# Observation on wrong place in overview map **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [October 27, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646 "2020-10-27T15:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![francisbirlenbach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/francisbirlenbach/32/13472_2.png) [@francisbirlenbach](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/francisbirlenbach)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/1 "2020-10-27T15:50:03Z")
**Platform** : PC Website **Browser** : Opera **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: **Screenshots of what you are seeing** : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/d/deef3b15a4208ca0a24abe7e92bd65ff4c9505a4.jpeg) **Description of problem** : Step 1: Obseravtions are a few kilometers outside the observation place. See observations north and south of the lake where the other observations are correctly displayed. Step 2: When you click on these observations, in the observation map then, they appear in the right location Step 3: Instead of a “pin” on the overview map, there is only a blue coloured circle (without pin /needle) ---
**Author:** ![kitbeard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kitbeard/32/6073_2.png) [@kitbeard](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kitbeard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/2 "2020-10-27T16:16:09Z")
Are these species that are automatically obscured due to being endangered? Go to the page for one of the circle-not-pin observations. If you click “details” underneath the map, it should state whether the observation is being auto-obscured. There have been feature requests for the overview map to show your own obscured observations in an accurate location: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/view-true-locations-on-maps-for-observations-with-trusted-hidden-coordinates/2568](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/view-true-locations-on-maps-for-observations-with-trusted-hidden-coordinates/2568) ---
**Author:** ![cmcheatle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cmcheatle/32/37_2.png) [@cmcheatle](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cmcheatle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/3 "2020-10-27T16:16:51Z")
I think you need to give details on the search you used, it can’t be determined from what you have provided to help replicate/answer ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/4 "2020-10-28T20:03:04Z")
4 posts were split to a new topic: [Observations at wrong location on Explore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observations-at-wrong-location-on-explore/17674) ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/6 "2020-10-28T11:44:15Z")
Hi @francisbirlenbach - Chris is right, URLs are very helpful to assist in resolving issues that come up. I was able to use the place names on the map to search and find these observations. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=48.8217056426802&nelng=6.094722433831912&place\_id=any&swlat=48.32193721012739&swlng=4.008418622311574&user\_id=francisbirlenbach&verifiable=any](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=48.8217056426802&nelng=6.094722433831912&place_id=any&swlat=48.32193721012739&swlng=4.008418622311574&user_id=francisbirlenbach&verifiable=any) One of the stemless (circle instead of upside down droplet shape) observations on the map is this one, which is being obscured automatically: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59119100](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59119100) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/4/434f12479949b00e47ebcbb0a6b5465ecceb0537.png) If you click Details under the map, it explains further: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/0/04a44b8a36f75710dc2b46f5fc7f2134c5d864d8.png) If you go to the taxon page, and click the status tab, it shows the conservation status and geoprivacy settings: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/f/f5e101a6703b30b34d289b5c232c421048e7679b.png) If you think something is obscured (or not obscured) in err, click Curation, then Flag for Curation, to start a discussion. ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/7 "2020-10-28T11:45:06Z")
Observation in OP post is obscured, and your description fits it too, check which species it is. ---
**Author:** ![francisbirlenbach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/francisbirlenbach/32/13472_2.png) [@francisbirlenbach](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/francisbirlenbach)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/8 "2020-10-30T15:01:13Z")
Thanks to all of you. It seems that this taxon is auto-obscured. I didn’t know about this feature in i-Nat… I found more of them in my observations, and indeed, Vanellus vanellus is auto-obscured every time. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observation-on-wrong-place-in-overview-map/17646/9 "2020-12-29T15:01:21Z")
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