# Interpolating coordinates gives whale error message

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**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/interpolating-coordinates-gives-whale-error-message/77433 "2026-04-07T07:45:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/interpolating-coordinates-gives-whale-error-message/77433/2 "2026-04-07T13:26:24Z")

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> [@Interpolating Coordinates](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/interpolating-coordinates/5170/1):
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> if you have an obs that has no coordinates and you have other obs from the same day and all those obs from that day have times

the last condition (“and all those obs from that day have times”) does not seem to be satisfied. in your examples, the nearest observations in time are other observations without locations.

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