leaflet-blurred-location
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A Leaflet-based interface for selecting a "blurred" or low-resolution location, to preserve privacy
Continued from https://github.com/publiclab/leaflet-blurred-location-display/issues/64 , > Actually, perhaps we need to change the syntax of [the BlurredLocation constructor](https://github.com/publiclab/leaflet-blurred-location#creating-a-map-object) so it can be added to a map the same way a standard...
> use the module to implement (and document) an option in LBL to limit map input to a > precision range, with { max: 14, min: 4 } (i.e. the...
Currently there are two different functions sending requests to the Maps API. We should look out for options to cut down this multiple use of the API. https://github.com/publiclab/leaflet-blurred-location/blob/51744030cd0847a0309cbbc3354482e35e17a2aa/src/core/Geocoding.js#L7 https://github.com/publiclab/leaflet-blurred-location/blob/51744030cd0847a0309cbbc3354482e35e17a2aa/src/core/Geocoding.js#L111 ````js...
Some small bug is making 2 decimals appear when the grid hasn't yet divided into 2-decimal squares: 1 decimal:  2 decimal shown in grid labels but not in grid...
## Projects * https://eng.uber.com/h3/ ## Vulnerabilities * https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/09/how-tinder-keeps-your-location-a-bit-private/ ## Miscellaneous * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19191805#19196317 (lots of articles came from here) * https://splinternews.com/how-an-internet-mapping-glitch-turned-a-random-kansas-f-1793856052 * https://gizmodo.com/how-cartographers-for-the-u-s-military-inadvertently-c-1830758394 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/01/26/people-keep-going-to-this-home-looking-for-their-lost-phones-and-nobody-knows-why/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c906807e89ff
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-geocoder Not urgent, but a good idea in the future!
As a guide to how anonymized a given precision will be -- using perhaps one of these data sources? https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/GIBS/GIBS+Available+Imagery+Products#expand-HumanDimensions15Products Population density?
This has been marked as a good candidate for becoming a [first-timers-only issue](http://www.firsttimersonly.com) like [these](https://publiclab.github.io/community-toolbox/#r=all), meaning that it's simple, self-contained, and with some extra formatting, could be a great entry...
https://codeclimate.com/github/publiclab/leaflet-blurred-location has a bunch of suggestions to improve the code base -- let's plan for some of this over the summer!
Like Ushahidi, maybe WordPress or something?