Hopefully this isn’t already explained somewhere, I’ve searched the best I can but haven’t found anything. I’d like to go to map view under my observations and see the true locations of my observations. I tend to obscure all of my observations, and when I view my observations in map view I see the…

[image] amyjaecker-jones: I’d really like to be able to see how many/what species I’ve observed in my own yard. you can do this right now by placing these observations in a “home” traditional project, tagging such observations with a “home” tag, or something like that. @tiwane mentioned earl…

Not being able to see my own obscured observations on the map was quite bothersome for me, but thanks to reading this thread I found a workaround. By going into the “edit observations” tab, I was able to search by species or location and see on the map the real coordinates of my obscured observation…

<a name="p-174246-if-i-want-to-filter-only-my-obscured-observations-in-a-given-area-i-first-need-the-coordinates-of-each-point-of-the-rectangle-delimitating-the-area-i-am-interested-in-1" class="anchor" href="#p-174246-if-i-want-to-filter-only-my-obscured-observations-in-a-given-area-i-first-need-the-coordinates-of-each-point-of-the-rectangle-delimitating-the-area-i-am-interested-in-1" aria-label="Heading link"> If I want to filter only my obscured observations in a given area, I first need the coordinates of each point of the rectangle delimitating the area I am interested in. To do that quickly, I use another workaround. I go in the “explore” tab at the top, I zoom on the area I want to explore on the ma…

Any advances on this topic? I too tend to obscure my coordinates and would like to have access to them on a map.

one thing you could do is make a project! You have to make a traditional project and add things manually, but it’s not too bad. Then you have them all in one place even though obscured. You can have them added to this umbrella project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/home-projects-umbrella/jou…

I would sooo like to have a way to do this. As a programmer, I understand the caching issue. To implement this, they would have to cache both sets of coordinates, or the extra computing power required would affect performance. Personally, if I could check a checkbox to say “please give me poor perf…

Having assumed this was a bug ( https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-see-own-location-details/47024?u=deedb8 ) i have added my vote.

A few notes about this subject (which sadly seems mostly forgotten): A search in “Edit observations” can be a workaround to get an accurate map of observations with hidden coordinates but it only shows the most recent observations (200 I believe) and it can only be done in the browser, not in the…

I would love this feature too. Although I like to share most of my observations there are situations I am obscuring too: a) species, which are pouched in wild (some orchids, carnivorous plants, etc.) b) new records, which I plan to publish in journals (later I would make them available) c) in som…

[image] mferreira: Of course this wouldn’t be necessary if iNaturalist also randomized observation times - and not just latitude and longitude - of observations whose geoprivacy is set to “obscured”. Inat obscures the observation date to just the month and year. It didn’t always do that, but…

View true locations on maps for observations with trusted hidden coordinates

Feature Requests

tim_go February 4, 2026, 12:20am 53

Are there any news about this topic?
It would be so helpful to share obscured locations with the people i work with on the map

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Location of observations shown on map General	12	1572	September 13, 2020
How to see true location of my obscured observations General question	21	2261	April 26, 2022
Allow geographically obscured observations to be masked in map displays, so that accurate maps of explored regions can be generated, Feature Requests	5	282	January 6, 2026
Change Mapping of Obscured Observations to Improve Data Visibility and Reduce Confusion Feature Requests under-review	64	3345	September 4, 2023
Clarifying geoprivacy & reasons for obscured coordinates; user-to-user trust News and Updates web	25	6289	November 6, 2019

View true locations on maps for observations with trusted hidden coordinates

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