How to extract high-precision GPS coordinates, altitude, and camera angles from photographs, and how to verify location authenticity.
Modern smartphones record satellite GPS coordinates with accuracy down to 3 meters, alongside altitude, heading direction, and atomic GPS timestamps.
These coordinates are stored in the TIFF GPSInfo IFD and Adobe XMP packets. Extracting them instantly pinpoints where and when a photograph was taken.
Always scrub GPS coordinates before sharing images publicly to prevent physical tracking and geolocation exposure.
Security Analyst and Aspiring Security Engineer passionate about digital image forensics, OSINT research, CTF steganography challenges, and client-side application security.
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