# LocatePic (locatepic.com)

> Find where any photo or video was taken using Swiss cartographic visual clues, solar azimuth geometry, and 0ms client-side EXIF metadata parsing.

## Core Cartographic & Metadata Workbenches
- [Where Was This Photo Taken? (https://locatepic.com/)](https://locatepic.com/): Primary 5-node optical triangulation & 0ms local EXIF/GPS workbench.
- [Where Is This Photo From? Trace Image Source & Location](https://locatepic.com/where-is-this-photo-from): Asking "where is this photo from?" spans two distinct forensic questions: digital provenance (is this a reposted web image, stock photo, movie frame, or fresh camera original?) and physical geography (which city, street, or mountain corridor was it shot in?). LocatePic answers both in one unified scan—auditing binary container headers in 0ms locally, checking indexed public web copies via Cloud Vision Web Detection, and running 6-layer optical triangulation when zero public copies exist.
- [Photo to Location Converter](https://locatepic.com/photo-to-location): Converting a photo to location coordinates transforms raw image evidence into standard geodetic formats: WGS-84 Decimal Degrees (49.2578, -123.1534), Degrees Minutes Seconds (49°15'28.1"N), and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) easting/northing meters for GIS and navigation software.
- [Where was this video taken?](https://locatepic.com/where-was-this-video-taken): To find where a video was taken, scrub through the clip to isolate the sharpest widest-angle keyframe showing stationary horizon lines, road signs, or utility infrastructure. LocatePic extracts lossless canvas frames from MP4/MOV files locally and runs 6-layer cartographic triangulation.
- [AI Geolocation Workbench](https://locatepic.com/ai-geolocation): AI geolocation combines computer vision feature extraction with Geographic Information System (GIS) topology. By intersecting visual constraints—such as highway orientation, elevation contours, and arid/temperate biome boundaries—it narrows global search spaces to verifiable coordinates.
- [House Finder AI: Verify Property & House Location by Photo](https://locatepic.com/house-finder-ai): House Finder AI helps buyers, real estate researchers, and architectural historians verify where a property listing or house exterior photograph is located. By combining architectural building-code cues (roof snow-load pitch, cladding, chimney flashing), municipal right-of-way hardware (hydrant bonnet colors, curb cuts, utility service masts), and open street-tree GIS inventories, LocatePic narrows unaddressed listing photos to verified municipal districts.
- [Binary EXIF Viewer & GPS Inspector](https://locatepic.com/exif-viewer): LocatePic EXIF Viewer parses raw binary JPEG/TIFF/HEIC ArrayBuffers directly in your browser without uploading files to any server. It decodes IFD0 device headers, ExifIFD optical exposure settings, and GPSIFD (0x8825) geodetic coordinates with sub-second precision.
- [Photo Metadata Viewer](https://locatepic.com/photo-metadata-viewer): A complete photo metadata viewer inspects more than basic camera exposure: it audits container byte size, Adobe XMP editing history, IPTC newsroom headers, ICC color profiles (Display P3 vs sRGB), embedded GPS coordinates, and UTC timezone offsets—revealing both where and how a digital image was produced.
- [EXIF Location Viewer & Photo GPS Map](https://locatepic.com/exif-location-viewer): An EXIF location viewer decodes binary GPS tags (0x8825) from JPEG, HEIC, and drone DNG photos and plots them onto a WGS-84 topographic map—including altitude above sea level and the exact 0–360° compass viewing cone the lens was facing.
- [Remove Location & EXIF GPS Data from Any Photo](https://locatepic.com/remove-location-from-photo): To permanently remove location and EXIF data from a photo without trusting an external upload server, LocatePic decodes the raw image pixels onto an isolated HTML5 canvas inside your browser RAM and exports a brand-new byte container. This single 0ms operation physically purges GPSIFD (0x8825) coordinates, IFD1 embedded preview thumbnails, Apple/Canon/Sony MakerNote serials, and XMP editing packets while preserving 1:1 pixel dimensions.
- [Photo Location Finder](https://locatepic.com/photo-location-finder): LocatePic Photo Location Finder combines instant client-side EXIF GPS decoding with multimodal optical forensics. When social apps strip metadata, it inspects exterior skylines, road markings, indoor hotel/café fixtures, and sun shadow angles to lock the real coordinates.
- [Photo GPS Map Plotter](https://locatepic.com/photo-gps-map): A Photo GPS Map extracts WGS-84 coordinates from your image headers (or triangulates them optically) and projects each frame onto a live road and terrain map—allowing you to inspect single pins or connect multiple photos into a chronological travel trajectory.
- [Verify Dating App Photos: Anti-Catfishing & Location Authenticity](https://locatepic.com/verify-dating-app-photo): To verify whether an online dating profile or chat photo is authentic and not a stolen stock photo or catfishing scam, LocatePic provides two-tier verification: 1) Client-side EXIF inspection to detect re-encoded web downloads vs. genuine camera originals, 2) Optical landmark verification of background fixtures, and 3) Solar lighting angle analysis to corroborate claimed capture conditions.
- [Verify Airbnb & Property Photos: Sun Facing & GIS](https://locatepic.com/verify-airbnb-photo): Before paying for a short-term vacation rental or villa, verify that the listing photos physically match the advertised district. LocatePic cross-references balcony mountain/coastline horizons, municipal curb and tree species, roof geometry, and window sunlight angles against OpenStreetMap and satellite terrain.
- [Verify Real Estate & Property Listing Photos](https://locatepic.com/verify-real-estate-photo): Real estate analysts, appraisers, and buyers use LocatePic to locate unaddressed pocket listings and verify parcel photography. By intersecting architectural vernacular, municipal fire hydrant and curb standards, and solar shadow bearings, you can confirm parcel orientation and municipality.
- [GeoSpy AI Alternative: Open-Access Photo & Route Locator](https://locatepic.com/geospy-alternative): Looking for a working GeoSpy AI alternative? LocatePic is open for immediate public use—combining 0ms client-side EXIF/HEIC/MP4 metadata extraction, a 400% optical forensic loupe, 6-layer AI terrain/infrastructure triangulation, Meeus/NOAA solar shadow math, and OSRM multi-photo highway route tracing.

