1. A crowdsourced search and locate platform, comprising: an application server comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory operating on a network-connected computing device and adapted to receive input from a plurality of user devices via a communication network and to perform navigation operations based at least in part on at least a portion of the received input, the navigation operations comprising at least the selecting of a plurality images corresponding to a particular geographic location and sending at least a portion of those images to a user device, and receiving input from the user device comprising at least a plurality of tagging data provided by the device user; and a client interface application comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory operating on a network-attached computer and adapted to display a plurality of interactive elements to a user, receive input from the user, and provide the results of the input to the application server.