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. 2023 Mar 15:1–32. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10462-023-10454-y

Table 14.

Geospatial search tools

Name Functions
Digital globe (ESRI 2022) Map of the location, Explore the surroundings of a victim if the location is known
Daum (2022) Map of location, Limited as everything in Korean
N2yo (2022) Live feed from satellite to know relevant data
Wiggle (2001) Network maps of the location
BB Bike (Schneider 2022) Different maps placed side by side for easy comparisons
Newspaper map (OpenStreetMap 2022) Intel over general interests in the area, News Papers brands used majorly in the area
USGS (2022) The US provided a map finally with meeting the set properties, Useful in narrowing down on a target
Google map street view (2022a) Street view of the location or around it
KartaView (Chris 2020) Publicly available street views datasets
ZoomEarth (2022) Live satellite feed with weather and all
Mapillary (2013) Street view if available
Address lookup (Agarwal 2004) Address of the clicker i.e. a process to make the victim click the button and get his address
Viamichelin (2022) The path between the locations
Corona project (Wilson 1960) Map made by a US secret satellite in the 1970s used to know the old name of a place
TripGeo (2022) The animated path between the locations provided
Mapquest (2022) Map with a nearest public place like restaurants etc. nearby, Easy to explore a wide area
Maphub (2022) Collaborative Maps
Perry-Castaneda library map collection (2022) Map of the selected period, Get some really old maps and new maps too WayBack Machine of Maps
Round shot (Seitz 2022) Live Cam active nearby, Explore nature, and understand a country
Live earth map (GlobalIncidentMap 2006) Marks on locations where a recent natural disaster occurred, Understand the different problems different countries face with respect to natural disasters