Adding annotations - does anyone use them?

I created a website that adds features that are present in the iNaturalist API but not currently present in the iNaturalist website Explore page. I added a few features related to annotations.

  • Ability to select multiple annotation types and values using the observations Filters. In this example I want all observations in San Francisco in 2024 with annotations ‘Fruits or Seeds’, ‘Flower Buds’, ‘Breaking Leaf Buds’, or ‘Green Leaves’

https://inat-explorer.dataexplorers.info/?place_id=54321&verifiable=true&spam=false&term_value_id=14,15,37,38&term_id=12,36&year=2024

  • View the annotations for each observation on the observations grid view

https://inat-explorer.dataexplorers.info/?place_id=54321&verifiable=true&spam=false&term_value_id=14,15,37,38&term_id=12,36&year=2024

  • I also added a Media view that shows all the photos and audio for each observation. The annotations are shown on the first photo/audio for each observation.

https://inat-explorer.dataexplorers.info/?place_id=54321&verifiable=true&spam=false&term_value_id=14,15,37,38&term_id=12,36&year=2024&view=observations_observations&subview=media

  • Search observations by users who added annotations. In this example I search for observations where tiwane added annotations

https://inat-explorer.dataexplorers.info/?verifiable=true&spam=false&annotation_user_id=28

If you have any feedback, let me know.

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