# Project - Map View - Obscured Locations question **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 28, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-map-view-obscured-locations-question/45606 "2023-09-28T17:07:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vladimirr99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/vladimirr99/32/39635_2.png) [@vladimirr99](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vladimirr99)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-map-view-obscured-locations-question/45606/1 "2023-09-28T17:07:47Z")
I created a new project, [https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/atala-potential-range](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/atala-potential-range) If I go to the map, almost all of the observations are obscured. Unfortunately, that means everything shows up as square red blobs. If I zoom way in, I can distinguish between the two projects (green location markers for Coontie, red location markers for Atala), but is there a way in the more general view to switch it to show the location markers? I know obscured locations can’t show the exact location. The website picks a random location within X distance, and that’s fine… but is there a way to make everything not just look like big red blobs? (Regardless of if the observation is “green” or “red”) Can I make the obscured squares the appropriate color at least? Thanks in advance, ---
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-map-view-obscured-locations-question/45606/2 "2023-09-28T17:15:30Z")
I don’t think that there’s a way to do this in iNat - I would suggest downloading the data and mapping them yourself in your geospatial software of choice. ---
**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-map-view-obscured-locations-question/45606/3 "2023-09-28T17:53:55Z")
it sounds like you’re really just trying to overlay one taxon on top of another, using a distinct set of markers for each, right? there’s an “experimental compare tool” that will allow you to do something like that. [for example](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/compare?s=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%3D): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/a/fa59e9526e526abf35fc128060c85f7292662a50.jpeg) you can also use the taxon map, specifying multiple taxa, although i don’t think you can filter for place or project at the same time. [for example](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/map?taxa=50075,135560#6/27.418/-85.412): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/b/cbfeb5571eddaa62cf2f0e49b2274f5b66d00fc2.jpeg) you can also make your own custom maps. to me, this describes the fastest way to do something like that: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/in-pursuit-of-mappiness-part-1/21864](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/in-pursuit-of-mappiness-part-1/21864). ---
**Author:** ![vladimirr99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/vladimirr99/32/39635_2.png) [@vladimirr99](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vladimirr99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-map-view-obscured-locations-question/45606/4 "2023-09-29T12:01:04Z")
> [@pisum](#): > > there’s an “experimental compare tool” that will allow you to do something like that. This is absolutely amazing, and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-map-view-obscured-locations-question/45606/5 "2023-11-28T12:01:59Z")
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