Tracking Your Search: A Guide to the Grid Generator

This article introduces Bellingcat’s Search Grid Generator, a simple web tool that overlays configurable grids on satellite imagery to organize and divide geolocation searches. It outlines how to set grid size, export KML for use in Google Earth or GIS platforms, manage visibility and annotations, and collaborate by sharing marked-up grids. The piece highlights community-driven development with Discord volunteers and use cases in geolocating potential civilian-harm incidents in Ukraine, and invites readers to join the community and support Bellingcat.