Geographic masks are techniques used to protect privacy when publishing sensitive data in maps, but are not well adopted among researchers and may be difficult to execute for some GIS users. We developed a client‐side web application called MaskMy.XYZ that makes geographic masking easy to perform. It executes donut geomasking, a well‐known geographic mask, on thousands of points in seconds, and visualizes the original and masked point patterns in an integrated web map for visual comparison. MaskMy.XYZ also features metrics for both privacy protection and information loss, and allows users to rapidly and iteratively adjust masking parameters based on these metrics. The user interface was designed to prioritize usability, and clear documentation has been included to educate users about geographic masks, which is otherwise only found in niche literatures. By developing this application, we hope that geographic masks will be more widely adopted such that privacy is better protected in research.

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MaskMy.XYZ：易于使用的工具，可使用地理遮罩保护地理隐私

地理遮罩是在地图中发布敏感数据时用于保护隐私的技术，但研究人员并未很好地采用它，并且对于某些GIS用户而言可能很难执行。我们开发了一个名为MaskMy.XYZ的客户端Web应用程序，该应用程序使地理屏蔽易于执行。它可以在几秒钟内在数千个点上执行甜甜圈地理遮罩（一种众所周知的地理遮罩），并在集成的Web地图中可视化原始点和被遮罩的点图案以进行可视比较。MaskMy.XYZ还具有用于隐私保护和信息丢失的指标，并允许用户基于这些指标快速迭代地调整掩蔽参数。该用户界面旨在优先考虑可用性，并且提供了清晰的文档来教育用户有关地理遮罩的信息，否则只能在利基文献中找到。通过开发此应用程序，我们希望地理遮罩将被更广泛地采用，以便在研究中更好地保​​护隐私。