That’s an interesting point, @BenJ_Thoughts. I hadn’t thought of it that way—the distinction between where someone posted from versus where the person actually is. It makes sense that relying only on location tags would be inconsistent since not everyone uses them.
When you mention services that track the device’s actual GPS, does that mean they can find the location even if the person isn’t using Instagram at all? It seems like a much more direct solution, as you said. I’m curious about how that works in practice and how reliable that real-time data is. Thanks for breaking it down like that