| Ship / vessel / IMO / MMSI |
bellingcat-transport |
MarineTraffic, VesselFinder, Equasis, ShipFinder |
| Aircraft / flight / tail number |
bellingcat-transport |
FlightAware, Flightradar24, ADS-B Exchange, OpenSky |
| Person (name, email, phone, username) |
bellingcat-people |
Sherlock, Blackbird, Maigret, Have I Been Pwned |
| Photo / image |
bellingcat-image-video |
Google Lens, TinEye, InVID, PimEyes |
| Video |
bellingcat-image-video |
InVID, Azure AI Video Indexer |
| Domain / website / IP |
bellingcat-websites |
Wayback Machine, Shodan, urlscan.io, ICANN Lookup |
| Company / business / finance |
bellingcat-companies-finance |
OpenCorporates, EDGAR, ICIJ Offshore Leaks |
| Social media account |
bellingcat-social-media |
Platform-specific tools (see category skill) |
| Geographic location |
bellingcat-geolocation |
SunCalc, GeoHints, ShadowMap, Spot |
| Satellite imagery |
bellingcat-maps-satellites |
Copernicus Browser, NASA Worldview, Planet Labs |
| Map / street view |
bellingcat-maps-satellites |
Google Maps, Yandex Maps, Mapillary, KartaView |
| Conflict / weapons / munitions |
bellingcat-conflict |
ACLED, LiveUAMap, OSMP, Bulletpicker |
| Wildlife / environment / deforestation |
bellingcat-environment-wildlife |
Global Forest Watch, CITES, Wildlife Trade Portal |
| Archiving / preserving web content |
bellingcat-archiving |
Wayback Machine, Archive.today, Auto Archiver |
| Data analysis / visualization |
bellingcat-data-analysis |
4CAT, Datawrapper, Gephi, Datasette |