Geofence areas where to not create reports

Mikaela commented 2 weeks ago

Description

I would like to specify locations within X (kilo)metres of which NeoStumbler wouldn't generate reports and thus it wouldn't submit data to wherever I was submitting it.

Suggested implementation

I don't know, some sort of menu where to add locations and possibly display a map to show the concrete area. See e.g. Google Maps offline download zones?

Additional information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geofence
Briefly discussed at BeaconDB Matrix room with request of not submitting reports from home.
- https://matrix.to/#/%21rgcVclkrrFiLdpQftu%3Amatrix.org/%24hbngH68DAJXCbBDW6bpWjFHg2lv_wtqbPfqUn9mx4s8?via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de&via=mozilla.org

New request

[X] I have checked that a similar feature hasn't been requested yet

spaetz commented 2 weeks ago

Ideally with a fuzzy border, otherwise you get e.g. a nice clear circle of non-observations which reveals the center of your geofence.

mjaakko commented 2 weeks ago

Ideally with a fuzzy border, otherwise you get e.g. a nice clear circle of non-observations which reveals the center of your geofence.

Very good point. This feature will need some planning

One idea would be to randomly discard a portion of data collected inside the defined area. Then there wouldn't be an obvious gap in the data nor a hotspot which could reveal your location

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