geotag

English

Etymology

geo- +‎ tag

Verb

geotag (third-person singular simple present geotags, present participle geotagging, simple past and past participle geotagged)

1. (transitive, Internet) To augment (a photograph or other item) with metadata indicating a geographic location.
   • 2021, “On Me”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon:

     Got fans on me, IG story, know where I be / All geotagged, got brands on me, got ads on me

Noun

geotag (plural geotags)

1. (Internet) A piece of metadata indicating a geographic location, attached to a photograph or other item.
   • 2018 February 12, Josh Duboff, “Reese Witherspoon Is Natalie Portman’s Instagram Guru”, in Vanity Fair‎^[1]:

     But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying.