Combinatorics Approach to Probabilistic Geolocation

摘要

A method and system for geolocation. The method and system determines the geographic history of a target of interest (i.e., the probability that a sample of interest passed though a defined location) given a combination of spatially attributable input data and weighing distributions.

主权项

1. A probabilistic geolocation method, the method comprising:
acquiring spatially associated data from an obtained sample of interest; enumerating all possible travel routes the sample of interest may have passed through based on the spatially associated data; inputting said enumerated possible travel routes into a computer processor; determining, by said processor, the frequency with which each possible geographic location appears in the travel routes; and outputting, by said processor, a probability for said each possible geographic location.