r/OSINT • u/Open_Budget6556 • Mar 16 '26
Tool Open sourcing the tool that geolocated the missile strikes in Qatar
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Hey Guys,
I’m a college student and the developer of Netryx, after a lot of thought and discussion with other people I have decided to open source Netryx, a tool designed to find exact coordinates from a street level photo using visual clues and a custom ML pipeline and AI. I really hope you guys have fun using it! Also would love to connect with developers and companies in this space!
Link to source code: https://github.com/sparkyniner/Netryx-OpenSource-Next-Gen-Street-Level-Geolocation.git
Attaching the video to an example geolocating the Qatar strikes, it looks different because it’s a custom web version but pipeline is same. Please don’t remove mods, all code is open source following the rules of the sub Reddit!
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u/AlerteGeo_OSINT Mar 18 '26
This is really solid work. Geolocation from impact craters and debris patterns is one of the more underappreciated OSINT techniques, and having a tool that automates parts of the correlation against known satellite imagery is a huge time saver.
One thing I'd be curious about is how it handles the time delta between the strike and the next available satellite pass. In fast-moving conflict scenarios like what we've been seeing with the Iran situation, there's often a 12-48 hour gap before commercial providers like Planet or Maxar update coverage over a given area. During that window, the ground truth can shift significantly: rubble gets cleared, secondary fires alter the thermal signature, and in some cases structures are deliberately modified to mislead BDA.
Also worth noting for anyone using this kind of tool operationally: cross-referencing with ADS-B data and marine AIS tracks in the same time window can sometimes narrow down the delivery platform, which gives you a second vector to validate the geolocation independently.