OSINT & Investigations
Determine where a photo was taken in the Netherlands. Cross-reference social media posts, verify incident locations, and build Bellingcat-style geolocation workflows with street-level accuracy.
Why investigators choose GeoPin
Photo Geolocation
Upload or link any photo taken in the Netherlands and receive precise coordinates. GeoPin matches visual features against millions of geo-tagged street images using deep visual embeddings and geometric verification.
Social Media Cross-Referencing
Check whether a post's claimed location matches its actual location. Pull images from social media, run them through GeoPin, and compare the detected coordinates with the stated locations or metadata.
Incident Location Verification
Confirm the exact location of documented incidents. Cross-reference witness footage, CCTV stills, and press photos with GeoPin's high-resolution database to spatially reconstruct events.
Bellingcat-Style Workflows
Integrate GeoPin into structured verification pipelines. Combine visual geolocation with satellite imagery, Google Street View, and open-source databases to build evidence chains of legal quality.
Investigation Workflow
Acquire the image
Screenshot, capture, or download the target image from social media, messaging apps, or news feeds.
Submit to GeoPin
Upload via the web interface or send through the API. GeoPin extracts deep visual features and searches across the entire Netherlands.
Review candidates
Receive ranked location candidates with confidence scores, matched reference images, and precise GPS coordinates.
Verify & corroborate
Check results against satellite imagery, street view, and other open-source intelligence to confirm the location and build your case.
Example Scenarios
Tracking disinformation
A viral social media post claims a photo shows flooding in Limburg. GeoPin identifies the actual location as an entirely different province, debunking the misleading context within minutes.
Missing person search
The last known photo on a missing person's phone shows an unfamiliar Dutch street. GeoPin pinpoints the location to a specific intersection in Utrecht, giving investigators a concrete starting point.
Mapping a criminal network
Images from seized devices show meeting locations without metadata. GeoPin geolocates each image and reveals an activity pattern around specific neighborhoods and transport hubs.
Start precision investigations
GeoPin delivers the geolocation accuracy that open-source investigations demand. Free tier available for individual researchers.