> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/categories/geolocation.md).

# Geolocation

| Name                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Cost                                                         | Tool Review and Guide                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Bellingcat OpenStreetMap Search | A user interface to search OpenStreetMap data for features in proximity to each other.                                                                                                                                   | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/openstreetmap-search-tool](/toolkit/more/all-tools/openstreetmap-search-tool.md)                             |
| GeoHints                        | GeoHints is a website that provides information about things like traffic lights, utility poles, bollards etc. for different regions of the world to help geolocate a location.                                          | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/geohints](/toolkit/more/all-tools/geohints.md)                                                               |
| GeoNames                        | The GeoNames geographical database covers all countries and contains over eleven million place names that are available for download free of charge Extremely useful in Geo Tagging, documentation, and data collection. | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="http://www.geonames.org/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><http://www.geonames.org/></mark></a></p> |
| Photo-Map.RU                    | Geotagged VK posts.                                                                                                                                                                                                      | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | <p><sub><em>Guide not available</em></sub></p><p><a href="http://photo-map.ru/"><mark style="background-color:blue;"><http://photo-map.ru/></mark></a></p>         |
| ShadeMap                        | ShadeMap is a global simulation of mountain, building & tree shadows for a given date & time. Base data is free, but users can buy 30cm accurate data per sq km for areas of special focus.                              | <mark style="background-color:orange;">Partially Free</mark> | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/shademap](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shademap.md)                                                               |
| Shadow Finder                   | To analyse shadows in source imagery, Shadow Finder maps all points on the earth where a shadow of given length could occur at a given date & time, IF the height of the object casting it is known.                     | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/shadow-finder](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shadow-finder.md)                                                     |
| ShadowMap                       | Global map of 3D buildlings and the shadows they cast at a specific time a day                                                                                                                                           | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/shadowmap](/toolkit/more/all-tools/shadowmap.md)                                                             |
| Spot                            | A natural language interface for querying the OpenStreetMap database to find locations which meet the search criteria described by the user.                                                                             | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/spot](/toolkit/more/all-tools/spot.md)                                                                       |
| SunCalc                         | Suncalc models the relationship between the date, time of day, the geographic location of a place, and the position of the sun in the sky, together with the length & direction of the shadows it casts.                 | <mark style="background-color:green;">Free</mark>            | [https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/suncalc](/toolkit/more/all-tools/suncalc.md)                                                                 |


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