The data to be acquired from Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) instrument, under development for the NASA New Millennium Program, presents a shift from the scanning approach to global coverage used almost exclusively by current and recent instruments. The focal plane array detector and the bore sighted CCD camera will cover the earth in 512 x 512 km sized “frames”. The GIFTS sensor itself is equipped with servo-controlled pointing mirrors to help in the data acquisition process. We describe the approach for the post-fact geo-location of the acquired data.