Feature Requests

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Feature Requests category - please read before posting! Use this category to post new feature requests for iNaturalist, and to vote for existing feature requests. Requests To make a feature request, start a new topic with the request as the topic’s title. Please take a minu…	3	7226	August 23, 2019
Add Comments tab to home page	3	170	January 22, 2025
IDs on species complex rank should automatically reach research grade	71	935	January 22, 2025
Remove the ability of users to block others from commenting on taxon flags and changes web , github-issue-made	3	426	January 22, 2025
Select future dates on calendar for observation field (ideally only future) web	9	282	January 21, 2025
Accept numerical taxon IDs in searches	1	162	January 14, 2025
Adjust Rank Hierarchy so subspecies, variety and forma are not at same level	9	167	January 13, 2025
Map more annotations to DwC fields github-issue-made , implemented	5	185	January 14, 2025
Provide a way for users to batch withdraw selected IDs	20	338	January 12, 2025
Display common name for species when infraspecies (e.g. subspecies) lacks one web , android-app , ios-app	12	358	January 10, 2025
Filter observations by time of day implemented	19	338	January 12, 2025
Make computer vision include hybrid taxa on an opt-in basis	28	608	January 9, 2025
Exclude certain taxa in Identify user interface	27	2629	January 8, 2025
Add links to the taxon changes and flags pages	6	118	January 8, 2025
Smarter ranking of taxon search results during identification	6	443	January 7, 2025
Expand the Similar Species tab into an editable identification guide	43	3378	January 6, 2025
Float observations to upload to the top of the list on app android-app	8	1172	January 6, 2025
Sort the Species Tab by Higher Level Taxa	11	1261	January 6, 2025
Add "like" button to comments on observations	12	1365	January 6, 2025
Update the website U/I to better handle slow server responses web	5	529	January 6, 2025
Make captive/cultivated not automatically "no ID needed"	125	8766	January 6, 2025
Improvements to mentioning another user using @'s	21	516	January 5, 2025
View affected content after taxon change web	7	604	January 5, 2025
Add Collection Project requirement that allows one to include observations based on added-on date	0	92	January 3, 2025
Searching "Observations with this field and value" for fields that use a Taxon as the datatype should show children taxa	8	205	January 3, 2025
View a list of who is trusting you with hidden coordinates web	5	801	January 2, 2025
Option to use OpenStreetMap in the app android-app , ios-app	3	194	January 2, 2025
If someone refines their ID and the new taxon is a descendent of the old one, the old taxon should be marked “refined” instead of "withdrawn"	16	1308	December 31, 2024
Make it possible to (fully) cycle through lists using the arrow keys	4	51	December 30, 2024
Limit curators' right to make taxon swaps of taxa they have observed or identified a few times	47	846	December 30, 2024

About the Feature Requests category - please read before posting!

Use this category to post new feature requests for iNaturalist, and to vote for existing feature requests. Requests To make a feature request, start a new topic with the request as the topic’s title. Please take a minu…