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As with the existing heatmap, any such map would need to have a privacy
setting. The LWG determined in
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/5804#issuecomment-3638311030
that the calendar view doesn’t technically present a heightened privacy risk
to most users compared to the linear changeset history. One would assume that
to be the case with a map as well, since we already have one when clicking on
Edits. After all, bboxes aren’t inherently more private than colorful blobs.
That said, I would be concerned about scaring away new users with a map that
automatically zooms in and highlights the location of their first cluster of
edits. Maybe the map should only show after a minimum number of changesets, to
give the user some time to expand their horizons. Also consider whether we can
limit the map to a lower zoom level to achieve the same goal.
> With the switch to Maplibre, this would already be one of the integrated
> features
How would we source the data for the heatmap layer? Would the site need to
index the user’s changesets by quadtree?
> Additional consideration should be paid to the localisation to not have a
> "heatmap" next to a "heatmap" while being completely different things.
The existing feature’s name is a bit confusing. Laypeople often associate the
term “heatmap” with a geographical heatmap as opposed to a temporal heatmap. We
had to
[clarify](https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Osm:Profiles.profile_sections.navigation.heatmap/qqq)
this with translators too. A more functional name like “activity trend” would
probably serve us better.
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