Geolocation

Geopositioning is the process of determining or estimating the geographic position of an object or a person. Geopositioning yields a set of geographic coordinates in a given map datum. Geographic positions may also be expressed indirectly, as a distance in linear referencing or as a bearing and range from a known landmark.

The resulting geoposition is sometimes referred to as geolocation, and the process of geopositioning may also be described as geo-localization.
In turn, positions can be used to determine a more easily understandable location, such as a street address.

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