geolocation

See also: géolocation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greek der.

Proto-Hellenic *gayader.

Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.

Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)

Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der.

English geo-

English location

English geolocation

From geo- + location.

Noun

geolocation (countable and uncountable, plural geolocations)

1. The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.
2. The latitude and longitude coordinates of a particular location. Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008 (this standard has since been revised by ISO/IEC 19762:2016).

Synonyms

• geolocalisation, geolocalization
• geopositioning

Derived terms

• geolocational

Related terms

• geolocalise, geolocalize
• geolocate
• geo-blocking, geoblocking

Translations

the identification of geographic location

• Catalan: geolocalització (ca) f, localització geogràfica f
• French: géolocalisation (fr) f
• Galician: xeolocalización f
• Georgian: გეოლოკაცია (geoloḳacia)
• German: Geolokalisierung f
• Greek: γεωεντοπισμός (el) m (geoentopismós)
• Italian: geolocalizzazione (it) f
• Portuguese: geolocalização (pt) f, georreferenciação f, georreferenciamento m
• Russian: геопозициони́рование n (geopozicionírovanije), геолока́ция (ru) f (geolokácija)
• Spanish: geolocalización (es) f