The coordinates reveal that both photographs were taken at the same address in an area of London, not far from an area previously mentioned in connection with the case; although not exactly the same area according to a pair of helpful tools.

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Thanks to Google Maps and Google Street View, identifying addresses and cross-referencing with other public data sources referencing people and sometimes historical events, building a bigger picture can be time-consuming. Frequently, however, it’s worth the effort.

Don’t Take Data For Granted

While the GPS coordinates in any image can be useful, they also have the potential to mislead or, in fringe cases, may have even been tampered with. Taking this case as an example, just because the photograph was taken inside a particular address, it doesn’t necessarily follow that the items were actually seized from inside that address.

We’re unable to commit the resources to prove one way or the other, but these devices may have been retrieved from a vehicle, rather than bricks and mortar.

While not necessarily used or useful in this case, other items in images like these can at times prove helpful. With carpet clearly visible, that has the potential be matched to an address. Since knocking on the door and asking to look around might not be well received, the property may have been sold recently. If so, an estate agent has probably photographed the entire house and left the listing online.

Finally, feel free to freak yourself out with GeoSpy AI, an online tool which tries to identify the location of photographs taken outside, even with metadata stripped. It can be hit-and-miss depending on image and location but when it gets it right, it does so with startling accuracy.

TorrentFreak previously notified the source of both photographs that metadata hadn’t been stripped