Geolocation vs. Geopositioning — What's the Difference?

The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.

Geopositioning, also known as geotracking, geolocalization, geolocating, geolocation, or geoposition fixing is the process of determining or estimating the geographic position of an object.Geopositioning yields a set of geographic coordinates (such as latitude and longitude) in a given map datum; positions may also be expressed as a bearing and range from a known landmark. In turn, positions can determine a meaningful location, such as a street address.

The latitude and longitude coordinates of a particular location. Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008 (this standard has since been revised by ISO/IEC 19762:2016).

The identification of geographic location by means of technology; geolocation.