Some features of study of image files in hexadecimal format

Authors: Karlova A.V.
Published in issue: #7(36)/2019
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2019-7-501
Category: Jurisprudence | Chapter: Criminal Law and Criminology
Keywords: forensics, mobile device, geolocation tasks, geodata, geolocation of images, hexadecimal editor, guidelines
Published: 30.07.2019

The article is devoted to the creation of a new method for identifying the coordinates of a digital image shooting location from mobile devices using the WinHex hexadecimal editor. When opening a graphic file in hexadecimal, you can explore its structure. During the study, a pattern was found in which the coordinates of the place where the photo image was taken were encoded. After a series of calculations, you can get the coordinates of longitude and latitude, which allow you to identify the exact location of the shooting of a particular image. The article contains guidelines for identifying geodata through the manual study of graphic files using a hexadecimal editor.

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