[HN Gopher] ShadowFinder: Find possible locations of shadows aro...
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       ShadowFinder: Find possible locations of shadows around the world
        
       Author : consumer451
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2024-06-04 19:34 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | consumer451 wrote:
       | Demo video from Rainbolt, the guy who can geo guess anything:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQIjDPFgdJA
        
         | Havoc wrote:
         | That vid also demonstrated that the tool alone isn't enough.
         | You need a rudimentary grasp of geoguesser to know where in the
         | marked circle to even start looking
        
           | consumer451 wrote:
           | Yes, the title should be "greatly accelerate the process of
           | finding a location..."
        
       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | So if you remove ALL the metadata from a photo, including the
       | time it was taken, how likely is it that the location can be
       | guessed? Asking for a friend.
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       | (Assume the sky isn't visible.)
        
         | hatthew wrote:
         | Extremely dependent on the photo, but generally more doable
         | that most people assume. Geowizard on youtube has a series
         | where he guesses the location of arbitrary photos sent to him
         | by subscribers, and he has quite a high success rate. Even
         | without being a wizard at geography, an amateur can make a
         | solid attempt just by being intelligent about using the clues
         | available.
        
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