitation, probing, or unauthorized scanning. It reads public records, records dates and uncertainty, and avoids turning signals into final claims.
Simple order
Work through the steps in order.
Separate fixed clues
List signs, buildings, roads, terrain, shadows, and skyline.
Check: Temporary details are not treated as fixed proof.
Compare candidate places
Use maps, satellite imagery, and street-level sources.
Check: More than one fixed feature matches.
Check time context
Consider weather, sun, season, and capture date.
Check: The time claim fits the visible clues.
Write confidence
Use clear, likely, possible, or unverified.
Check: The report does not create harm by exposing sensitive locations.
Real tools to open
Report language
The location claim is supported only to the level allowed by fixed clues and independent map checks.
Move to evidence notesSources
Start with these sources.
Copernicus Browser
Satellite imagery
Use to compare terrain, infrastructure, and changes over time.
Open sourceGoogle Earth
Location and map verification
Use to compare visible clues with maps, terrain, sun position, and street-level imagery.
Open sourceGoogle Earth Engine Data Catalog
Satellite imagery
Use to compare terrain, infrastructure, and changes over time.
Open sourceGoogle Maps
Location and map verification
Use to compare visible clues with maps, terrain, sun position, and street-level imagery.
Open sourceLandsatLook
Satellite imagery
Use to compare terrain, infrastructure, and changes over time.
Open sourceMapillary
Location and map verification
Use to compare visible clues with maps, terrain, sun position, and street-level imagery.
Open source