The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

locating \locating\ n.
   1. the act of putting something in a certain place or
      location.

   Syn: location, placement, position, positioning, emplacement,
        situating.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. a determination of the location of something.

   Syn: localization, localisation, location, fix.
        [WordNet 1.5]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Locate \Lo"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Located; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Locating.] [L. locatus, p. p. of locare to place, fr. locus
   place. See Local.]
   1. To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
      [1913 Webster]

            The captives and emigrants whom he brought with him
            were located in the trans-Tiberine quarter. --B. F.
                                                  Westcott.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To designate the site or place of; to define the limits
      of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining
      claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
      [1913 Webster]

            That part of the body in which the sense of touch is
            located.                              --H. Spencer.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To discover the location or site of; as, to locate the
      source of a radio transmission; to locate a leak; to
      locate the malfunction in a system.
      [PJC]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

locating
    n 1: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn:
         placement, location, locating, position,
         positioning, emplacement]
    2: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a
       good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation,
       location, locating, fix]