Jitter overlapping points, plot in an evenly spaced circle around the original center

jitter-demo.py

#jitter overlapping points, plot in an evenly spaced circle around the original center


import math

def geo_jitter(points_to_jitter):

	for i in range(len(points_to_jitter)):
		r = .01
		angle = 0 + ((360/len(points_to_jitter)) * i)

		cur_lat = float(points_to_jitter[i]['lat'])
		cur_lon = float(points_to_jitter[i]['lon'])

		new_lat = cur_lat + (r * math.cos(angle * (math.pi/180)))  
		new_lon = cur_lon + (r * math.sin(angle * (math.pi/180)))

		points_to_jitter[i]['lat'] = str(new_lat)
		points_to_jitter[i]['lon'] = str(new_lon)
	return