OSINT-002Exercise

This is a writeup for the OSINT exercise 002 by Sofia Santos.

Task briefing: The photo below was shared on social media. It clearly depicts a train station.

https://gralhix.com/list-of-osint-exercises/osint-exercise-002/

Please answer the following questions:

a) What is the name of the train station seen in the photo? b) What is the name and height of the tallest structure seen in the photo?

Exercise level: For beginners: a) Easy, b) Hard For experts: a) Easy, b) Medium

I began to analyze the task’s image file using the ExifTool to identify any exposed geolocation data or other metadata.

I think, the image’s metadata hasn’t got useful informaiton which could be useful in our mission and it is time to use our eyes to scan the image for important information.

We extracted enough information to use them to geolacate the image.

The railway station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The image is taken from Flinders Street railway station platform 7.

Google Earth Pro

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There are the buildings and the tower called Arts Centre Melbourne.

Bulding names and their heights:

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Arts Centre Melbourne : 162 m (531 ft) (was 115 m (377 ft) with original spire)

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Quay West Suites Melbourne: 26-story hotel

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Herald & Weekly Times Tower : 111 m / 364 ft

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IBM : 131 meters

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