Geolocalization of digital data

Abstract

When digital technologies first began to proliferate, some predicted the “death of distance”(Cairncross1997). By now,however,we have come to realize that location and place have by no means lost significance in or as a result of digital media. Location information is embedded in digital data in many ways. For example, social media platforms allow users to disclose where they live in their profiles. Blogposts, news stories, and comments discuss places, andplatforms like Twitter and Instagram make it possible to display the location where a post is made.