# Misplaced pins on maps

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [September 25, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859 "2026-09-25T02:08:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![botswanabugs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/botswanabugs/32/2434_2.png) [@botswanabugs](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/botswanabugs)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859/1 "2026-09-25T02:08:59Z")

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**Platform** : Windows 10 laptop

**App version number** , if a mobile app issue:

**Browser** , if a website issue: Chromw

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations** [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330091008](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330091008)

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**ts of what you are seeing** :

**Description of problem** : I have made observation of one plant Ansellia africana on different dates from one location. But on maps I see many pins misplaced by about 5 to 20 km south of the correct location.

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**Author:** ![phma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/phma/32/54376_2.png) [@phma](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/phma)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859/2 "2026-09-25T02:13:52Z")

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Ansellia is vulnerable, so the location is obscured by iNat. When a location is obscured, whether by iNat or by the observer, the pin seen by anyone else is placed somewhere inside the map rectangle that the actual location is in. If you’re consistently seeing that it’s misplaced south, the actual location is near the north side of the rectangle.

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**Author:** ![botswanabugs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/botswanabugs/32/2434_2.png) [@botswanabugs](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/botswanabugs)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859/3 "2026-09-25T02:23:20Z")

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Thanks for the answer.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859/4 "2026-09-25T18:18:56Z")

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I’ve removed the screenshot and hid that version of the original post, since it included the true location of a vulnerable plant.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/misplaced-pins-on-maps/85859/5 "2026-09-26T15:00:48Z")

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