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Geographic masking displaces points to hide their identities. It has been used in health-related studies to protect patients' confidentialities. The main concern in this process is the balance between the protection of confidentiality and the preservation of the original spatial pattern. However, there is paucity in literature on quantification of this balance. We conducted a preliminary research...