OSINT Tools

3D terrain and buildings; historical imagery in the desktop (Pro) version.

Very wide street-level panorama coverage in Türkiye, often where Google has none.

Crowd-sourced street-level photos, with a date filter for older imagery.

Query OpenStreetMap data, e.g. “places where a mosque and a pharmacy are within 100 m”.

An easy interface for OpenStreetMap proximity searches.

Sun position and shadow direction, to estimate when and which way a photo was taken.

Identifies mountains and peaks; verify a location from the skyline.

Country-by-country guide to signs, poles, plates, road markings and other clues.

Sentinel satellite imagery; compare changes across dates.

Satellite imagery, time-lapse and band combinations (e.g. infrared).

Daily global satellite imagery; track fires, smoke, floods and snow.

Near real-time satellite imagery and weather layers.

Reverse image search; recognises objects, places and text.

Reverse image search; very strong at places and near-duplicates.

Reverse image search; search by selecting part of an image.

Finds the oldest and modified copies of an image online.

Reads metadata (camera, date, GPS) from photos and videos.

Detect image manipulation: ELA, clone detection, noise analysis.

Error level analysis (ELA) and metadata inspection.

Video verification plugin: extracts keyframes for reverse search.

Searches a username across hundreds of sites at once.

Live ship positions from AIS, plus basic vessel data: IMO, MMSI, flag, size and build year.

The best-known AIS map, with ship photos and port data. Past tracks and port calls are mostly paid.

Free AIS history and port visits; fishing vessels as well as carriers and “dark” (non-AIS) detections.

Official ship records: former names, flag history, registered owner and manager companies, port inspections.

Sanctions lists, politically exposed persons and sanctioned vessels in one search; also searchable by IMO number.

The largest open company database: registry records, officers and addresses from 140+ jurisdictions.

UK company register: incorporation date, officers, owners and filed accounts, free of charge.

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) records: official name, address and parent-company relationships.

Domain registration date, registrar and name servers (RDAP/WHOIS); compare with the age a company claims.

Historical snapshots of websites and profiles.

Takes an on-demand snapshot of a page; useful for deleted posts.

A large, categorised map of OSINT tools.

Bellingcat’s guide to investigation tools, with usage notes for each.