Thanks for that info on using the api. I haven’t tried anything with it yet, but it’s good to know it’s available if I want to try and tackle that at some point.
I had figured out that I could search for obscured observations on the explore page by using the same querystring parameters that the edit observations page uses, even though it isn’t shown as an option on the search form. I’d hoped I could find a similar way to search the “private_place_guess” field for the names of my pinned locations right on the website. Just searching for my obscured observations would also include those at other people’s homes nearby.
I think having some built in default setup for grouping and highlighting our at home observations would be really good. Maybe help people see that nature may be or could be right outside their front door. I may be moving soon. I have this naive idea that maybe I can prevent a new homeowner from ripping out all the plants and replacing it with a monoculture of turf grass, concrete, a trampoline, and a firepit… which seems to be the new norm around here. Maybe if I leave a copy of “Bringing Nature Home” and a link to my iNat yard list, they might think twice about ripping it all out? One can hope.