Geotagging is a process of adding geographical identification in the form of metadata to various media like websites, SMS, QR codes, RSS feeds, geotagged photographs etc.

• The data usually consists of parameters like latitude, longitude, altitude, distance, place names etc.
• It can help to find a range of location specific information from a device.

? It was in news because it is estimated that 1 crore assets have been geotagged under GeoMGNREGA initiative.