geolocation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).

Word forms

geolocation geolocations

Etymology

From geo- + location.

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