Cool stuff!
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 4:22 PM, Dan Kortschak wrote:
>
> Over 10 years ago Gustavo Niemeyer invented the geohash geographic
> hashing system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geohash for clearly and
> concisely representing geographic locations at arbitrary precision.
>
> Now, here is geocrypt, a package that returns or checks a cryptographic
> hash of a geolocation. The hash is calculated using bcrypt in such a
> way that hashing an angular area is approximately time-constant
> irrespective of the geohash precision that the location is given.
>
> The intention is for use in confirming locations of items whose
> location should not be published, but which must be identifiable by
> some participant. Examples of use are digital geocaching competitions,
> lowish value eco-conservation sites* etc.
>
> For locations at the equator (fastest case), hashing takes about 2-3
> seconds per square meter of precision on my hardware. Interaction
> between geocrypt and standard conservation location fuzzing techniques
> means that they should probably not used together. As in all cases with
> cryptographic protocols, you should assess your threat model, and don't
> use packages you find on the internet.
>
> https://godoc.org/github.com/kortschak/geocrypt
>
> * high value conservation sites should not be published
>
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