Sometimes the way to solve a geolocation challenge is obvious. Other times less so. The Quiztime challenge that Fiete Stegers set on 8th October was certainly in the latter category and was probably the hardest Quiztime I’ve attempted so far. This is quite a lengthy write-up, so click to skip ahead to sections of interest. …
During lockdown I’ve spent a lot of my evenings trying to improve my coding and data science skills with Datacamp. As I’ve tried to apply my new found knowledge to real world projects I’ve come to learn that about 80% of working with data is cleaning it up and making it tidy before you can …
In OSINT as in sport, there is definitely such a thing as home fixture advantage. We are always going to be able to identify the important little clues in an environment we are familiar with rather than one we aren’t. So when I saw Paul Fennell post this geolocation challenge I was pleased …
Where Was This Taken? Church Spires and Steering Wheels Read More »
Things have been busy lately but I finally managed to catch up with a few recent Quiztime challenges. This post will explain how I managed to solve Tilman Wagner’s challenge from 30th October but I have to say it was by far the hardest Quiztime challenge I have ever managed to solve. It is not …
Using Flight Tracking For Geolocation – Quiztime 30th October 2019 Read More »
I’ve written a few blogs about gap analysis before, but it’s an important skill for investigation and intelligence analysis work so I decided to write about it again. Daily Quiztime challenges are a good platform to demonstrate how this kind of methodology can be applied, and it is just as suitable for small scale OSINT …
Gap Analysis: Chrono and Geolocation In Berlin (Quiztime 7th October 2019) Read More »