## 240-Country Reference Atlas & Solar Instruments
- [Visual Geolocation Clues Atlas (240 Countries)](https://locatepic.com/clues): Cross-filter Left vs Right-hand traffic, ITU calling codes, and UTC solar bands.
- [Country Calling Codes List (+1 to +998)](https://locatepic.com/clues/phone-calling-codes): Complete ITU-T telephone prefix lookup for photo signage.
- [Driving Side by Country (LHT vs RHT)](https://locatepic.com/clues/driving-side-by-country): 241-jurisdiction traffic handedness and switch year archive.
- [Solar Azimuth & Shadow Calculator](https://locatepic.com/solar-shadow-calculator): Estimate geographic latitude from vertical object height and shadow length.

## Empirical Forensic Case Reconstructions (18 Real Plates)
- [Forensic Case Archives](https://locatepic.com/cases): Step-by-step DEM horizon and infrastructure triangulation proofs.
- [Qingyuan Subtropical Viaduct & Karst Corridor](https://locatepic.com/cases/qingyuan-viaduct-skyline)
- [Qaidam Basin Arid Highway Roll-Fit](https://locatepic.com/cases/qaidam-desert-roll-fit)
- [Vancouver Municipal Street-Tree GIS Lock](https://locatepic.com/cases/vancouver-cherry-street-trees)

## Competitor Benchmarks & Governance
- [LocatePic vs. Picarta.ai: Photo, Video & Route Verification](https://locatepic.com/compare/picarta-alternative): While Picarta.ai focuses on single-image coordinate prediction, LocatePic integrates a complete darkroom verification suite—combining 0ms local EXIF inspection, MP4/MOV video keyframe extraction, multi-photo highway route plotting, and solar shadow timestamp verification.
- [LocatePic vs. GeoSeer (GeoSeeer): Optical, Indoor & Route Comparison](https://locatepic.com/compare/geoseer-alternative): LocatePic advances multi-clue photo geolocation beyond GeoSeer (geoseeer.com) by adding a zero-upload binary EXIF inspector, one-click privacy scrubbing, native MP4/MOV video keyframe extraction, and a multi-photo route trajectory calculator.
- [3-Layer Triangulation Methodology](https://locatepic.com/methodology)
- [Acceptable Use & Ethical OSINT Policy](https://locatepic.com/acceptable-use)
- [XML Sitemap](https://locatepic.com/sitemap.xml)