# Off-trail observations

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/off-trail-observations/1621>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** ethics\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/off-trail-observations/1621 "2019-03-28T23:09:46Z")\
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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/off-trail-observations/1621/14 "2019-03-29T02:56:38Z")

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I would personally rather use the obscuration tools that are available and share the permissions as needed rather than spend time manually fiddling with locations.

If you do manually change the location, please say so in the observation description. There may be cascading unintended effects, e.g. see [Obscuring rectangle on obs with large accuracy circles may not encompass true location](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/obscuring-rectangle-on-obs-with-large-accuracy-circles-may-not-encompass-true-location/703)

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