Website - Identify I have recently started to identify audio observations. I am pretty good at birding by ear so, I thought I would give it a try. I have been able to ID a lot. But, I ran into a couple of issues. There is no way to define a geographical area in the Identify webpage because there i…

Hi @ken_ohio I saw that you submitted this as a feature request, but since there isn’t a clear actionable change that is being proposed, I posted this in the general category instead. If the discussion leads to an idea for a specific change to the website it could turn into a new proposal (in a new …

[image] bouteloua: there isn’t a clear actionable change that is being proposed it sounds to me like the proposal is to add a way within the Identify screen to specify a box or circle (other than via URL or switching back and forth between the Explore page). [image] ken_ohio: It is a muc…

I think the gist is there, but the Identify page is pretty busy and the feature request template asks, In detail, describe the feature you are requesting. This includes its functionality, where the feature is implemented, and what it might look like. Screenshots or mock-ups are helpful. The idea i…

I do it like this since a while and it was a game changer for sure! Good way to work yourself into a specific local taxon

Thanks for reading it. I understand why it was moved. I hope it can generate something useful for the iNaturalist website.

[image] pisum: there’s also the option of creating a collection project that includes a set of places that you’re interested in. you can then filter by that project instead of trying to filter by a single place. Good idea! I don’t know why I didn’t think to mention that before. Here are a co…

You can also type /identify in between the word observations and ? in the url from the explore page, so it would read https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify? …, which is what I do but it probably does the same thing as clicking that link.

So, I could use existing Places that are U.S. states and Ontario, and create a project for identifying?

Yes, you can create a collection project which includes multiple places. You can also set it to only include observations with sounds. You can’t set it to only include Birds and Unknown because “Unknown” is not a taxon. You could set it all taxa and then click on the Birds and Unknown buttons in the…

Ah… Here… https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000176246-common-collection-project-use-cases

A better way to define a geographical area for Identifications

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lappelbaum June 16, 2025, 10:30pm 12

I keep forgetting that they have all those help articles now. Used to be you just asked questions on the forum.

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