GPS & Location Data Forensic Analysis
A Practical Baseline Guide for Defense Investigators and Attorneys
Location evidence may come from phones, apps, cloud accounts, photographs, vehicles, wearables, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth devices, and cellular providers. Each source records different events with different limits.
Do not assume every map point is GPS. First identify what created the location, what event it represents, and how the result was processed. This page helps defense investigators and attorneys establish the technical baseline for evaluating location records, timelines, routes, maps, and reported conclusions.