Thread by @NeePscambaiting

A quick example of tracking an exact location of a building with one available photo using open-source tools and methods.

This is the available photo. We want to find the exact location where it was taken. We know it's somewhere in India.

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#GeoOSINT #OSINT

(2/7) First step was to use Google Images (google.com/imghp) to reverse-search the photo. Important here was to crop only this prominent skyscraper. Because of its unique shape, there will be fewer bad results. And voilà, we got it! The 2nd visual match seems like it.

(3/7) The result leads to a Facebook post of a housing project called "Amanora Park Town". The photos at the bottom confirm it's the same building as the original. By searching the name on Google, we find out this place is located in 📍Pune, Maharashtra, India.

(4/7) Turns out, Amanora Park Town is a quite big area and it doesn't seem so easy to find that particular building. So what other clues do we have? Let's check the Facebook-Post again: We can see towers in the back labeled "Amanora Gateway". So let's search for that on GMaps

(5/7) Nice! We found that iconic building at least. Now we have to check the correct side and angle from which the original photo was taken. For that, I just rotate the map until the buildings are in line with the original photo.

(6/7) Bingo!🥳 We found it, the buildings are in line and the exact location seems to be:

📍Adreno Tower 41, Amanora Park Town, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra 411028, India

(7/7) Bonus: On Google Maps you'll find pics from the balconies of that building. We can see, the exact type of railing as used in the original photo.