[ttyprintk]

I’ve seen this embedded within geographic paths that form polygons. There are many points along each side of a polygon, arranged so that each segment length is longer (1) or shorter (0) than the one before. Decrypts to two floats, offsets from the first point.

[danwilkerson]

Oh, interesting. What was the meaning of the offsets?

[ttyprintk]

So, you take the Lat and Lon of point[0] and add the offset vector. This locates with precision, like X marks the spot.

We could store an arbitrary path in a database in the clear, and only with a decryption key find a dropped point.