3 ms·

How do you geolocate a photo shoot and search for a camera that matches? I really don't know what you meant. Assuming you're not talking about phone metadata, o

by oblak 4y ago

How do you geolocate a photo shoot and search for a camera that matches? I really don't know what you meant. Assuming you're not talking about phone metadata, of course.

GenerocUsername 4y ago
It's phone geo data. Not sure if Instagram makes the exif data available
- Tostino 4y ago
  No, exif data is wiped from photos by any of the large social media companies and public photo hosts and has been like that for years. Edited to add comma.
  - danso 4y ago
    I think you’re missing a critical comma? ”No, exif data…”
    - Tostino 4y ago
      I think you'd be right!
- Chazprime 4y ago
  Last I heard, Instagram strips EXIF data on upload.
- Dma54rhs 4y ago
  Instagram strips it but people themselves add the location on their own, that you can maybe access through api or at least minimum by scraping.
  - glenneroo 4y ago
    Otherwise sites like this wouldn't exist: https://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/ https://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/ (taken from yesterday's posting of OPsec tools: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32951406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32951406)
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]
roywiggins 4y ago
People geotag their own Instagram posts, you can just search Instagram for photos in Times Square and get loads. If you only want to do this for a few photos, you just need to (eg) record the Times Square webcams for a couple weeks, then find a couple of recently tagged Times Square photos, make a good guess as to time-of-day and exact photo spot and scrub through your recorded footage from those times until you see someone in those clothes with that pose. It'll take a little while, but with this project you only need to do it a few times. Keep in mind that the person doing this has all the context from the Instagram account's other photos and captions. Perhaps the same Instagram account made it really obvious what day this trip was happening, which would narrow it down enormously. We don't have that context, but the artist putting this project together has a free choice of which photos to investigate, and in Times Square or in front of Wrigley Field you can surely find some Instagram posts where it's obvious from the surrounding context what day and time it was taken, EXIF data aside. And that's assuming the artist didn't just hire these people to show up at Times Square at a convenient time for him to press "record" on the webcam.

by oblak 4y ago

How do you geolocate a photo shoot and search for a camera that matches? I really don't know what you meant. Assuming you're not talking about phone metadata, of course.

GenerocUsername 4y ago

It's phone geo data. Not sure if Instagram makes the exif data available

Tostino 4y ago
No, exif data is wiped from photos by any of the large social media companies and public photo hosts and has been like that for years. Edited to add comma.
- danso 4y ago
  I think you’re missing a critical comma? ”No, exif data…”
  - Tostino 4y ago
    I think you'd be right!
Chazprime 4y ago
Last I heard, Instagram strips EXIF data on upload.
Dma54rhs 4y ago
Instagram strips it but people themselves add the location on their own, that you can maybe access through api or at least minimum by scraping.
- glenneroo 4y ago
  Otherwise sites like this wouldn't exist: https://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/ https://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/ (taken from yesterday's posting of OPsec tools: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32951406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32951406)

deleted 4y ago

[deleted]

roywiggins 4y ago

People geotag their own Instagram posts, you can just search Instagram for photos in Times Square and get loads. If you only want to do this for a few photos, you just need to (eg) record the Times Square webcams for a couple weeks, then find a couple of recently tagged Times Square photos, make a good guess as to time-of-day and exact photo spot and scrub through your recorded footage from those times until you see someone in those clothes with that pose. It'll take a little while, but with this project you only need to do it a few times. Keep in mind that the person doing this has all the context from the Instagram account's other photos and captions. Perhaps the same Instagram account made it really obvious what day this trip was happening, which would narrow it down enormously. We don't have that context, but the artist putting this project together has a free choice of which photos to investigate, and in Times Square or in front of Wrigley Field you can surely find some Instagram posts where it's obvious from the surrounding context what day and time it was taken, EXIF data aside. And that's assuming the artist didn't just hire these people to show up at Times Square at a convenient time for him to press "record" on the webcam.