where-was-this-taken

# Where was this taken Input: an image or video file, or a URL to one. Output: a location with a confidence radius, a time window, an authenticity assessment, and the evidence chain for each. This workflow orchestrates. The technique detail lives in `secrets-in-file-metadata`, `find-the-original-image`, `geolocate-from-pixels` and `is-this-photo-real` — run those, don't reimplement them here. The order matters more than anything else in this file. Metadata before analysis, because analysis destroys metadata. Provenance before geolocation, because the original's caption often *is* the location. Authenticity checks before you commit, because geolocating a composite gives you a confident answer to the wrong question. ## Step 1 — Authorized scope Read [../../ETHICS.md](../../ETHICS.md). Then state, in writing, before you open the file: - **Subject** — what the media is, and who appears in or is affected by it. - **Objective** — verification, disinformation research, missing persons, threat assessment, due diligence, litigation support, or showing someone their own exposure. If you cannot name a legitimate objective, stop. - **In and out of bounds** — specifically: are you permitted to publish a precise coordinate, or only a region? Is face search permitted? Is anyone in the frame a private individual? - **Jurisdiction** — yours, the subject's, and the platform's. Precise historical location data about an identifiable person is regulated personal data in most of ...